Mauritius - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Mauritius was 16.54 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.88 in 2017 and a minimum value of 7.54 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 7.54
1991 7.91
1992 8.15
1993 8.70
1994 9.07
1995 9.37
1996 9.84
1997 10.16
1998 10.75
1999 11.30
2000 11.42
2001 11.88
2002 12.42
2003 12.88
2004 13.40
2005 13.51
2006 14.56
2007 15.35
2008 15.92
2009 15.69
2010 15.69
2011 15.85
2012 16.46
2013 16.56
2014 16.82
2015 16.88
2016 16.62
2017 16.88
2018 16.72
2019 16.51
2020 16.54

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 Mauritius was 0.420 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.559 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.408 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
1990 0.507
1991 0.506
1992 0.524
1993 0.493
1994 0.505
1995 0.539
1996 0.548
1997 0.483
1998 0.448
1999 0.448
2000 0.435
2001 0.408
2002 0.414
2003 0.462
2004 0.487
2005 0.458
2006 0.459
2007 0.490
2008 0.559
2009 0.491
2010 0.510
2011 0.552
2012 0.548
2013 0.539
2014 0.549
2015 0.482
2016 0.468
2017 0.490
2018 0.493
2019 0.466
2020 0.420

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Mauritius was 18.02 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.56 in 2011 and a minimum value of 8.95 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 8.95
1991 9.18
1992 9.33
1993 10.01
1994 10.47
1995 10.80
1996 11.18
1997 11.67
1998 12.28
1999 12.84
2000 12.95
2001 13.27
2002 13.90
2003 14.12
2004 14.40
2005 14.62
2006 15.42
2007 16.32
2008 17.25
2009 17.74
2010 17.97
2011 18.56
2012 18.08
2013 18.43
2014 18.52
2015 18.34
2016 17.81
2017 18.01
2018 18.15
2019 17.89
2020 18.13
2021 18.02

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity