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(Ottawa = 100)

Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in January 2011.

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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-08 108 105 May-10 0.014058 Dinar
Angola Luanda May-08 154 133 (a) Dec-10 0.011219 Kwanza
Argentina Buenos Aires May-08 99 95 Sep-10 0.263915 Peso
Bangladesh Dhaka Nov-07 106 109 (1) Jan-11 0.014555 Taka
Barbados Bridgetown Apr-09 129 134 Oct-10 0.529655 Dollar
Belize Belize Apr-08 103 100 (a) Apr-10 0.531512 Dollar
Benin Cotonou Dec-07 98 94 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Bolivia La Paz Jul-09 76 77 (a) Jul-10 0.150928 Boliviano
Bolivia Santa Cruz ... 76 77 (a) Jul-10 0.150928 Boliviano
Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Dec-08 103 105 Oct-10 0.693255 Markka
Botswana Gaborone Jun-09 89 93 (a) Oct-10 0.156916 Pula
Brazil Brasilia May-08 138 143 Aug-10 0.590588 Real
Brazil Rio Branco May-08 138 143 Aug-10 0.590588 Real
Brazil Rio de Janeiro ... 141 146 Aug-10 0.600844 Real
Brazil Sao Paulo May-08 141 146 Aug-10 0.600844 Real
Bulgaria Sofia May-10 99 94 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.695696 Lev
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Feb-10 126 122 (1) Jan-11 0.002064 Franc (C.F.A.)
Burundi Bujumbura Jul-09 104 100 (a) Apr-10 0.000857 Franc
Cambodia Phnom Penh Feb-09 80 83 (a) Jun-10 0.000253 Rial
Cameroon Douala ... 120 116 (1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cameroon Yaoundé Dec-08 120 116 (1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Central African Republic Bangui Aug-08 118 128 (a) Nov-10 0.0022 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chad N'Djamena Aug-09 117 107 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chile Santiago May-08 105 109 Oct-10 0.002136 Peso
China Beijing Feb-09 110 106 Apr-10 0.152122 Yuan Renminbi
China China Other Locations ... 110 106 Apr-10 0.152122 Yuan Renminbi
China Lanzhou ... 110 106 Apr-10 0.152122 Yuan Renminbi
China Lhasa ... 110 106 Apr-10 0.152122 Yuan Renminbi
Colombia Bogota Feb-10 111 106 Dec-10 0.000551 Peso
Congo, Dem. Republic Kinshasa Mar-10 134 134 (1) Jan-11 0.00115 Franc
Costa Rica San José Jan-09 110 114 Jun-10 0.002059 Colon
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Apr-09 119 124 Aug-10 0.002067 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cuba Havana Feb-08 112 108 Dec-10 1.094067 Convertible Peso
Djibouti Djibouti Apr-04 138 133 (a) May-10 0.005824 Franc
Dominica Roseau ... 88 84 (a) May-10 0.383003 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo May-07 100 96 (a) Apr-10 0.028658 Peso
Ecuador Quito Aug-09 100 87 (a) Jul-10 1.053501 Dollar (U.S.)
Egypt Cairo Oct-08 106 110 Oct-10 0.184839 Pound
Egypt Kafr El-Sheikh Oct-08 106 110 Oct-10 0.184839 Pound
El Salvador San Salvador Feb-09 86 83 (a)(1) Jan-11 1.027971 Dollar (U.S.)
Eritrea Asmara ... 104 99 Oct-10 0.064801 Birr
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Mar-10 104 99 Oct-10 0.064801 Birr
Fiji Suva Sep-07 90 94 (a) Oct-10 0.555074 Dollar
Gabon Libreville Feb-04 130 125 Dec-10 0.002151 Franc (C.F.A.)
Gambia Banjul Mar-09 88 85 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.03818 Dalasi
Georgia Tbilisi Apr-09 97 100 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.584075 Lari
Ghana Accra Nov-08 113 108 Dec-10 0.72292 Cedi
Ghana Tamale Jan-07 119 115 (1) Jan-11 0.707721 Cedi
Grenada St. George's Jun-07 85 82 (a) May-10 0.383003 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Guatemala Guatemala City Mar-10 105 105 Sep-10 0.131864 Quetzal
Guinea Conakry Oct-08 111 99 (a) Nov-10 0.000153 Franc
Guyana Georgetown Dec-07 111 107 Apr-10 0.005101 Dollar
Haiti Port-au-Prince Jun-10 129 129 Sep-10 0.026642 Gourdes
Haiti St. Marc ... 129 129 Sep-10 0.026642 Gourdes
Honduras Tegucigalpa Mar-06 108 104 Feb-10 0.056023 Lempira
India Hyderabad ... 106 111 Nov-10 0.023402 Rupee
India New Delhi ... 106 111 Nov-10 0.023402 Rupee
Indonesia Indonesia Other Feb-09 111 116 Aug-10 0.000117 Rupiah
Indonesia Jakarta Feb-09 111 116 Aug-10 0.000117 Rupiah
Israel Jerusalem ... 127 129 Nov-10 0.287773 Shekel
Israel Tel Aviv Apr-10 127 129 Nov-10 0.287773 Shekel
Jamaica Kingston Oct-09 112 118 Jun-10 0.01195 Dollar
Japan Tokyo Nov-08 187 193 Nov-10 0.012705 Yen
Jordan Amman Mar-10 109 109 Oct-10 1.482869 Dinar
Kenya Nairobi Feb-09 120 114 Oct-10 0.013068 Shilling
Kosovo Pristina ... 105 110 Oct-10 1.380531 Euro
Kuwait Kuwait (CIDA) Feb-09 102 105 Jul-10 3.620263 Dinar
Laos Vientiane Dec-05 105 109 (a) Jun-10 0.000128 Kip
Lebanon Beirut Nov-08 112 109 Apr-10 0.000692 Pound
Lesotho Maseru Jun-09 94 97 (a) Sep-10 0.145226 Maloti
Liberia Monrovia Aug-09 114 106 (a) Oct-10 0.021505 Dollar
Madagascar Antananarivo Jan-08 90 98 (a) Oct-10 0.000526 Ariari
Malawi Lilongwe Jun-09 120 113 Nov-10 0.006894 Kwacha
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Feb-09 95 98 Sep-10 0.335397 Ringgit
Mali Bamako Dec-08 123 119 (1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Mauritania Nouakchott Apr-08 93 90 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.003651 Ouguiya
Mexico Guadalajara ... 94 95 Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Monterrey Mar-09 94 95 Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Puebla ... 94 95 Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Quéretaro ... 94 95 Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico San Cristobal ... 94 95 Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Morocco Rabat Feb-09 114 110 Jul-10 0.121675 Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Aug-09 88 92 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.030707 Metical
Mozambique Vilankulos ... 88 92 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.030707 Metical
Namibia Windhoek ... 103 109 Oct-10 0.147393 Rand
Nepal Kathmandu Sep-09 86 84 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.014328 Rupee
Nicaragua Managua Apr-08 87 84 (a) Oct-10 0.048905 Cordoba (New)
Niger Niamey Jun-09 85 80 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.002075 Franc (C.F.A.)
Nigeria Abuja Jun-09 146 142 Apr-10 0.006928 Naira
Nigeria Bauchi ... 135 134 Apr-10 0.006928 Naira
Nigeria Calabar ... 135 134 Apr-10 0.006928 Naira
Nigeria Lagos Apr-09 135 134 Apr-10 0.006928 Naira
Pakistan Lahore ... 90 93 Nov-10 0.012073 Rupee
Pakistan Pakistan Other May-07 90 93 Nov-10 0.012073 Rupee
Panama Panama City ... 91 94 (a) Aug-10 1.058326 Balboa
Paraguay Asuncion Jan-08 85 90 (a)(1) Jan-11 0.000223 Guarani
Peru Lima Apr-08 112 108 Apr-10 0.371091 Soles
Philippines Manila Mar-10 100 103 Oct-10 0.023852 Peso
Poland Warsaw Apr-09 120 116 (1) Jan-11 0.33898 Zloty
Romania Bucharest May-08 107 102 (1) Jan-11 0.316919 Leu
Rwanda Kigali Jun-10 94 105 Oct-10 0.001799 Franc
Senegal Dakar Jul-09 110 115 Nov-10 0.0022 Franc (C.F.A.)
Senegal Kolda ... 110 115 Nov-10 0.0022 Franc (C.F.A.)
Senegal Thies ... 110 115 Nov-10 0.0022 Franc (C.F.A.)
Serbia Belgrade Apr-09 109 112 Oct-10 0.01308 Dinar (Yugoslav)
Sierra Leone Freetown Jun-09 93 89 (a) Dec-10 0.000251 Leone
Singapore Singapore Apr-09 120 124 Oct-10 0.790252 Dollar
Slovakia Bratislava Dec-09 110 104 (a)(1) Jan-11 1.360807 Koruna
South Africa Pretoria May-10 103 109 Oct-10 0.147393 Rand
Sri Lanka Colombo Nov-07 101 105 Aug-10 0.009366 Rupee
St. Kitts & Nevis Basseterre ... 88 84 (a) May-10 0.383003 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Lucia Castries ... 85 82 (a) May-10 0.383003 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown ... 85 82 (a) May-10 0.383003 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Sudan Juba ... 106 102 (1) Jan-11 0.425355 Pound
Sudan Khartoum Oct-09 106 102 (1) Jan-11 0.425355 Pound
Tajikistan Dushanbe Mar-08 68 70 (a) Dec-10 0.23591 Somoni
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Apr-08 97 92 Dec-10 0.000694 Shilling
Tanzania Tanzania Other ... 97 92 Dec-10 0.000694 Shilling
Thailand Bangkok Nov-08 105 110 Oct-10 0.034221 Baht
Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain May-10 124 113 Oct-10 0.1653 Dollar
Tunisia Tunis Jun-09 90 93 Nov-10 0.743447 Dinar
Uganda Kampala Aug-08 85 80 (a) Jul-10 0.000467 Shilling (New)
Ukraine Kyiv Feb-09 111 107 Sep-10 0.136216 Hryvnia
Uruguay Montevideo Nov-05 134 128 Jul-10 0.052477 Peso
Vietnam Hanoi Apr-08 100 97 May-10 0.000053795 Dong
West Bank and Gaza Gaza City ... 127 129 Nov-10 0.287773 Shekel
West Bank and Gaza Ramallah ... 127 129 Nov-10 0.287773 Shekel
Zambia Lusaka Dec-09 118 124 Nov-10 0.000222 Kwacha
Zimbabwe Harare Mar-09 108 108 Aug-10 0.140655 Dollar (U.S.)
(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.