Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in November 2003.
| Country |
Post |
Survey date |
Previous index |
Current index |
Effective date |
Exchange rate C$ |
Currency |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
|
|
100 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Albania |
Tirana |
|
|
100 |
Dec-99 |
|
|
| Algeria |
Algiers |
May-02 |
|
111 |
Nov-02 |
0.02065 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Oct-02 |
88 |
85 |
Nov-03 |
0.46896 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Adelaide |
|
|
114 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
114 |
Jun-03 |
0.909415 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
121 f |
Jun-03 |
0.909415 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
114 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
121 f |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Austria |
Vienna |
May-01 |
|
147 |
Apr-03 |
1.617189 |
Euro |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Oct-00 |
|
93 |
May-03 |
0.025511 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
138 |
Jun-03 |
0.706734 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
Apr-03 |
|
138 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
Apr-03 |
|
147 d |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-03 |
79 |
76 a |
Nov-03 |
0.172836 |
Boliviano |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Aug-02 |
|
112 |
Oct-03 |
0.777988 |
Markka |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
Jul-03 |
94 |
96 |
Nov-03 |
0.463365 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
99 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
May-03 |
99 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
0.471411 |
Real |
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Jun-02 |
117 |
112 a |
Nov-03 |
0.773879 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-99 |
|
112 |
Aug-02 |
0.002374 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
|
110 |
105 a |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Mar-03 |
|
116 |
Oct-03 |
0.002371 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Dec-01 |
|
96 |
Oct-03 |
0.002061 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Nov-02 |
108 |
104 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| China |
Guangzhou |
|
108 |
104 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| China |
Hong Kong |
Nov-02 |
134 |
128 |
Nov-03 |
0.17346 |
Dollar (H.K.) |
| China |
Shanghai |
Nov-02 |
107 |
104 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| Colombia |
Bogota |
May-01 |
88 |
84 |
Nov-03 |
0.000467 |
Peso (Colom.) |
| Congo, Dem. Republic |
Kinshasa |
Feb-02 |
|
132 |
Jul-03 |
0.003314 |
Franc (Congo) |
| Costa Rica |
San José |
Feb-03 |
98 |
94 |
Nov-03 |
0.003302 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
May-00 |
|
129 |
Apr-03 |
0.002465 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-02 |
|
115 a |
Jun-03 |
0.216029 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jan-03 |
|
117 |
Jul-03 |
1.372574 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
Apr-03 |
|
99 |
Oct-03 |
0.048054 |
Koruna (Czech) |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
May-01 |
|
168 |
Oct-03 |
0.209384 |
Krone (Den.) |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Dec-02 |
97 |
89 a |
Nov-03 |
0.039903 |
Peso (Dom Rep./Rép. Dom.) |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
Feb-03 |
|
107 a |
Oct-03 |
1.384818 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
May-02 |
|
85 |
Jul-03 |
0.229621 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Jan-03 |
100 |
95 a |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Jan-00 |
|
92 |
Jun-03 |
0.169364 |
Birr |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
Apr-03 |
|
151 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| France |
Beaumont-Hamel |
|
|
157 d |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| France |
Grenoble |
|
|
145 |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| France |
Lyon |
|
|
157 f |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| France |
Paris |
May-01 |
|
153 |
Apr-03 |
1.617189 |
Euro |
| France |
Paris |
May-01 |
|
165 d |
Apr-03 |
1.617189 |
Euro |
| France |
Vimy |
|
|
157 d |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
May-01 |
|
134 |
Apr-03 |
0.002465 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Germany |
Berlin |
Apr-03 |
|
131 |
Sep-03 |
1.582909 |
Euro |
| Germany |
Düsseldorf |
|
|
131 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Germany |
Hamburg |
|
|
131 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
|
143 f |
Sep-03 |
1.582909 |
Euro |
| Germany |
Munich |
|
|
131 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Ghana |
Accra |
May-02 |
117 |
111 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Cedi |
| Greece |
Athens |
Feb-03 |
|
131 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Mar-03 |
106 |
102 a |
Nov-03 |
0.502816 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Feb-01 |
114 |
108 |
Nov-03 |
0.165672 |
Quetzal |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
Feb-02 |
127 |
121 |
Nov-03 |
0.000674 |
Franc (Guin.) |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
109 |
Jun-03 |
0.007879 |
Dollar (Guyana) |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Mar-03 |
125 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
0.034215 |
Gourdes |
| Holy See |
Vatican |
|
|
142 |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Mar-03 |
101 |
93 |
Nov-03 |
0.076333 |
Lempira |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
Jan-03 |
|
115 |
Jul-03 |
0.006175 |
Forint |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jun-01 |
|
187 a |
Sep-03 |
0.017761 |
Krona (Ice./Isl.) |
| India |
Chandigarh |
|
|
96 |
Aug-03 |
|
|
| India |
Mumbai |
|
|
96 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| India |
New Delhi |
Feb-00 |
|
96 |
Jul-03 |
0.029403 |
Rupee (Ind.) |
| India |
New Delhi |
Feb-00 |
|
99 f |
Jul-03 |
0.029403 |
Rupee (Ind.) |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Apr-03 |
107 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Rupiah |
| Iran |
Tehran |
Jun-03 |
|
89 |
Oct-03 |
0.000172 |
Rial (Iran) |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
May-01 |
|
140 |
Sep-03 |
1.598505 |
Euro |
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Nov-99 |
119 |
115 |
Nov-03 |
0.301932 |
Shekel |
| Italy |
Milan |
|
|
142 |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| Italy |
Rome |
Nov-00 |
|
142 |
Apr-03 |
1.617189 |
Euro |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Feb-01 |
|
104 |
Oct-03 |
0.023526 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Fukuota |
|
174 |
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Nagoya |
|
174 |
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Osaka |
|
174 |
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Nov-02 |
174 |
180 |
Nov-03 |
0.012258 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-02 |
109 |
106 |
Nov-03 |
1.897206 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
Aug-99 |
132 |
122 |
Nov-03 |
0.009071 |
Tenge |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mar-03 |
|
116 |
Aug-03 |
0.018712 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Korea - South |
Seoul |
Nov-02 |
|
134 |
Apr-03 |
0.001213 |
Won |
| Korea - South |
Seoul |
|
|
117 e |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Nov-99 |
|
111 |
Jun-03 |
4.725326 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Latvia |
Riga |
May-01 |
119 |
115 a |
Nov-03 |
2.408837 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-02 |
124 |
119 |
Nov-03 |
0.000887 |
Pound (Leb.) |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Jun-99 |
|
170 b |
Jun-01 |
1.56413 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
Mar-02 |
|
114 a |
Oct-03 |
0.025065 |
Denar |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Jan-02 |
91 |
87 |
Nov-03 |
0.353291 |
Ringgit |
| Mali |
Bamako |
Feb-03 |
120 |
126 a |
Nov-03 |
0.002399 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Apr-02 |
|
118 a |
May-03 |
3.774287 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mexico |
Guadalajara |
|
110 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Mexico |
Mexico City |
May-03 |
110 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.120009 |
Peso (Mex.) |
| Mexico |
Monterrey |
|
110 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
|
105 |
Oct-03 |
0.149471 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Jul-01 |
95 |
91 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000058056 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
|
89 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Netherlands, The |
Amsterdam |
|
|
138 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| Netherlands, The |
The Hague |
May-01 |
|
138 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| New Zealand |
Auckland |
|
|
115 |
May-03 |
|
|
| New Zealand |
Wellington N.Z. |
May-00 |
|
115 |
May-03 |
0.816928 |
Dollar (N.Z.) |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
Mar-02 |
|
97 a |
Jul-03 |
0.091717 |
Cordoba (New/Neuf) |
| Niger |
Niamey |
Jul-01 |
|
124 a |
Apr-03 |
0.002465 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Mar-03 |
119 |
113 |
Nov-03 |
0.010021 |
Naira |
| Nigeria |
Lagos |
Mar-03 |
115 |
110 |
Nov-03 |
0.010021 |
Naira |
| Norway |
Oslo |
Apr-03 |
|
163 |
Oct-03 |
0.195322 |
Krone (Nor.) |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Feb-98 |
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
0.024337 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Sep-02 |
102 |
98 a |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Balboa |
| Peru |
Lima |
Dec-02 |
112 |
108 |
Nov-03 |
0.391606 |
Soles |
| Philippines |
Manila |
Feb-99 |
84 |
81 |
Nov-03 |
0.024429 |
Peso (Phil.) |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
Apr-03 |
|
111 |
Oct-03 |
0.348786 |
Zloty |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
Feb-03 |
|
130 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
|
124 |
120 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Romania |
Bucharest |
Jul-02 |
|
111 |
Nov-02 |
0.000048263 |
Lei |
| Russia |
Moscow |
Apr-03 |
|
132 |
Oct-03 |
0.045926 |
Rouble |
| Russia |
St. Petersburg |
|
|
132 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Oct-02 |
117 |
110 a |
Nov-03 |
0.002481 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Jul-01 |
111 |
106 |
Nov-03 |
0.358177 |
Riyal (S.A./A.S.) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
May-02 |
|
127 |
Oct-03 |
0.002371 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Apr-02 |
|
106 |
Oct-03 |
0.023235 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
Feb-03 |
|
118 |
Oct-03 |
1.555178 |
Euro |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Apr-03 |
|
112 |
Jul-03 |
0.792346 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Apr-03 |
|
118 f |
Jul-03 |
0.792346 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
Apr-03 |
|
110 f |
Oct-03 |
0.048054 |
Koruna (Czech) |
| South Africa |
Capetown |
|
|
89 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
89 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
92 f |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
May-00 |
|
89 |
Sep-03 |
0.192083 |
Rand |
| Spain |
Barcelona |
|
|
125 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Spain |
Madrid |
Mar-03 |
|
125 |
Jun-03 |
1.640282 |
Euro |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Feb-00 |
96 |
88 |
Nov-03 |
0.014213 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
106 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Feb-95 |
122 |
118 a |
Nov-03 |
0.005154 |
Dinar (Sudan) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
May-03 |
|
85 a |
Oct-03 |
0.188536 |
Lilangeni |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
Oct-02 |
|
140 |
Apr-03 |
0.175336 |
Krona (Swed./Suède) |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
May-01 |
|
143 |
Oct-03 |
1.007184 |
Franc (Swiss/Suisse) |
| Switzerland |
Geneva |
May-01 |
|
143 |
Oct-03 |
1.004156 |
Franc (Swiss/Suisse) |
| Syria |
Damascus |
May-02 |
|
108 |
Sep-03 |
0.026582 |
Pound (Syr.) |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
May-01 |
|
113 |
Jul-03 |
0.039679 |
Dollar (Taiwan) |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
99 |
Jul-03 |
0.001323 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
|
|
102 f |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
Dec-02 |
|
99 |
Jun-03 |
0.033305 |
Baht |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
98 |
Oct-03 |
0.218301 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
98 |
Jun-03 |
1.106051 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
May-02 |
133 |
127 |
Nov-03 |
0.009368 |
Lira (Tur.) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
103 |
Aug-03 |
0.265457 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
|
111 |
107 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
Dubai |
May-99 |
111 |
107 |
Nov-03 |
0.364921 |
Dirham (U.A.E./É.A.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Cheltenham |
May-01 |
|
141 d |
Sep-03 |
2.260357 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Cheltenham |
May-01 |
|
130 |
Sep-03 |
2.260357 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
London |
May-01 |
|
149 |
Sep-03 |
2.293762 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
London |
May-01 |
|
161 d |
Sep-03 |
2.293762 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Other U.K. |
|
|
141 d |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Atlanta |
Feb-02 |
121 |
116 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Boston |
Feb-02 |
|
122 |
Jul-03 |
1.372574 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Buffalo |
Feb-02 |
|
113 |
Jun-03 |
1.405958 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Chicago |
Feb-02 |
124 |
120 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Colorado Springs |
Nov-01 |
|
115 |
Jun-03 |
1.405958 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Dallas |
Feb-02 |
|
121 |
Jul-03 |
1.372574 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Denver |
Feb-02 |
118 |
113 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Detroit |
Feb-02 |
123 |
119 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Hilo |
Nov-01 |
138 |
132 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Houston |
|
|
121 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Los Angeles |
May-02 |
|
129 |
Jul-03 |
1.372574 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Miami |
Feb-02 |
126 |
120 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Minneapolis |
Feb-02 |
119 |
114 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
New York |
Dec-01 |
|
139 |
Jun-03 |
1.405958 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Raleigh-Durham |
|
121 |
116 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| United States of America |
San Diego |
Nov-01 |
123 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
San Francisco |
May-02 |
143 |
134 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
San Jose |
|
143 |
134 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Seattle |
Nov-01 |
125 |
119 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
124 |
120 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
128 |
124 f |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Feb-03 |
99 |
94 |
Nov-03 |
0.048471 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
Jun-03 |
101 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
0.00084 |
Bolivar |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Oct-00 |
111 |
107 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Oct-00 |
107 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
119 |
115 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Apr-01 |
|
114 a |
Oct-03 |
0.000295 |
Kwacha (Zam.) |
| Zimbawbwe |
Harare |
Nov-01 |
55 |
60 |
Nov-03 |
0.000238 |
Dollar (Zimb.) |
| 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 or have
relinquished their 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. |
