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Jamaica vs Japan: DEC alternative conversion factor

Jamaica
159.1 LCU per US$
in 2025
Japan
149.66 LCU per US$
in 2025
Jamaica rank
55th
Japan rank
56th

DEC alternative conversion factor over time

  • Jamaica
  • Japan
0100200300400196019922025

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 159.1 LCU per US$ against 149.66 LCU per US$ in Japan, a difference of 9.44 LCU per US$.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Jamaica ranks 55th and Japan ranks 56th 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.