Vietnam - PPP conversion factor

PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)

The value for PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in Vietnam was 7,474.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,474.12 in 2020 and a minimum value of 672.87 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 672.87
1991 1,123.04
1992 1,456.30
1993 1,670.32
1994 1,912.63
1995 2,192.57
1996 2,340.40
1997 2,450.98
1998 2,637.90
1999 2,749.48
2000 2,781.04
2001 2,792.71
2002 2,878.41
2003 3,026.84
2004 3,196.06
2005 3,682.54
2006 3,880.66
2007 4,143.08
2008 4,985.48
2009 5,255.30
2010 5,822.00
2011 6,915.34
2012 7,167.06
2013 7,369.90
2014 7,473.42
2015 7,413.46
2016 7,315.61
2017 7,395.34
2018 7,467.35
2019 7,467.60
2020 7,474.12

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 Vietnam was 0.322 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.353 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.104 in 1990.

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 0.104
1991 0.141
1992 0.130
1993 0.157
1994 0.174
1995 0.199
1996 0.212
1997 0.210
1998 0.199
1999 0.197
2000 0.196
2001 0.190
2002 0.188
2003 0.195
2004 0.203
2005 0.232
2006 0.243
2007 0.257
2008 0.306
2009 0.308
2010 0.313
2011 0.337
2012 0.344
2013 0.352
2014 0.353
2015 0.342
2016 0.334
2017 0.331
2018 0.330
2019 0.324
2020 0.322

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

The value for PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) in Vietnam was 7,902 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,124 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,761 in 1995.

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
1995 3,761
1996 3,861
1997 3,894
1998 4,113
1999 4,191
2000 3,985
2001 3,859
2002 3,944
2003 3,981
2004 4,178
2005 4,376
2006 4,553
2007 4,796
2008 5,687
2009 6,090
2010 6,544
2011 7,528
2012 7,568
2013 7,953
2014 8,013
2015 7,789
2016 7,716
2017 7,808
2018 7,891
2019 7,967
2020 8,124
2021 7,902

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Purchasing power parity