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Canada vs United States: DEC alternative conversion factor

Canada
1.4 LCU per US$
in 2025
United States
1 LCU per US$
in 2025
Canada rank
156th
United States rank
159th

DEC alternative conversion factor over time

  • Canada
  • United States
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.4 LCU per US$ against 1 LCU per US$ in United States, a difference of 0.3981 LCU per US$.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 156th and United States ranks 159th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
Unit
LCU per US$
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
214 places, 12,592 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate (the price of one country’s currency in relation to another country's currency) used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar.