United Kingdom - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in United Kingdom was 0.668 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.726 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.629 in 1990.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This conversion factor is for GDP. For most economies PPP figures are extrapolated from the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) benchmark estimates or imputed using a statistical model based on the 2011 ICP. For 47 high- and upper middle-income economies conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

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Year Value
1990 0.629
1991 0.648
1992 0.655
1993 0.657
1994 0.652
1995 0.713
1996 0.713
1997 0.709
1998 0.721
1999 0.726
2000 0.705
2001 0.695
2002 0.690
2003 0.696
2004 0.688
2005 0.708
2006 0.696
2007 0.709
2008 0.702
2009 0.710
2010 0.702
2011 0.706
2012 0.702
2013 0.695
2014 0.698
2015 0.693
2016 0.689
2017 0.685
2018 0.688
2019 0.688
2020 0.689
2021 0.668

Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate

The value for Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate in United Kingdom was 0.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.42 in 2007 and a minimum value of 0.88 in 2019.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services in the domestic market as a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. The ratio of PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate is the result obtained by dividing the PPP conversion factor by the market exchange rate. The ratio, also referred to as the national price level, makes it possible to compare the cost of the bundle of goods that make up gross domestic product (GDP) across countries. It tells how many dollars are needed to buy a dollar's worth of goods in the country as compared to the United States. PPP conversion factors are based on the 2011 ICP round.

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

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Year Value
1990 1.12
1991 1.14
1992 1.15
1993 0.99
1994 1.00
1995 1.13
1996 1.11
1997 1.16
1998 1.19
1999 1.17
2000 1.07
2001 1.00
2002 1.03
2003 1.14
2004 1.26
2005 1.29
2006 1.28
2007 1.42
2008 1.29
2009 1.11
2010 1.09
2011 1.13
2012 1.11
2013 1.09
2014 1.15
2015 1.06
2016 0.93
2017 0.88
2018 0.92
2019 0.88
2020 0.88

PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in United Kingdom was 0.782 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.809 in 1998 and a minimum value of 0.742 in 2004.

Definition: Purchasing power parity conversion factor is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This conversion factor is for private consumption (i.e., household final consumption expenditure). For most economies PPP figures are extrapolated from the 2011 International Comparison Program (ICP) benchmark estimates or imputed using a statistical model based on the 2011 ICP. For 47 high- and upper middle-income economies conversion factors are provided by Eurostat and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Source: World Bank, International Comparison Program database.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.748
1991 0.785
1992 0.793
1993 0.792
1994 0.789
1995 0.797
1996 0.789
1997 0.790
1998 0.809
1999 0.808
2000 0.778
2001 0.756
2002 0.764
2003 0.760
2004 0.742
2005 0.763
2006 0.749
2007 0.759
2008 0.763
2009 0.783
2010 0.778
2011 0.778
2012 0.787
2013 0.793
2014 0.799
2015 0.806
2016 0.789
2017 0.787
2018 0.781
2019 0.789
2020 0.782

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity