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| Country |
Post |
Survey date |
Previous index |
Current index |
Effective date |
Exchange Rate C$ |
Currency |
| Afghanistan |
Kabul |
Jun-96 |
|
100 |
Oct-05 |
0.026444 |
Afghani |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
Jul-05 |
|
110 |
Nov-05 |
0.016763 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Nov-05 |
|
90 |
Jun-06 |
0.367089 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires Non Dip |
Nov-05 |
|
90 |
Jun-06 |
0.367089 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Brisbane |
|
|
119 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Oct-04 |
|
112 |
Aug-06 |
0.862851 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Canberra Non Dip |
Oct-04 |
|
112 |
Aug-06 |
0.862851 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Melbourne |
|
|
112 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Australia |
Other Australia |
Nov-01 |
|
119 |
Aug-06 |
0.862851 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Perth |
|
|
119 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
112 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Bahamas |
Nassau |
Nov-05 |
|
124 |
Aug-06 |
1.146179 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
May-04 |
|
92 |
May-06 |
0.017067 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
Mar-06 |
|
128 |
Jun-06 |
0.566941 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belize |
Belize |
Jun-05 |
|
97 a |
Jun-06 |
0.575632 |
Dollar (Belize) |
| Benin |
Cotonou |
Sep-04 |
109 |
112 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-05 |
|
64 a |
Oct-05 |
0.149083 |
Boliviano |
| Bolivia |
Santa Cruz |
|
|
64 a |
Oct-05 |
|
|
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Nov-05 |
|
106 |
Apr-06 |
0.720715 |
Markka |
| Botswana |
Gaborones |
Sep-05 |
|
82 a |
Aug-06 |
0.188215 |
Pula |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
|
|
111 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Rio Branco |
Apr-05 |
|
111 |
Jun-06 |
0.513648 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
114 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
Apr-05 |
|
114 |
Jun-06 |
0.522568 |
Real |
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
May-04 |
|
89 |
Oct-05 |
0.710256 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
May-04 |
97 |
101 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.742488 |
Lev |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-03 |
116 |
121 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Jan-06 |
|
130 a |
Aug-06 |
0.001167 |
Franc (Burun.) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Jan-05 |
|
90 a |
Jun-06 |
0.000277 |
Rial (Cam.) |
| Cameroon |
Douala |
|
|
115 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Nov-05 |
|
115 |
Jun-06 |
0.002191 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Mar-01 |
|
161 a |
Aug-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
Oct-04 |
118 |
125 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Apr-05 |
|
99 |
Jul-06 |
0.002081 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Jan-06 |
|
96 |
Jun-06 |
0.140518 |
Yuan Renminbi |
| China |
China Other Locations |
|
|
96 (1) |
Sep-06 |
|
|
| China |
Lanzhou City |
|
|
96 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| China |
Lhasa |
|
|
96 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Colombia |
Bogota |
Jan-04 |
|
93 |
Jun-06 |
0.000465 |
Peso (Colom.) |
| Congo, Dem. Republic |
Kinshasa |
Nov-03 |
|
143 |
Jun-06 |
0.002606 |
Franc (Congo) |
| Costa Rica |
San José |
Nov-05 |
|
101 |
Jun-06 |
0.00224 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Dec-05 |
|
133 |
Aug-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-04 |
|
105 |
Aug-06 |
0.200432 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jun-05 |
|
107 |
Feb-06 |
1.249869 |
Convertible Peso (CUC) |
| Cyprus |
OP43 Nicosia |
Mar-05 |
|
102 |
Aug-06 |
2.527738 |
Pound (Cyprus/Chypre) |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
|
|
101 a |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Jul-04 |
|
112 a |
Jan-06 |
0.03589 |
Peso (Dom Rep./Rép. Dom.) |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
Jan-05 |
|
96 a |
Oct-05 |
1.195254 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
Apr-05 |
|
87 |
Oct-05 |
0.207552 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| Egypt |
Kafr El-Sheikh |
Apr-05 |
|
87 |
Oct-05 |
0.207552 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Jan-05 |
|
80 a |
Mar-06 |
1.166123 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
|
|
95 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Estonia |
Tartu |
Jan-04 |
|
100 |
Jun-06 |
0.09239 |
Kroon |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Nov-03 |
|
95 |
Aug-06 |
0.133358 |
Birr |
| Fiji |
Suva |
Feb-05 |
|
83 a |
May-06 |
0.655081 |
Dollar (Fiji/Fidji) |
| France |
Beaumont-Hamel |
|
|
139 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| France |
Lyon |
Nov-03 |
|
139 |
Aug-06 |
1.453318 |
Euro |
| France |
Vimy |
|
|
139 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
Feb-04 |
|
124 |
Aug-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Gambia |
Banjul |
Dec-05 |
|
102 a |
Aug-06 |
0.041141 |
Dalasi |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Oct-04 |
|
105 a |
May-06 |
0.636126 |
Coupons (Georgia) |
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
|
131 |
Aug-06 |
1.453318 |
Euro |
| Ghana |
Accra |
Aug-05 |
114 |
122 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.000125 |
Cedi |
| Ghana |
Tamale |
Aug-05 |
116 |
121 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.000125 |
Cedi |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Feb-06 |
|
98 a |
Aug-06 |
0.429279 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Nov-03 |
|
107 |
Jun-06 |
0.148439 |
Quetzal |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
May-05 |
90 |
83 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.000207 |
Franc (Guin.) |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
Oct-04 |
|
97 |
Jun-06 |
0.005945 |
Dollar (Guyana) |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Mar-03 |
|
134 |
Jun-06 |
0.029807 |
Gourdes |
| Haiti |
St. Marc |
|
|
134 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Mar-06 |
89 |
94 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.060072 |
Lempira |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jun-05 |
131 |
140 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.016154 |
Krona (Ice./Isl.) |
| India |
Hyderabad |
|
|
84 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| India |
New Delhi |
|
|
84 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Indonesia |
Indonesia Other |
Feb-06 |
|
103 |
Aug-06 |
0.000126 |
Rupiah |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
|
|
103 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
|
|
115 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Feb-04 |
|
115 |
Aug-06 |
0.258617 |
Shekel |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Aug-03 |
|
109 |
Jun-06 |
0.01734 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Oct-05 |
|
162 |
Feb-06 |
0.010175 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-05 |
|
104 |
Oct-05 |
1.687874 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
Mar-05 |
128 |
123 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.009154 |
Tenge |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Nov-05 |
|
113 |
Jul-06 |
0.015448 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait (CIDA) |
Mar-04 |
|
98 |
Jun-06 |
3.907276 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
Jan-04 |
|
95 a |
Apr-06 |
0.000114 |
Kip |
| Latvia |
Riga |
May-05 |
100 |
103 (1) |
Sep-06 |
2.089731 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-05 |
|
102 |
May-06 |
0.000774 |
Pound (Leb.) |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
Nov-04 |
|
76 a |
Jul-06 |
0.162542 |
Maloti |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
May-05 |
|
122 a |
Mar-06 |
0.023798 |
Dollar (Liberia) |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
May-04 |
|
92 |
Aug-06 |
0.419334 |
Litus |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
Apr-05 |
|
101 |
Aug-06 |
0.023879 |
Denar |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
May-03 |
|
77 a |
Jun-06 |
0.000523 |
Ariari |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Dec-02 |
|
85 |
Jun-06 |
0.008171 |
Kwacha (Malawi) |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Jan-06 |
|
89 |
Jun-06 |
0.311905 |
Ringgit |
| Mali |
Bamako |
Oct-05 |
|
122 |
Aug-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Feb-04 |
|
98 |
May-06 |
3.314103 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Nov-04 |
90 |
93 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.004253 |
Ouguiya |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
|
113 |
Oct-05 |
0.138185 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Aug-05 |
|
110 a |
Aug-06 |
0.000044762 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
|
96 |
Jul-06 |
|
|
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Jul-05 |
|
84 a |
Aug-06 |
0.01536 |
Rupee (Nepal/Népal) |
| New Zealand |
Wellington |
Apr-04 |
|
105 |
May-06 |
0.722018 |
Dollar (N.Z.) |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
Mar-02 |
|
89 a |
Mar-06 |
0.068183 |
Cordoba (New/Neuf) |
| Niger |
Niamey |
Jul-05 |
|
103 a |
Aug-06 |
0.002216 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Mar-03 |
|
141 |
Jun-06 |
0.008838 |
Naira |
| Nigeria |
Lagos |
|
|
135 |
Jun-06 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Lahore |
|
|
80 |
Oct-05 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Pakistan |
Feb-98 |
|
80 |
Oct-05 |
0.019992 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Oct-04 |
|
73 |
Jun-06 |
1.126106 |
Balboa |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Feb-04 |
71 |
74 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.000203 |
Guarani |
| Peru |
Lima |
Dec-05 |
|
102 |
Mar-06 |
0.359825 |
Soles |
| Philippines |
Manila |
Feb-99 |
83 |
88 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.022111 |
Peso (Phil.) |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
Feb-06 |
117 |
122 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.372196 |
Zloty |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
May-05 |
|
111 |
Apr-06 |
0.403322 |
Leu |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Dec-04 |
|
107 |
Aug-06 |
0.002084 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
Oct-05 |
|
114 |
Feb-06 |
0.002171 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
May-05 |
109 |
114 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.017652 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
|
|
134 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Dec-04 |
|
118 a |
Jun-06 |
0.00048 |
Leone |
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Mar-06 |
|
111 |
Jun-06 |
0.714689 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
|
116 |
120 (1) |
Sep-06 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
96 |
Jul-06 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
Jun-03 |
|
96 |
Jul-06 |
0.162151 |
Rand |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Jan-04 |
|
94 |
Apr-06 |
0.011444 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
Basseterre |
|
|
101 a |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
|
98 a |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
|
|
98 a |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
|
|
116 a |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
May-05 |
|
81 |
Jul-06 |
0.162542 |
Lilangeni |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Oct-97 |
|
89 a |
Jan-06 |
0.369411 |
Somoni |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
Oct-05 |
|
98 |
Jul-06 |
0.000903 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania Other |
|
|
98 |
Jul-06 |
|
|
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
|
|
99 |
May-06 |
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
102 |
Aug-06 |
0.182451 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
106 |
Oct-05 |
0.905114 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Aug-04 |
90 |
96 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.000614 |
Shilling (New/Neuf) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
113 |
May-05 |
0.246603 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United States of America |
Houston |
Feb-05 |
|
108 |
Feb-06 |
1.174645 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Ithaca |
May-04 |
|
105 |
May-06 |
1.16093 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Los Altos |
Mar-06 |
|
117 |
Jun-06 |
1.130336 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Pasadena |
Mar-05 |
|
119 |
Feb-06 |
1.174645 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Stratford, Conn. |
Oct-04 |
|
110 |
Jun-06 |
1.130336 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Oct-04 |
|
107 |
Jun-06 |
1.130336 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Nov-05 |
|
102 |
Jun-06 |
0.047375 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Feb-04 |
|
99 |
Jun-06 |
0.000070404 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Gaza City |
|
|
115 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
|
115 |
Aug-06 |
|
|
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Feb-05 |
121 |
116 a (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.0003 |
Kwacha (Zam.) |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare |
Nov-05 |
270 |
177 (1) |
Sep-06 |
0.004613 |
Dollar (Zimb.) |
| (1) Post Index has been updated
or is new this month. |
| (2) Previously released Post
Index has been revised. |
| |
| 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. |
