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Lesotho vs Sao Tome and Principe: DEC alternative conversion factor

Lesotho
17.89 LCU per US$
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
21.69 LCU per US$
in 2025
Lesotho rank
97th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
94th

DEC alternative conversion factor over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 21.69 LCU per US$ against 17.89 LCU per US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 3.8 LCU per US$.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

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

Globally, Lesotho ranks 97th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 94th 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.