Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in May 2004.
| 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 |
|
115 |
Mar-04 |
0.019557 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Oct-02 |
85 |
88 |
May-04 |
0.478852 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Adelaide |
|
|
125 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
125 |
Apr-04 |
1.010829 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
132 f |
Apr-04 |
1.010829 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
125 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
132 f |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Austria |
Vienna |
Jan-04 |
|
139 |
Apr-04 |
1.654155 |
Euro |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Oct-00 |
|
96 |
May-03 |
0.025511 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
May-03 |
|
127 |
Mar-04 |
0.677129 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
Apr-03 |
145 |
140 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Belgium |
Brussels |
Apr-03 |
155 |
149 d |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-03 |
|
76 a |
Nov-03 |
0.172836 |
Boliviano |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Aug-02 |
|
121 |
Mar-04 |
0.869871 |
Markka |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
Jul-03 |
|
93 |
Dec-03 |
0.452036 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
May-03 |
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
0.471411 |
Real |
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Jun-02 |
|
115 a |
Mar-04 |
0.800936 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-99 |
|
120 |
Mar-04 |
0.002602 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
|
|
105 a |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Mar-03 |
|
122 |
Jan-04 |
0.002492 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Dec-01 |
|
101 |
Jan-04 |
0.002216 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Nov-02 |
|
104 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| China |
Guangzhou |
|
|
104 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| China |
Hong Kong |
Nov-02 |
|
128 |
Nov-03 |
0.17346 |
Dollar (H.K.) |
| China |
Shanghai |
Nov-02 |
|
104 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| Colombia |
Bogota |
May-01 |
93 |
97 |
May-04 |
0.000516 |
Peso (Colom.) |
| Congo, Dem. Republic |
Kinshasa |
Feb-02 |
|
131 |
Feb-04 |
0.003559 |
Franc (Congo) |
| Costa Rica |
San José |
Feb-03 |
|
95 |
Feb-04 |
0.003158 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Nov-03 |
142 |
136 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-02 |
|
121 a |
Mar-04 |
0.223391 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jan-03 |
113 |
117 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Czech Republic |
Prague |
Apr-03 |
|
102 |
Jan-04 |
0.050585 |
Koruna (Czech) |
| Denmark |
Copenhagen |
May-01 |
182 |
176 |
May-04 |
0.219133 |
Krone (Den.) |
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Dec-02 |
93 |
98 a |
May-04 |
0.031124 |
Peso (Dom Rep./Rép. Dom.) |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
Feb-03 |
101 |
106 a |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
May-02 |
|
82 |
Feb-04 |
0.212936 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Jan-03 |
|
95 a |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Nov-03 |
|
95 |
Mar-04 |
0.161871 |
Birr |
| Finland |
Helsinki |
Apr-03 |
163 |
156 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| France |
Beaumont-Hamel |
|
168 |
162 d |
May-04 |
|
|
| France |
Grenoble |
|
155 |
149 |
May-04 |
|
|
| France |
Lyon |
|
168 |
162 f |
May-04 |
|
|
| France |
Paris |
May-01 |
163 |
157 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| France |
Paris |
May-01 |
177 |
170 d |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| France |
Vimy |
|
168 |
162 d |
May-04 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
May-01 |
143 |
138 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Germany |
Berlin |
Apr-03 |
137 |
132 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Germany |
Düsseldorf |
|
137 |
132 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Germany |
Hamburg |
|
137 |
132 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
150 |
145 f |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Germany |
Munich |
|
137 |
132 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Ghana |
Accra |
May-02 |
|
111 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Cedi |
| Greece |
Athens |
Feb-03 |
135 |
131 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Mar-03 |
|
102 a |
Nov-03 |
0.502816 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Nov-03 |
100 |
103 |
May-04 |
0.168547 |
Quetzal |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
Feb-02 |
|
121 |
Nov-03 |
0.000674 |
Franc (Guin.) |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
112 |
Jun-03 |
0.007879 |
Dollar (Guyana) |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Mar-03 |
124 |
134 |
May-04 |
0.039042 |
Gourdes |
| Holy See |
Vatican |
|
139 |
134 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Mar-03 |
|
93 |
Nov-03 |
0.076333 |
Lempira |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
Jan-03 |
|
126 |
Apr-04 |
0.006539 |
Forint |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jul-03 |
|
176 a |
Apr-04 |
0.018992 |
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 |
Mar-04 |
0.00016 |
Rupiah |
| Iran |
Tehran |
Jun-03 |
|
89 |
Oct-03 |
0.000172 |
Rial (Iran) |
| Ireland |
Dublin |
May-01 |
|
145 |
Feb-04 |
1.673415 |
Euro |
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Nov-99 |
|
124 |
Apr-04 |
0.299642 |
Shekel |
| Italy |
Milan |
|
139 |
134 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Italy |
Rome |
Apr-03 |
139 |
134 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Aug-03 |
|
107 |
Dec-03 |
0.022326 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Fukuota |
|
|
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Nagoya |
|
|
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Osaka |
|
|
180 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Nov-02 |
|
180 |
Nov-03 |
0.012258 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-02 |
|
106 |
Nov-03 |
1.897206 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
Aug-99 |
|
127 |
Mar-04 |
0.0097 |
Tenge |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mar-03 |
|
111 |
Dec-03 |
0.017353 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Korea - South |
Seoul |
Nov-02 |
128 |
135 |
May-04 |
0.001181 |
Won |
| Korea - South |
Seoul |
|
113 |
118 e |
May-04 |
|
|
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Nov-99 |
|
110 |
Dec-03 |
4.516464 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Latvia |
Riga |
Apr-03 |
|
122 a |
Mar-04 |
2.543961 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-02 |
|
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 |
May-03 |
|
124 a |
Apr-04 |
0.027495 |
Denar |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Jan-02 |
|
87 |
Nov-03 |
0.353291 |
Ringgit |
| Mali |
Bamako |
Feb-03 |
133 |
127 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Apr-02 |
|
122 a |
Jan-04 |
3.818661 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mexico |
Guadalajara |
|
|
107 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Mexico |
Mexico City |
May-03 |
|
107 |
Apr-04 |
0.122621 |
Peso (Mex.) |
| Mexico |
Monterrey |
|
|
107 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
114 |
109 |
May-04 |
0.154837 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Jul-03 |
|
105 a |
Apr-04 |
0.000058388 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
|
108 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Netherlands, The |
Amsterdam |
|
148 |
143 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Netherlands, The |
The Hague |
May-01 |
148 |
143 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| New Zealand |
Auckland |
|
|
123 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| New Zealand |
Wellington N.Z. |
May-00 |
|
123 |
Apr-04 |
0.891562 |
Dollar (N.Z.) |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
Mar-02 |
|
94 a |
Jan-04 |
0.086989 |
Cordoba (New/Neuf) |
| Niger |
Niamey |
May-03 |
123 |
116 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Mar-03 |
|
131 |
Mar-04 |
0.009957 |
Naira |
| Nigeria |
Lagos |
Mar-03 |
|
126 |
Mar-04 |
0.009957 |
Naira |
| Norway |
Oslo |
Apr-03 |
|
170 |
Jan-04 |
0.204814 |
Krone (Nor.) |
| Pakistan |
Islamabad |
Feb-98 |
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
0.024337 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Sep-02 |
|
98 a |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Balboa |
| Peru |
Lima |
Dec-02 |
|
108 |
Nov-03 |
0.391606 |
Soles |
| Philippines |
Manila |
Feb-99 |
|
83 |
Nov-03 |
0.024429 |
Peso (Phil.) |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
Apr-03 |
|
111 |
Oct-03 |
0.348786 |
Zloty |
| Portugal |
Lisbon |
Feb-03 |
140 |
134 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
|
115 |
120 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Romania |
Bucharest |
Jul-02 |
|
113 |
Mar-04 |
0.00004201 |
Lei |
| Russia |
Moscow |
Apr-03 |
|
136 |
Apr-04 |
0.047982 |
Rouble |
| Russia |
St. Petersburg |
|
|
136 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Oct-02 |
110 |
114 a |
May-04 |
0.00243 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh |
Jul-01 |
|
106 |
Nov-03 |
0.358177 |
Riyal (S.A./A.S.) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
May-02 |
139 |
134 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Apr-02 |
|
110 |
Feb-04 |
0.024105 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
Feb-03 |
|
122 |
Mar-04 |
1.706658 |
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 |
|
114 f |
Jan-04 |
0.050585 |
Koruna (Czech) |
| South Africa |
Capetown |
|
|
108 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
108 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
110 f |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
Jun-03 |
|
108 |
Apr-04 |
0.203854 |
Rand |
| Spain |
Barcelona |
|
|
130 |
Feb-04 |
|
|
| Spain |
Madrid |
Mar-03 |
|
130 |
Feb-04 |
1.673415 |
Euro |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Feb-00 |
|
91 |
Nov-03 |
0.014213 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Feb-95 |
112 |
116 a |
May-04 |
0.005233 |
Dinar (Sudan) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
May-03 |
83 |
88 a |
May-04 |
0.210123 |
Lilangeni |
| Sweden |
Stockholm |
Oct-02 |
|
146 |
Jan-04 |
0.181426 |
Krona (Swed./Suède) |
| Switzerland |
Bern |
May-01 |
|
150 |
Jan-04 |
1.052375 |
Franc (Swiss/Suisse) |
| Switzerland |
Geneva |
May-01 |
|
150 |
Jan-04 |
1.052375 |
Franc (Swiss/Suisse) |
| Syria |
Damascus |
May-02 |
|
108 |
Sep-03 |
0.026582 |
Pound (Syr.) |
| Taiwan |
Taipei |
Nov-03 |
|
119 |
Apr-04 |
0.040563 |
Dollar (Taiwan) |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
95 |
Feb-04 |
0.001221 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
100 f |
Apr-04 |
0.001218 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
Dec-02 |
99 |
103 |
May-04 |
0.034522 |
Baht |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
95 |
Feb-04 |
0.213026 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
101 |
Mar-04 |
1.111601 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Turkey |
Ankara |
May-02 |
|
140 |
Mar-04 |
0.010134 |
Lira (Tur.) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
103 |
Aug-03 |
0.265457 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
|
|
107 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
Dubai |
May-99 |
|
107 |
Nov-03 |
0.364921 |
Dirham (U.A.E./É.A.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Cheltenham |
Nov-03 |
153 |
148 d |
May-04 |
2.453346 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Cheltenham |
Nov-03 |
141 |
138 |
May-04 |
2.453346 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
London |
Nov-03 |
162 |
163 |
May-04 |
2.489602 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
London |
Nov-03 |
175 |
173 d |
May-04 |
2.489602 |
Pound (U.K./R.U.) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
Other U.K. |
|
153 |
148 d |
May-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Atlanta |
Feb-02 |
|
116 |
Apr-04 |
1.349106 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Boston |
Feb-02 |
117 |
121 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Buffalo |
Feb-02 |
|
109 |
Dec-03 |
1.333129 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Chicago |
Feb-02 |
|
120 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Colorado Springs |
Nov-01 |
|
110 |
Feb-04 |
1.310128 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Dallas |
Feb-02 |
|
116 |
Jan-04 |
1.334353 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Denver |
Feb-02 |
|
113 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Detroit |
Feb-02 |
|
119 |
Apr-04 |
1.349106 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Fort Belvoir |
|
119 |
124 f |
May-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Hilo |
Nov-01 |
|
132 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Houston |
|
|
116 |
Jan-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Ithaca |
Feb-02 |
|
113 f |
Dec-03 |
1.333129 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Los Altos |
May-02 |
136 |
140 f |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Los Angeles |
May-02 |
124 |
128 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Miami |
Feb-02 |
|
120 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Minneapolis |
Feb-02 |
|
114 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
New York |
Dec-01 |
|
134 |
Dec-03 |
1.333129 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Pasadena |
May-02 |
|
128 f |
Mar-04 |
1.348299 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Raleigh-Durham |
|
|
116 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
San Diego |
Nov-01 |
|
118 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
San Francisco |
May-02 |
134 |
139 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
San Jose |
|
134 |
139 |
May-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Seattle |
Nov-01 |
|
120 |
Apr-04 |
1.349106 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
115 |
120 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
119 |
124 f |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Feb-03 |
|
94 |
Mar-04 |
0.046444 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Venezuela |
Caracas |
Jun-03 |
|
97 |
Apr-04 |
0.000703 |
Bolivar |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Oct-00 |
|
107 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Oct-00 |
|
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
|
120 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Apr-03 |
|
107 a |
Apr-04 |
0.000291 |
Kwacha (Zam.) |
| Zimbawbwe |
Harare |
Nov-01 |
78 |
105 |
May-04 |
0.000278 |
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 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. |
