DEFINITION
PPPs are currency converters that equalise price levels between countries. The PPPs shown here have been calculated by comparing the prices in OECD countries of a common basket of about 2 500 goods and services. Countries are not required to price all the items in the common basket because some of the items may be hard to find in certain countries, but the common basket has been drawn up in such a way that each country can find prices for a wide range of the goods and services that are representative of their markets.
The goods and services to be priced cover all those that enter into final expenditure – household consumption, government services, capital formation and net exports. Prices for the different items are weighted by their shares in total final expenditures to obtain the GDP PPPs shown here.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Korea, South: |
$929.26 National currency units p |
|
|
Korean Currency
|
|
# 2
|
Hungary: |
$183.63 National currency units p |
|
|
Hungarian Currency
|
|
# 3
|
Japan: |
$117.75 National currency units p |
|
|
Japanese Currency
|
|
# 4
|
Iceland: |
$64.06 National currency units p |
|
|
Icelandic Currency
|
|
# 5
|
Slovakia: |
$24.69 National currency units p |
|
|
Slovak Currency
|
|
# 6
|
Czech Republic: |
$20.29 National currency units p |
|
|
Czech Currency
|
|
# 7
|
Mexico: |
$10.93 National currency units p |
|
|
Mexican Currency
|
|
# 8
|
Sweden: |
$6.76 National currency units p |
|
|
Swedish Currency
|
|
# 9
|
Norway: |
$5.86 National currency units p |
|
|
Norwegian Currency
|
|
# 10
|
Denmark: |
$5.44 National currency units p |
|
|
Danish Currency
|
|
# 11
|
Poland: |
$2.77 National currency units p |
|
|
Polish Currency
|
|
# 12
|
New Zealand: |
$1.36 National currency units p |
|
|
New Zealand Currency
|
|
# 13
|
Turkey: |
$1.30 National currency units p |
|
|
Turkish Currency
|
|
# 14
|
Switzerland: |
$1.20 National currency units p |
|
|
Swiss Currency
|
|
# 15
|
Australia: |
$1.20 National currency units p |
|
|
Australian Currency
|
|
# 16
|
Canada: |
$1.07 National currency units p |
|
|
Canadian Currency
|
|
# 17
|
United States: |
$1.00 National currency units p |
|
|
American Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Italy: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Italian Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Portugal: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Portuguese Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Germany: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
German Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Spain: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Spanish Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Belgium: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Belgian Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Luxembourg: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Luxembourg Currency
|
|
= 18
|
France: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
French Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Netherlands: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Dutch Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Greece: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Greek Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Ireland: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Irish Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Austria: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Austrian Currency
|
|
= 18
|
Finland: |
$0.73 National currency units p |
|
|
Finnish Currency
|
|
# 30
|
United Kingdom: |
$0.50 National currency units p |
|
|
British Currency
|
| |
Weighted average: |
$46.26 National currency units p |
|
DEFINITION: PPPs are currency converters that equalise price levels between countries. The PPPs shown here have been calculated by comparing the prices in OECD countries of a common basket of about 2 500 goods and services. Countries are not required to price all the items in the common basket because some of the items may be hard to find in certain countries, but the common basket has been drawn up in such a way that each country can find prices for a wide range of the goods and services that are representative of their markets.
The goods and services to be priced cover all those that enter into final expenditure – household consumption, government services, capital formation and net exports. Prices for the different items are weighted by their shares in total final expenditures to obtain the GDP PPPs shown here.