DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
212
Highest
452,865 LCU per US$
Iran
Lowest
0.3067 LCU per US$
Kuwait
Median
10.66 LCU per US$
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
10,748

What the numbers show

DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 452,865 LCU per US$ in Iran; the lowest is 0.3067 LCU per US$ in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.66 LCU per US$, and the mean is 3,469 LCU per US$.

Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 3,680,210.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 11.7%).

DEC alternative conversion factor: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iran 452,865 LCU per US$ 2024 up 1,608.3% volatile
1 Central African Republic 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
2 Lebanon 89,500 LCU per US$ 2024 up 5,837.0% volatile
2 South Africa 18.33 LCU per US$ 2024 up 69.0% volatile
3 Somalia 28,118 LCU per US$ 2024 up 39.0% volatile
3 American Samoa 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
4 Vietnam 24,165 LCU per US$ 2024 up 14.3% volatile
5 Laos 20,167 LCU per US$ 2024 up 150.8% volatile
6 Indonesia 15,855 LCU per US$ 2024 up 33.6% volatile
7 Syria 14,145 LCU per US$ 2024 up 8,320.4% volatile
8 Uzbekistan 12,652 LCU per US$ 2024 up 447.5% volatile
9 Guinea 8,539 LCU per US$ 2024 up 21.7% volatile
10 Paraguay 7,560 LCU per US$ 2024 up 69.4% volatile
11 Burundi 4,770 LCU per US$ 2024 up 208.4% volatile
12 Madagascar 4,525 LCU per US$ 2024 up 87.4% volatile
13 Colombia 4,074 LCU per US$ 2024 up 103.6% volatile
14 Cambodia 4,072 LCU per US$ 2024 up 0.9% volatile
15 Uganda 3,779 LCU per US$ 2024 up 48.9% volatile
16 Mongolia 3,390 LCU per US$ 2024 up 86.5% volatile
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 2,823 LCU per US$ 2024 up 205.1% volatile
18 Tanzania 2,600 LCU per US$ 2024 up 57.3% volatile
19 Myanmar 2,100 LCU per US$ 2024 up 111.1% volatile
20 Yemen 1,824 LCU per US$ 2024 up 748.6% volatile
21 Malawi 1,738 LCU per US$ 2024 up 309.1% volatile
22 Sudan 1,568 LCU per US$ 2024 up 17,513.1% volatile
23 Nigeria 1,478 LCU per US$ 2024 up 841.5% volatile
24 South Korea 1,363 LCU per US$ 2024 up 29.5% rising
25 Rwanda 1,318 LCU per US$ 2024 up 93.2% volatile
26 Iraq 1,300 LCU per US$ 2024 up 11.5% volatile
27 South Sudan 1,229 LCU per US$ 2024 up 41,564.6% volatile
28 Angola 1,009 LCU per US$ 2024 up 857.8% volatile
29 Chile 943.57 LCU per US$ 2024 up 65.5% volatile
30 Argentina 914.7 LCU per US$ 2024 up 10,413.5% volatile
31 Benin 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Burkina Faso 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Cote d'Ivoire 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Cameroon 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Congo 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Gabon 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Guinea-Bissau 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% volatile
31 Equatorial Guinea 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% volatile
31 Mali 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Niger 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Senegal 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Chad 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
31 Togo 606.35 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
44 Costa Rica 515.11 LCU per US$ 2024 down 4.3% volatile
45 Kazakhstan 468.96 LCU per US$ 2024 up 161.7% volatile
46 Comoros 454.52 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
47 Armenia 392.73 LCU per US$ 2024 down 5.6% rising
48 Hungary 365.69 LCU per US$ 2024 up 57.2% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 302.12 LCU per US$ 2024 up 131.4% volatile
50 Pakistan 283.1 LCU per US$ 2024 up 174.9% volatile
51 Guyana 208.5 LCU per US$ 2024 up 1.0% volatile
52 Djibouti 177.72 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
53 Jamaica 156.44 LCU per US$ 2024 up 41.0% volatile
54 Japan 151.37 LCU per US$ 2024 up 42.9% falling
55 Iceland 137.96 LCU per US$ 2024 up 18.1% volatile
56 Kenya 134.82 LCU per US$ 2024 up 53.3% volatile
57 Algeria 134.05 LCU per US$ 2024 up 66.4% volatile
58 Nepal 133.03 LCU per US$ 2024 up 35.5% volatile
59 Haiti 132.27 LCU per US$ 2024 up 196.4% volatile
60 Vanuatu 119.17 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% rising
61 Bangladesh 111.14 LCU per US$ 2024 up 43.0% volatile
62 New Caledonia 110.31 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% flat
62 French Polynesia 110.31 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% flat
64 Serbia 108.2 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.4% volatile
65 Cape Verde 101.92 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
66 Albania 93.09 LCU per US$ 2024 down 11.7% volatile
67 Russia 92.53 LCU per US$ 2024 up 141.1% volatile
68 Kyrgyzstan 87.15 LCU per US$ 2024 up 62.4% volatile
69 India 84.6 LCU per US$ 2024 up 38.4% volatile
70 Bhutan 83.67 LCU per US$ 2024 up 37.1% volatile
71 Afghanistan 70.34 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.6% rising
72 Gambia 67.04 LCU per US$ 2024 up 60.6% volatile
73 Mozambique 63.91 LCU per US$ 2024 up 103.8% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 59.57 LCU per US$ 2024 up 36.8% volatile
75 Philippines 57.29 LCU per US$ 2024 up 29.0% volatile
76 North Macedonia 56.87 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.5% rising
77 Ethiopia 48.57 LCU per US$ 2022 up 181.5% volatile
78 Mauritius 46.41 LCU per US$ 2024 up 51.6% volatile
79 Uruguay 40.21 LCU per US$ 2024 up 73.0% volatile
80 Ukraine 40.15 LCU per US$ 2024 up 237.8% volatile
81 Mauritania 39.62 LCU per US$ 2024 up 30.9% volatile
82 Nicaragua 36.62 LCU per US$ 2024 up 41.1% volatile
83 Egypt 35.73 LCU per US$ 2024 up 412.7% volatile
84 Thailand 35.29 LCU per US$ 2024 up 8.7% rising
85 Suriname 33.18 LCU per US$ 2024 up 905.5% volatile
86 Turkey 32.81 LCU per US$ 2024 up 1,399.0% volatile
87 Zambia 26.17 LCU per US$ 2024 up 325.1% volatile
88 Honduras 24.8 LCU per US$ 2024 up 18.2% volatile
89 Sao Tome and Principe 23.4 LCU per US$ 2024 up 25.8% volatile
90 Czechia 23.22 LCU per US$ 2024 up 11.8% rising
91 Sierra Leone 22.59 LCU per US$ 2024 up 399.2% volatile
92 Lesotho 18.33 LCU per US$ 2024 up 68.9% volatile
92 Namibia 18.33 LCU per US$ 2024 up 69.0% volatile
94 Eswatini 18.32 LCU per US$ 2024 up 68.8% volatile
95 Mexico 18.3 LCU per US$ 2024 up 37.7% volatile
96 Moldova 17.79 LCU per US$ 2024 up 26.8% volatile
97 Maldives 15.39 LCU per US$ 2024 up 0.1% rising
98 Eritrea 15.07 LCU per US$ 2024 down 2.0% rising
99 Zimbabwe 14.72 LCU per US$ 2024 up 3,680,210.0% volatile
100 Seychelles 14.53 LCU per US$ 2024 up 14.0% rising
101 Ghana 14.2 LCU per US$ 2024 up 389.3% volatile
102 Botswana 13.56 LCU per US$ 2024 up 51.1% volatile
103 Tajikistan 10.8 LCU per US$ 2024 up 118.7% volatile
104 Norway 10.75 LCU per US$ 2024 up 70.5% rising
105 Sweden 10.57 LCU per US$ 2024 up 54.0% rising
106 Morocco 9.94 LCU per US$ 2024 up 18.3% rising
107 Solomon Islands 8.45 LCU per US$ 2024 up 14.6% volatile
108 Macao 8.04 LCU per US$ 2024 up 0.6% rising
109 Hong Kong 7.8 LCU per US$ 2024 up 0.6% rising
110 Guatemala 7.76 LCU per US$ 2024 up 0.3% volatile
111 China 7.2 LCU per US$ 2024 up 17.2% rising
112 Bolivia 6.91 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged volatile
113 Denmark 6.89 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% falling
113 Greenland 6.89 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% falling
115 Faroe Islands 6.89 LCU per US$ 2023 up 22.7% falling
116 Trinidad and Tobago 6.75 LCU per US$ 2024 up 5.3% rising
117 Venezuela 6.28 LCU per US$ 2014 up 232.3% volatile
118 Brazil 5.39 LCU per US$ 2024 up 129.0% volatile
119 Libya 4.83 LCU per US$ 2024 up 279.8% volatile
120 Romania 4.6 LCU per US$ 2024 up 37.3% volatile
121 Malaysia 4.58 LCU per US$ 2024 up 39.8% rising
122 Poland 3.98 LCU per US$ 2024 up 26.2% rising
123 Papua New Guinea 3.82 LCU per US$ 2024 up 55.2% volatile
124 Peru 3.75 LCU per US$ 2024 up 32.2% volatile
125 Saudi Arabia 3.75 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
126 Israel 3.7 LCU per US$ 2024 up 3.4% volatile
127 United Arab Emirates 3.67 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged falling
128 Qatar 3.64 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged falling
129 Turkmenistan 3.5 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% volatile
130 Belarus 3.25 LCU per US$ 2024 up 217.5% volatile
131 Tunisia 3.11 LCU per US$ 2024 up 83.3% volatile
132 Samoa 2.76 LCU per US$ 2024 up 18.7% rising
133 Georgia 2.72 LCU per US$ 2024 up 54.1% volatile
134 Antigua and Barbuda 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
134 Dominica 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
134 Grenada 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
134 Saint Lucia 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.7 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
140 Tonga 2.37 LCU per US$ 2024 up 31.0% rising
141 Fiji 2.27 LCU per US$ 2024 up 20.2% rising
142 Belize 2 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
142 Barbados 2 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
144 Bulgaria 1.81 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.6% volatile
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.81 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.6% rising
146 Aruba 1.79 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
146 Curacao 1.79 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
146 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.79 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
149 Azerbaijan 1.7 LCU per US$ 2024 up 116.7% volatile
150 New Zealand 1.65 LCU per US$ 2024 up 37.1% rising
151 Australia 1.53 LCU per US$ 2024 up 40.0% rising
151 Nauru 1.53 LCU per US$ 2024 up 40.0% rising
153 Kiribati 1.52 LCU per US$ 2024 up 36.6% rising
154 Tuvalu 1.51 LCU per US$ 2023 up 45.3% rising
155 Canada 1.37 LCU per US$ 2024 up 24.0% rising
156 Singapore 1.34 LCU per US$ 2024 up 5.5% falling
157 Brunei 1.34 LCU per US$ 2024 up 5.4% falling
158 Bahamas 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Bermuda 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Cuba 1 LCU per US$ 2020 down 7.4% rising
158 Ecuador 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Micronesia (country) 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Guam 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Liberia 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Marshall Islands 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Northern Mariana Islands 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Panama 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Palau 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Puerto Rico 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Palestine 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 El Salvador 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 East Timor 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 United States 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
158 United States Virgin Islands 1 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
176 San Marino 0.9248 LCU per US$ 2023 up 22.8% falling
177 Montenegro 0.9244 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.8% falling
178 Andorra 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Austria 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Belgium 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Cyprus 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Germany 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Spain 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Estonia 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Finland 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 France 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% flat
178 Greece 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% volatile
178 Ireland 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Italy 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Lithuania 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.6% falling
178 Luxembourg 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Latvia 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% flat
178 Monaco 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% flat
178 Malta 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Netherlands 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Portugal 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
178 Slovakia 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% falling
178 Slovenia 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
200 Croatia 0.9239 LCU per US$ 2024 up 22.7% rising
201 Switzerland 0.8804 LCU per US$ 2024 down 3.9% falling
201 Liechtenstein 0.8804 LCU per US$ 2024 down 3.9% falling
203 Cayman Islands 0.8333 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged flat
204 United Kingdom 0.7824 LCU per US$ 2024 up 28.7% rising
204 Isle of Man 0.7824 LCU per US$ 2024 up 28.7% rising
206 Jordan 0.71 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
207 Oman 0.3845 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged rising
208 Bahrain 0.376 LCU per US$ 2024 unchanged falling
209 Kuwait 0.3067 LCU per US$ 2024 up 7.8% flat

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Indicator
DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$)
Unit
LCU per US$
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
212 places, 10,748 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release