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(Ottawa = 100)

Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in October 2009.

See monthly release notes for information on this month's released Indexes and revisions to previously released Indexes.

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-08 118 112 Jun-09 0.016352 Dinar
Angola Luanda May-08 161 166 (a) (1) Oct-09 0.014181 Kwanza
Argentina Buenos Aires May-08 120 107 Jun-09 0.310072 Peso
Bangladesh Dhaka Nov-07 110 105 Sep-09 0.016118 Taka
Barbados Bridgetown Apr-09 139 134 (1) Oct-09 0.551759 Dollar
Belize Belize Apr-08 111 107 (a) Aug-09 0.580735 Dollar
Benin Cotonou Dec-07 116 110 (a) Jun-09 0.002433 Franc (C.F.A.)
Bolivia La Paz Mar-07 87 83 (a) Sep-09 0.158636 Boliviano
Bolivia Santa Cruz ... 87 83 (a) Sep-09 0.158636 Boliviano
Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Dec-08 118 114 Sep-09 0.800386 Markka
Botswana Gaborone May-06 90 92 (a) Aug-09 0.164706 Pula
Brazil Brasilia May-08 134 138 (1) Oct-09 0.595918 Real
Brazil Rio Branco May-08 134 138 (1) Oct-09 0.595918 Real
Brazil Rio de Janeiro ... 136 141 (1) Oct-09 0.606266 Real
Brazil Sao Paulo May-08 136 141 (1) Oct-09 0.606266 Real
Bulgaria Sofia Apr-08 112 108 (a) Sep-09 0.805568 Lev
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Jan-07 153 143 Mar-09 0.002465 Franc (C.F.A.)
Burundi Bujumbura Jan-08 130 118 (a) Sep-09 0.00092 Franc
Cambodia Phnom Penh May-08 93 89 (a) Sep-09 0.000266 Rial
Cameroon Douala ... 134 130 Jul-09 0.002442 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cameroon Yaoundé Dec-08 134 130 Jul-09 0.002442 Franc (C.F.A.)
Central African Republic Bangui Aug-08 150 144 (a) Jul-09 0.002442 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chad N'Djamena Aug-06 138 132 (a) May-09 0.0025 Franc (C.F.A.)
Chile Santiago May-08 111 107 Jun-09 0.002065 Peso
China Beijing Feb-09 117 110 Sep-09 0.161649 Yuan Renminbi
China China Other Locations ... 117 110 Sep-09 0.161649 Yuan Renminbi
China Lanzhou ... 117 110 Sep-09 0.161649 Yuan Renminbi
China Lhasa ... 117 110 Sep-09 0.161649 Yuan Renminbi
Colombia Bogota Feb-07 106 110 Jul-09 0.000547 Peso
Congo, Dem. Republic Kinshasa Jan-07 129 141 (1) Oct-09 0.001394 Franc
Costa Rica San José Jan-09 114 110 Sep-09 0.001915 Colon
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Apr-09 150 142 Aug-09 0.002445 Franc (C.F.A.)
Cuba Havana Feb-08 120 116 Jun-09 1.242994 Convertible Peso
Djibouti Djibouti Apr-04 143 137 (a) Aug-09 0.006518 Franc
Dominica Roseau ... 95 91 (a) Sep-09 0.414465 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo May-07 104 100 (a) Sep-09 0.030838 Peso
Ecuador Quito Jan-05 109 106 (a) Aug-09 1.13901 Dollar (U.S.)
Egypt Cairo Oct-08 113 107 Jun-09 0.207728 Pound
Egypt Kafr El-Sheikh Oct-08 113 107 Jun-09 0.207728 Pound
El Salvador San Salvador Jan-07 89 85 (a) Sep-09 1.104533 Dollar (U.S.)
Eritrea Asmara ... 117 110 Sep-09 0.092685 Birr
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Apr-07 117 110 Sep-09 0.092685 Birr
Fiji Suva Sep-07 91 95 (a) (1) Oct-09 0.562349 Dollar
Gabon Libreville Feb-04 145 140 Sep-09 0.002401 Franc (C.F.A.)
Gambia Banjul Nov-07 95 92 (a) Aug-09 0.043837 Dalasi
Georgia Tbilisi Nov-07 118 112 (a) Sep-09 0.65746 Lari
Ghana Accra Nov-08 116 109 (1) Oct-09 0.765131 Cedi
Ghana Tamale Jan-07 133 128 Jun-09 0.81029 Cedi
Grenada St. George's Jun-07 92 88 (a) Sep-09 0.414465 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Guatemala Guatemala City Mar-07 111 105 Sep-09 0.134219 Quetzal
Guinea Conakry May-07 112 109 (a) Sep-09 0.00023 Franc
Guyana Georgetown Dec-07 119 115 Aug-09 0.005592 Dollar
Haiti Port-au-Prince Nov-06 138 133 Sep-09 0.027816 Gourdes
Haiti St. Marc ... 138 133 Sep-09 0.027816 Gourdes
Honduras Tegucigalpa Mar-06 113 108 Sep-09 0.058456 Lempira
India Hyderabad ... 105 101 Jul-09 0.023969 Rupee
India New Delhi ... 105 101 Jul-09 0.023969 Rupee
Indonesia Indonesia Other Feb-09 110 107 Jul-09 0.000112 Rupiah
Indonesia Jakarta Feb-09 110 107 Jul-09 0.000112 Rupiah
Israel Jerusalem ... 137 133 May-09 0.296781 Shekel
Israel Tel Aviv Apr-07 137 133 May-09 0.296781 Shekel
Jamaica Kingston Jul-06 120 115 Jun-09 0.013191 Dollar
Japan Tokyo Nov-08 185 191 (1) Oct-09 0.012029 Yen
Jordan Amman Apr-08 110 113 (1) Oct-09 1.552452 Dinar
Kenya Nairobi Feb-09 124 120 Sep-09 0.014539 Shilling
Kosovo Pristina ... 123 119 Mar-09 1.616834 Euro
Kuwait Kuwait (CIDA) Feb-09 111 107 Sep-09 3.855654 Dinar
Laos Vientiane Dec-05 114 110 (a) Sep-09 0.00013 Kip
Lebanon Beirut Nov-08 116 112 Sep-09 0.000737 Pound
Lesotho Maseru Mar-06 86 91 (a) (1) Oct-09 0.147311 Maloti
Liberia Monrovia Dec-07 117 113 (a) Sep-09 0.022541 Dollar
Madagascar Antananarivo Jan-08 110 100 (a) Jun-09 0.000569 Ariari
Malawi Lilongwe May-06 121 116 (1) Oct-09 0.007855 Kwacha
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Feb-09 98 95 Aug-09 0.321021 Ringgit
Mali Bamako Dec-08 145 135 Mar-09 0.002465 Franc (C.F.A.)
Mauritania Nouakchott Apr-08 107 100 (a) Jun-09 0.00442 Ouguiya
Mexico Guadalajara ... 94 95 (1) Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Monterrey Mar-09 94 95 (1) Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Puebla ... 94 95 (1) Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico Quéretaro ... 94 95 (1) Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Mexico San Cristobal ... 94 95 (1) Oct-09 0.081878 Peso
Morocco Rabat Feb-09 123 118 Sep-09 0.144609 Dirham
Mozambique Maputo Jan-08 102 98 (a) Sep-09 0.041804 Metical
Mozambique Vilankulos ... 102 98 (a) Sep-09 0.041804 Metical
Namibia Windhoek ... 102 107 (1) Oct-09 0.14629 Rand
Nepal Kathmandu Jun-07 86 83 (a) Jun-09 0.015165 Rupee
Nicaragua Managua Apr-08 96 91 (a) Sep-09 0.055169 Cordoba (New)
Niger Niamey Mar-08 124 119 (a) Jun-09 0.002433 Franc (C.F.A.)
Nigeria Abuja Nov-05 152 146 Sep-09 0.007136 Naira
Nigeria Bauchi ... 140 135 Sep-09 0.007136 Naira
Nigeria Calabar ... 140 135 Sep-09 0.007136 Naira
Nigeria Lagos Nov-05 140 135 Sep-09 0.007136 Naira
Pakistan Lahore ... 93 90 Sep-09 0.013346 Rupee
Pakistan Pakistan Other May-07 93 90 Sep-09 0.013346 Rupee
Panama Panama City ... . 99 (a) Jul-09 1.14343 Balboa
Paraguay Asuncion Jan-08 96 90 (a) Jun-09 0.000234 Guarani
Peru Lima Apr-08 117 112 Jul-09 0.387954 Soles
Philippines Manila Apr-07 104 101 Jul-09 0.023921 Peso
Poland Warsaw Feb-06 126 131 Aug-09 0.373658 Zloty
Romania Bucharest May-08 123 114 Feb-09 0.389427 Leu
Rwanda Kigali Nov-08 104 99 Sep-09 0.00196 Franc
Senegal Dakar Oct-05 132 128 Jun-09 0.002433 Franc (C.F.A.)
Serbia Belgrade May-05 128 133 (1) Oct-09 0.017146 Dinar (Yugoslav)
Sierra Leone Freetown Mar-08 115 104 (a) Sep-09 0.000321 Leone
Singapore Singapore Apr-09 123 122 Aug-09 0.785495 Dollar
Slovakia Bratislava May-07 122 118 (a) Jun-09 1.59627 Koruna
South Africa Pretoria Feb-07 102 107 (1) Oct-09 0.14629 Rand
Sri Lanka Colombo Nov-07 110 105 Jun-09 0.010003 Rupee
St. Kitts & Nevis Basseterre ... 95 91 (a) Sep-09 0.414465 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Lucia Castries ... 92 88 (a) Sep-09 0.414465 Dollar (East Caribbean)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown ... 92 88 (a) Sep-09 0.414465 Dollar (East Caribbean)
Sudan Juba ... 103 100 Sep-09 0.457602 Pound
Sudan Khartoum Nov-07 103 100 (a) Sep-09 0.457602 Pound
Tajikistan Dushanbe Mar-08 77 70 (a) Jul-09 0.25523 Somoni
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Apr-08 110 107 Sep-09 0.000842 Shilling
Tanzania Tanzania Other ... 110 107 Sep-09 0.000842 Shilling
Thailand Bangkok Nov-08 109 105 Sep-09 0.032462 Baht
Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain Mar-07 122 116 Sep-09 0.17663 Dollar
Tunisia Tunis Feb-03 113 109 Jun-09 0.851758 Dinar
Uganda Kampala Aug-08 89 94 (a) (1) Oct-09 0.000562 Shilling (New)
Ukraine Kyiv Feb-09 106 103 (1) Oct-09 0.129868 Hryvnia
Uruguay Montevideo Nov-05 127 120 Jun-09 0.049567 Peso
Vietnam Hanoi Apr-08 109 104 Jun-09 0.000065721 Dong
West Bank and Gaza Gaza City ... 137 133 May-09 0.296781 Shekel
West Bank and Gaza Ramallah ... 137 133 May-09 0.296781 Shekel
Zambia Lusaka May-06 120 127 (1) Oct-09 0.000237 Kwacha
Zimbabwe Harare Mar-09 121 112 Jun-09 1.168184 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.
Date Modified: 2009-10-16

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