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(Ottawa = 100)

Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in February 2009.

See monthly release notes for information on this month's released Indexes and revisions to previously released Indexes.

Country Post Survey date Previous index Current index Effective date

Exchange rate CAD$

 Currency
Afghanistan Kabul ... . 100 Oct-05 0.026444 Afghani
Afghanistan Kandahar ... . 100 Dec-06 0.022927 Afghani
Algeria Algiers Nov-08 119 118 (1) Feb-09 0.017468 Dinar
Angola Luanda May-05 188 200 (a) Dec-08 0.016765 Kwanza
Argentina Buenos Aires May-08 116 120 Jan-09 0.360518 Peso
Bangladesh Dhaka Nov-07 114 118 Dec-08 0.018382 Taka
Barbados Bridgetown Mar-06 148 155 Dec-08 0.621314 Dollar
Belize Belize Jun-05 120 116 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.638197 Dollar
Benin Cotonou Sep-04 129 135 (a) Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Bolivia La Paz Mar-07 89 94 (a) Dec-08 0.179642 Boliviano
Bolivia Santa Cruz ... 89 94 (a) Dec-08 0.179642 Boliviano
Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Nov-05 114 120 Nov-08 0.846846 Markka
Botswana Gaborone May-06 85 90 (a) Jan-09 0.159555 Pula
Brazil Brasilia May-08 132 124 Nov-08 0.545894 Real
Brazil Rio Branco May-08 132 124 Nov-08 0.545894 Real
Brazil Rio de Janeiro ... 135 127 Nov-08 0.555374 Real
Brazil Sao Paulo May-08 135 127 Nov-08 0.555374 Real
Bulgaria Sofia May-06 136 130 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.842711 Lev
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Jan-07 143 153 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Burundi Bujumbura Jan-06 152 161 (a) Dec-08 0.001048 Franc
Cambodia Phnom Penh Jan-05 112 123 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.000306 Rial
Cameroon Douala ... 130 140 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cameroon Yaoundé Nov-05 130 140 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Central African Republic Bangui Mar-01 191 204 (a) Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chad N'Djamena Aug-06 130 138 (a) Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chile Santiago May-08 102 107 (1) Feb-09 0.002 Peso
China Beijing Jan-06 118 123 Dec-08 0.181076 Yuan Renminbi
China China Other Locations ... 118 123 Dec-08 0.181076 Yuan Renminbi
China Lanzhou ... 118 123 Dec-08 0.181076 Yuan Renminbi
China Lhasa ... 118 123 Dec-08 0.181076 Yuan Renminbi
Colombia Bogota Feb-07 108 112 Jan-09 0.000555 Peso
Congo, Dem. Republic Kinshasa Jan-07 170 153 (1) Feb-09 0.001968 Franc
Costa Rica San José Nov-05 119 126 Dec-08 0.002285 Colon
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Dec-05 148 157 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cuba Havana Feb-08 112 120 Dec-08 1.315628 Convertible Peso
Dominica Roseau ... 90 98 (a) Nov-08 0.458125 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo May-07 118 112 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.035489 Peso
Ecuador Quito Jan-05 107 113 (a) Dec-08 1.236446 Dollar (U.S.)
Egypt Cairo Oct-08 115 113 (1) Feb-09 0.22562 Pound
Egypt Kafr El-Sheikh Oct-08 115 113 (1) Feb-09 0.22562 Pound
El Salvador San Salvador Jan-07 91 95 (a) Dec-08 1.236446 Dollar (U.S.)
Eritrea Asmara ... 134 125 (1) Feb-09 0.121302 Birr
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Apr-07 134 125 (1) Feb-09 0.121302 Birr
Fiji Suva Feb-05 92 96 (a) Dec-08 0.679981 Dollar
Gabon Libreville Feb-04 140 152 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Gambia Banjul Dec-05 130 136 (a) Dec-08 0.04973 Dalasi
Georgia Tbilisi Oct-04 177 160 (a) Jan-09 0.759405 Lari
Ghana Accra Aug-05 121 125 Dec-08 1.051319 Cedi
Ghana Tamale Jan-07 130 137 Jan-09 1.023682 Cedi
Grenada St. George's Jun-07 87 95 (a) Nov-08 0.458125 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Guatemala Guatemala City Mar-07 120 125 Dec-08 0.162122 Quetzal
Guinea Conakry May-07 132 125 (a) Jan-09 0.000254 Franc
Guyana Georgetown Dec-07 120 126 Dec-08 0.006167 Dollar
Haiti Port-au-Prince Nov-06 134 144 Nov-08 0.03077 Gourdes
Haiti St. Marc ... 134 144 Nov-08 0.03077 Gourdes
Honduras Tegucigalpa Mar-06 113 118 Dec-08 0.065436 Lempira
India Hyderabad ... 99 105 Dec-08 0.025296 Rupee
India New Delhi ... 99 105 Dec-08 0.025296 Rupee
Indonesia Indonesia Other Feb-06 106 110 Jan-09 0.000112 Rupiah
Indonesia Jakarta Feb-06 106 110 Jan-09 0.000112 Rupiah
Israel Jerusalem ... 134 143 Nov-08 0.327245 Shekel
Israel Tel Aviv Apr-07 134 143 Nov-08 0.327245 Shekel
Jamaica Kingston Jul-06 120 131 Nov-08 0.016317 Dollar
Japan Tokyo Oct-05 201 213 Jan-09 0.013723 Yen
Jordan Amman Apr-08 122 126 Dec-08 1.747226 Dinar
Kenya Nairobi Nov-05 133 139 Dec-08 0.016044 Shilling
Kosovo Pristina ... 115 123 Jan-09 1.688419 Euro
Kuwait Kuwait (CIDA) Jul-07 119 115 (1) Feb-09 4.393651 Dinar
Laos Vientiane Dec-05 109 120 (a) Nov-08 0.000141 Kip
Lebanon Beirut Jun-05 121 127 Dec-08 0.000835 Pound
Lesotho Maseru Mar-06 81 76 (a) Nov-08 0.124465 Maloti
Liberia Monrovia Dec-07 128 135 (a) Dec-08 0.025234 Dollar
Madagascar Antananarivo Jan-06 134 146 (a) Nov-08 0.000706 Ariari
Malawi Lilongwe May-06 124 129 (1) Feb-09 0.008983 Kwacha
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Jan-06 101 105 Jan-09 0.352611 Ringgit
Mali Bamako Oct-05 138 145 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Mauritania Nouakchott Sep-06 123 133 (a) Nov-08 0.005041 Ouguiya
Mexico Guadalajara ... 104 98 Nov-08 0.095102 Peso
Mexico Monterrey Mar-06 104 98 Nov-08 0.095102 Peso
Mexico Puebla ... 104 98 Nov-08 0.095102 Peso
Mexico Quéretaro ... 104 98 Nov-08 0.095102 Peso
Mexico San Cristobal ... 104 98 Nov-08 0.095102 Peso
Morocco Rabat Feb-06 123 128 Jan-09 0.156884 Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Aug-05 150 144 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.049403 Metical
Mozambique Vilankulos ... 150 144 (a) (1) Feb-09 0.049403 Metical
Namibia Windhoek ... 96 91 Nov-08 0.123415 Rand
Nepal Kathmandu Jun-07 85 90 (a) Dec-08 0.016023 Rupee
Nicaragua Managua May-06 89 93 (a) Dec-08 0.063335 Cordoba (New)
Niger Niamey Jul-05 124 131 (a) Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Nigeria Abuja Nov-05 174 160 (1) Feb-09 0.008587 Naira
Nigeria Bauchi ... 157 146 (1) Feb-09 0.008587 Naira
Nigeria Calabar ... 157 146 (1) Feb-09 0.008587 Naira
Nigeria Lagos Nov-05 157 146 (1) Feb-09 0.008587 Naira
Pakistan Lahore ... 93 98 Dec-08 0.015525 Rupee
Pakistan Pakistan Other May-07 93 98 Dec-08 0.015525 Rupee
Paraguay Asuncion Feb-06 116 121 (a) Jul-08 0.000265 Guarani
Peru Lima Apr-08 113 117 Dec-08 0.405343 Soles
Philippines Manila Apr-07 102 107 Dec-08 0.025163 Peso
Poland Warsaw Feb-06 142 134 (1) Feb-09 0.38947 Zloty
Romania Bucharest May-08 123 114 (1) Feb-09 0.389427 Leu
Rwanda Kigali Feb-07 122 129 Dec-08 0.002279 Franc
Senegal Dakar Oct-05 134 139 Jan-09 0.002574 Franc (C.F.A.)
Serbia Belgrade May-05 139 129 (1) Feb-09 0.017611 Dinar (Yugoslav)
Sierra Leone Freetown Oct-06 143 155 (a) Dec-08 0.000422 Leone
Singapore Singapore Mar-06 127 133 Jan-09 0.847544 Dollar
Slovakia Bratislava May-07 118 126 (a) Jan-09 0.055947 Koruna
South Africa Pretoria Feb-07 96 91 Nov-08 0.123415 Rand
Sri Lanka Colombo Nov-07 106 114 Nov-08 0.011112 Rupee
St. Kitts & Nevis Basseterre ... 90 98 (a) Nov-08 0.458125 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Lucia Castries ... 87 95 (a) Nov-08 0.458125 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown ... 87 95 (a) Nov-08 0.458125 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Sudan Khartoum Oct-04 152 157 (a) Dec-08 0.565451 Pound
Tajikistan Dushanbe Oct-97 120 124 (a) Dec-08 0.363661 Somoni
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Apr-08 109 113 Dec-08 0.001004 Shilling
Tanzania Tanzania Other ... 109 113 Dec-08 0.001004 Shilling
Thailand Bangkok Nov-05 108 114 Nov-08 0.034895 Baht
Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain Mar-07 123 128 Dec-08 0.197572 Dollar
Tunisia Tunis Feb-03 113 116 Jan-09 0.930856 Dinar
Uganda Kampala Mar-07 106 109 (a) Nov-08 0.000667 Shilling (New)
Ukraine Kyiv Feb-06 128 117 Jan-09 0.166045 Hryvnia
Uruguay Montevideo Nov-05 119 125 Sep-08 0.056023 Peso
Vietnam Hanoi Apr-08 109 113 Jan-09 0.000073418 Dong
West Bank and Gaza Gaza City ... 134 143 Nov-08 0.327245 Shekel
West Bank and Gaza Ramallah ... 134 143 Nov-08 0.327245 Shekel
Zambia Lusaka May-06 137 130 Jan-09 0.000258 Kwacha
Zimbabwe Harare Nov-06 494 105 Jun-08 0.000004888 Dollar x 100,000
(1) Post Index has been updated or is new this month.
(2) Previously released Post Index has been revised.
. No previous Post Index established for this location
... Where no Survey Date is shown, the Post Index is linked to another Post Index where a survey has been carried out.
 
(a) - Based on U.S. Department of State surveys; does not include access to duty-free purchases.
(b) - Based on United Nations surveys; does not include access to duty-free purchases.
(c) - Index for personnel who do not have U.S. military facility privileges.
(d) - Index for personnel who do not have access to duty-free gasoline.
(e) - Index for civilian personnel who have U.S. military facility privileges.
(f) - Index for personnel who do not have diplomatic privileges.
(g) - Index for personnel who are provided rations and quarters, a meal allowance or a third-party subsistence allowance.
(h) - Index for personnel who do not have retail tax-free privileges.
(i) - Index for personnel who purchase rations from a military establishment.
Date Modified: 2009-02-26

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