Nepal - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Nepal was 33.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.52 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.84 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 6.84
1991 7.44
1992 8.62
1993 9.33
1994 9.58
1995 9.97
1996 10.56
1997 11.13
1998 11.45
1999 12.29
2000 12.56
2001 12.71
2002 13.01
2003 13.16
2004 13.35
2005 13.74
2006 14.32
2007 15.00
2008 15.54
2009 17.88
2010 20.35
2011 25.25
2012 26.00
2013 26.80
2014 28.15
2015 29.94
2016 32.00
2017 31.23
2018 31.83
2019 32.74
2020 33.52

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 Nepal was 0.288 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.349 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.169 in 2003.

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 0.240
1991 0.236
1992 0.192
1993 0.194
1994 0.195
1995 0.200
1996 0.192
1997 0.195
1998 0.185
1999 0.181
2000 0.182
2001 0.173
2002 0.171
2003 0.169
2004 0.181
2005 0.190
2006 0.198
2007 0.213
2008 0.239
2009 0.233
2010 0.273
2011 0.349
2012 0.321
2013 0.305
2014 0.287
2015 0.301
2016 0.301
2017 0.294
2018 0.305
2019 0.290
2020 0.288

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Nepal was 33.16 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.35 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.58 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 9.58
1991 10.62
1992 12.08
1993 12.61
1994 13.32
1995 13.94
1996 14.79
1997 15.03
1998 16.47
1999 17.32
2000 17.16
2001 17.14
2002 17.39
2003 17.97
2004 18.00
2005 18.60
2006 19.26
2007 19.15
2008 20.27
2009 22.60
2010 24.31
2011 25.74
2012 25.78
2013 27.49
2014 28.58
2015 29.92
2016 30.70
2017 30.51
2018 31.00
2019 32.14
2020 33.35
2021 33.16

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity