Latvia - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Latvia was 0.498 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.576 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.243 in 1994.

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
1994 0.243
1995 0.296
1996 0.328
1997 0.342
1998 0.353
1999 0.354
2000 0.361
2001 0.353
2002 0.361
2003 0.378
2004 0.399
2005 0.439
2006 0.489
2007 0.566
2008 0.576
2009 0.521
2010 0.487
2011 0.499
2012 0.506
2013 0.499
2014 0.498
2015 0.498
2016 0.485
2017 0.485
2018 0.490
2019 0.502
2020 0.493
2021 0.498

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 Latvia was 0.563 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.841 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.396 in 2001.

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
1995 0.422
1996 0.419
1997 0.414
1998 0.421
1999 0.426
2000 0.418
2001 0.396
2002 0.410
2003 0.465
2004 0.519
2005 0.546
2006 0.613
2007 0.774
2008 0.841
2009 0.724
2010 0.645
2011 0.693
2012 0.650
2013 0.663
2014 0.661
2015 0.552
2016 0.536
2017 0.547
2018 0.579
2019 0.562
2020 0.563

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Latvia was 0.574 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.641 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.011 in 1991.

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
1991 0.011
1992 0.108
1993 0.220
1994 0.291
1995 0.337
1996 0.376
1997 0.398
1998 0.412
1999 0.417
2000 0.413
2001 0.403
2002 0.412
2003 0.432
2004 0.455
2005 0.492
2006 0.544
2007 0.600
2008 0.641
2009 0.611
2010 0.566
2011 0.578
2012 0.581
2013 0.564
2014 0.570
2015 0.569
2016 0.561
2017 0.562
2018 0.564
2019 0.580
2020 0.574

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity