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(Ottawa = 100)

Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in October 2006.

See the Note to users 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 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.)
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   112 a 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 79 a (1) Oct-06 0.179757 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
Bulgaria Sofia May-04   101 a Sep-06 0.742488 Lev
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Nov-03   121 Sep-06 0.002216 Franc (C.F.A)
Burundi Bujumbura Jan-06 130 125 a (1) Oct-06 0.0011 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   125 a 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 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)
Cuba Havana Jun-05   107 Feb-06 1.249869 Convertible Peso (CUC)
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    
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Nov-03   95 Aug-06 0.133358 Birr
Fiji Suva Feb-05   83 a May-06 0.655081 Dollar (Fiji/Fidji)
Gabon Libreville Feb-04 124 129 (1) Oct-06 0.002197 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)
Ghana Accra Aug-05   122 Sep-06 0.000125 Cedi
Ghana Tamale Aug-05   121 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 83 92 a (1) Oct-06 0.000205 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   94 Sep-06 0.060072 Lempira
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.)
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
Lebanon Beirut Jun-05   102 May-06 0.000774 Pound (Leb.)
Lesotho Maseru Nov-04 76 73 a (1) Oct-06 0.151519 Maloti
Liberia Monrovia May-05   122 a Mar-06 0.023798 Dollar (Liberia)
Madagascar Antananarivo May-03 77 79 a (1) Oct-06 0.000531 Ariari
Malawi Lilongwe   85 100 (1) Oct-06    
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Jan-06   89 Jun-06 0.311905 Ringgit
Mali Bamako Oct-05   122 Aug-06 0.002216 Franc (C.F.A)
Mauritania Nouakchott Nov-04   93 a 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 93 (1) Oct-06    
Nepal Kathmandu Jul-05   84 a Aug-06 0.01536 Rupee (Nepal/Népal)
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 Nov-05 141 139 (1) Oct-06 0.008853 Naira
Nigeria Lagos   135 129 (1) Oct-06    
Pakistan Lahore     80 Oct-05    
Pakistan Pakistan Feb-98   80 Oct-05 0.019992 Rupee (Pak.)
Paraguay Asuncion Feb-04   74 a Sep-06 0.000203 Guarani
Peru Lima Dec-05   102 Mar-06 0.359825 Soles
Philippines Manila Feb-99   88 Sep-06 0.022111 Peso (Phil.)
Poland Warsaw Feb-06   122 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   114 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     120 Sep-06    
South Africa Pretoria Jun-03 96 93 (1) Oct-06 0.152159 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    
Tajikistan Dushanbe Oct-97   89 a Jan-06 0.369411 Somoni
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Oct-05 98 95 (1) Oct-06 0.000873 Shilling (Tan.)
Tanzania Tanzania Other   98 95 (1) Oct-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   96 a Sep-06 0.000614 Shilling (New/Neuf)
Ukraine Kyiv Feb-03   113 May-05 0.246603 Hryvnia (Ukraine)
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 May-06 116 116 (1) Oct-06 0.000282 Kwacha (Zam.)
Zimbabwe Harare Nov-05 177 220 (1) Oct-06 0.004552 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.

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