Algeria - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Algeria was 37.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.55 in 2018 and a minimum value of 3.12 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 3.12
1991 4.64
1992 5.54
1993 6.14
1994 7.77
1995 9.78
1996 11.91
1997 12.52
1998 11.99
1999 13.11
2000 15.73
2001 15.32
2002 15.28
2003 16.25
2004 17.76
2005 20.00
2006 21.46
2007 22.24
2008 25.15
2009 22.17
2010 25.45
2011 29.48
2012 32.59
2013 33.43
2014 34.04
2015 35.01
2016 37.16
2017 38.86
2018 40.55
2019 39.65
2020 37.02

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 Algeria was 0.292 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.422 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.192 in 2002.

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 0.348
1991 0.251
1992 0.254
1993 0.263
1994 0.221
1995 0.205
1996 0.218
1997 0.217
1998 0.204
1999 0.197
2000 0.209
2001 0.198
2002 0.192
2003 0.210
2004 0.246
2005 0.273
2006 0.295
2007 0.321
2008 0.389
2009 0.305
2010 0.342
2011 0.404
2012 0.420
2013 0.421
2014 0.422
2015 0.348
2016 0.339
2017 0.350
2018 0.348
2019 0.332
2020 0.292

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Algeria was 40.35 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.35 in 2021 and a minimum value of 8.06 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 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.

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Year Value
1990 8.06
1991 9.73
1992 12.43
1993 14.56
1994 18.31
1995 23.12
1996 26.65
1997 27.54
1998 28.46
1999 28.58
2000 27.74
2001 28.12
2002 28.08
2003 28.62
2004 28.98
2005 28.42
2006 28.17
2007 28.39
2008 28.67
2009 30.43
2010 31.11
2011 31.52
2012 32.67
2013 33.93
2014 34.52
2015 35.65
2016 36.91
2017 38.21
2018 38.89
2019 38.94
2020 39.40
2021 40.35

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity