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 |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
May-02 |
|
111 |
Jun-03 |
0.01805 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Oct-02 |
98 |
95 |
Nov-03 |
0.46896 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Adelaide |
|
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Brisbane |
|
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
0.909415 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Melbourne |
Nov-01 |
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
0.909415 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Other Australia |
Nov-01 |
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
0.909415 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Perth |
|
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Australia |
Williamstown |
|
|
121 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Oct-00 |
|
96 |
May-03 |
0.025511 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
142 |
Jun-03 |
0.706734 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belize |
Belize |
May-01 |
106 |
101 a |
Nov-03 |
0.680325 |
Dollar (Belize) |
| Benin |
Cotonou |
Nov-02 |
|
116 a |
Jul-03 |
0.002448 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-03 |
79 |
76 a |
Nov-03 |
0.172836 |
Boliviano |
| Bolivia |
Santa Cruz |
|
79 |
76 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Aug-02 |
|
112 |
Oct-03 |
0.777344 |
Markka |
| Botswana |
Gaborones |
Jun-02 |
|
112 a |
Sep-03 |
0.288732 |
Pula |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
|
97 |
97 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Rio Branco |
Jul-03 |
97 |
97 |
Nov-03 |
0.463365 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
99 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
|
99 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Jun-02 |
117 |
112 |
Nov-03 |
0.773879 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Jul-02 |
100 |
96 a |
Nov-03 |
0.798783 |
Lev |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-99 |
|
112 |
Aug-02 |
0.002374 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Sep-01 |
112 |
107 a |
Nov-03 |
0.001288 |
Franc (Burun.) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Feb-03 |
110 |
105 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000335 |
Rial (Cam.) |
| Cameroon |
Douala |
|
|
116 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Mar-03 |
|
116 |
Oct-03 |
0.002377 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Mar-01 |
|
163 a |
Sep-03 |
0.002414 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
Apr-03 |
|
135 a |
Oct-03 |
0.002371 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Feb-01 |
|
96 |
Oct-03 |
0.002062 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Nov-02 |
109 |
105 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| China |
Lhasa |
|
111 |
107 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Colombia |
Bogota |
May-01 |
91 |
87 |
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 |
105 |
101 |
Nov-03 |
0.003302 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
May-00 |
|
133 |
Apr-03 |
0.002465 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-02 |
|
115 |
Jun-03 |
0.216029 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jan-03 |
|
117 |
Jul-03 |
1.372574 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Feb-02 |
119 |
117 |
Nov-03 |
2.692907 |
Pound (Cyprus/Chypre) |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
|
109 |
105 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| 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 |
1.383672 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
May-02 |
|
83 |
Jul-03 |
0.229621 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| Egypt |
Kafr El-Sheikh |
May-02 |
|
83 |
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) |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
|
|
92 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Estonia |
Tartu |
May-02 |
|
101 |
Apr-03 |
0.103996 |
Kroon |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Jan-00 |
|
95 |
Jun-03 |
0.169364 |
Birr |
| Fiji |
Suva |
Oct-99 |
|
115 a |
Aug-03 |
0.751727 |
Dollar (Fiji/Fidji) |
| France |
Lyon |
|
|
157 |
Apr-03 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
May-01 |
|
134 |
Apr-03 |
0.002465 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Oct-02 |
|
127 a |
Jun-03 |
0.649403 |
Coupons (Georgia) |
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
|
143 |
Sep-03 |
1.582909 |
Euro |
| Ghana |
Accra |
May-02 |
118 |
112 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Cedi |
| Ghana |
North Ghana |
Jan-00 |
|
114 |
May-03 |
0.000177 |
Cedi |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Mar-03 |
106 |
102 a |
Nov-03 |
0.502816 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
Feb-01 |
117 |
111 |
Nov-03 |
0.165672 |
Quetzal |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
Feb-02 |
127 |
121 |
Nov-03 |
0.000674 |
Franc (Guin.) |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
112 |
Jun-03 |
0.007879 |
Dollar (Guyana) |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Mar-03 |
126 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
0.034215 |
Gourdes |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Jun-01 |
101 |
93 |
Nov-03 |
0.076333 |
Lempira |
| Hungary |
Budapest |
Jan-03 |
|
121 |
Jul-03 |
0.006175 |
Forint |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jun-01 |
|
187 |
Sep-03 |
0.017761 |
Krona (Ice./Isl.) |
| India |
Hyderabad |
|
|
99 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| India |
New Delhi |
|
|
99 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| Indonesia |
Indonesia Other |
Apr-03 |
107 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Rupiah |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
Apr-03 |
107 |
103 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Rupiah |
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
|
123 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Nov-99 |
123 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
0.301932 |
Shekel |
| Italy |
San Remo |
Nov-00 |
151 |
145 |
Nov-03 |
1.54 |
Euro (GSC/SGC) |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Feb-01 |
|
107 |
Oct-03 |
0.023526 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Nov-02 |
|
189 |
Jun-03 |
0.011973 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-02 |
111 |
108 |
Nov-03 |
1.897206 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mar-03 |
|
119 |
Aug-03 |
0.018712 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Nov-99 |
|
114 |
Jun-03 |
4.725326 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
Aug-02 |
|
93 a |
Jun-03 |
0.000132 |
Kip |
| Latvia |
Riga |
May-01 |
119 |
115 |
Nov-03 |
2.408837 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-02 |
124 |
119 |
Nov-03 |
0.000887 |
Pound (Leb.) |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
Jun-02 |
75 |
77 a |
Nov-03 |
0.192027 |
Maloti |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Jun-99 |
|
170 |
Jun-01 |
1.56413 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
Mar-02 |
|
114 |
Oct-03 |
0.025065 |
Denar |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Sep-01 |
105 |
101 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000227 |
Franc (Mad.) |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Dec-02 |
|
88 a |
Oct-03 |
0.012937 |
Kwacha (Malawi) |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
91 |
87 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Mali |
Bamako |
Feb-03 |
120 |
126 a |
Nov-03 |
0.002399 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Apr-02 |
|
118 |
May-03 |
3.774287 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Nov-99 |
98 |
94 a |
Nov-03 |
0.005164 |
Ouguiya |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
|
120 |
Oct-03 |
0.149471 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Jul-01 |
95 |
91 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000058056 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
|
92 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Dec-01 |
101 |
96 a |
Nov-03 |
0.01799 |
Rupee (Nepal/Népal) |
| New Zealand |
Trentham |
|
|
118 |
May-03 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
115 |
110 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Lahore |
|
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Pakistan |
Feb-98 |
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
0.024337 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Sep-02 |
102 |
98 |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Balboa |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
May-01 |
82 |
79 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000217 |
Guarani |
| Peru |
Lima |
Dec-02 |
112 |
108 |
Nov-03 |
0.391606 |
Soles |
| Philippines |
Manila |
Feb-99 |
87 |
83 |
Nov-03 |
0.024429 |
Peso (Phil.) |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
Apr-03 |
|
113 |
Oct-03 |
0.348786 |
Zloty |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
Jul-02 |
|
114 |
Nov-02 |
0.000048263 |
Lei |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Oct-02 |
117 |
110 |
Nov-03 |
0.002481 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
May-02 |
|
130 |
Oct-03 |
0.002371 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Apr-02 |
|
111 |
Oct-03 |
0.023235 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
|
|
118 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown (OP32) |
Aug-02 |
98 |
98 |
Nov-03 |
0.000572 |
Leone |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Apr-03 |
|
118 |
Jul-03 |
0.792346 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
|
|
110 |
Oct-03 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
92 |
Sep-03 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
May-00 |
|
92 |
Sep-03 |
0.192083 |
Rand |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Feb-00 |
99 |
91 |
Nov-03 |
0.014213 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
Basseterre |
|
109 |
105 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
106 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
|
106 |
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Feb-95 |
122 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
0.005154 |
Dinar (Sudan) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
May-03 |
|
85 a |
Oct-03 |
0.188536 |
Lilangeni |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
100 |
Jun-03 |
0.00136 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania Other |
|
|
102 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
|
|
99 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
105 |
Oct-03 |
0.225175 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
119 |
Jun-03 |
1.106051 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Aug-02 |
|
110 a |
Apr-03 |
0.000778 |
Shilling (New/Neuf) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
109 |
Aug-03 |
0.265457 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
128 |
124 |
Nov-03 |
1.342525 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Feb-03 |
106 |
100 |
Nov-03 |
0.048471 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Oct-00 |
114 |
110 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Gaza City |
|
123 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
123 |
118 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Apr-01 |
|
114 a |
Oct-03 |
0.000294 |
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. |
