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 |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
May-02 |
|
115 |
Dec-03 |
0.019378 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Oct-02 |
95 |
98 |
May-04 |
0.478852 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Brisbane |
|
|
133 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Nov-01 |
|
132 |
Apr-04 |
1.010829 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Other Australia |
Nov-01 |
|
133 |
Apr-04 |
1.010829 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Perth |
|
|
133 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
132 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
Oct-00 |
|
96 |
May-03 |
0.025511 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
May-03 |
|
137 |
Mar-04 |
0.677129 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belize |
Belize |
Aug-03 |
|
112 a |
Apr-04 |
0.683571 |
Dollar (Belize) |
| Benin |
Cotonou |
Nov-02 |
126 |
120 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-03 |
|
76 a |
Nov-03 |
0.172836 |
Boliviano |
| Bolivia |
Santa Cruz |
|
|
76 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Aug-02 |
|
121 |
Mar-04 |
0.869871 |
Markka |
| Botswana |
Gaborones |
Jun-02 |
|
108 a |
Feb-04 |
0.284734 |
Pula |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
|
94 |
97 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Rio Branco |
Jul-03 |
94 |
97 |
May-04 |
0.462508 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Jun-02 |
|
115 |
Mar-04 |
0.800936 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
Jul-02 |
|
108 a |
Mar-04 |
0.873538 |
Lev |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-99 |
|
120 |
Mar-04 |
0.002602 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Sep-01 |
|
110 a |
Apr-04 |
0.00126 |
Franc (Burun.) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Feb-03 |
|
105 a |
Nov-03 |
0.000335 |
Rial (Cam.) |
| Cameroon |
Douala |
|
|
122 |
Jan-04 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Mar-03 |
|
122 |
Jan-04 |
0.002492 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Mar-01 |
190 |
183 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
Apr-03 |
148 |
142 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Feb-01 |
|
101 |
Jan-04 |
0.002216 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Nov-02 |
|
105 |
Nov-03 |
0.162202 |
Renminbi |
| China |
Lanzhou City |
|
|
105 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| China |
Lhasa |
|
|
105 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
101 |
Nov-03 |
0.003302 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Nov-03 |
147 |
142 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-02 |
|
121 |
Mar-04 |
0.223391 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jan-03 |
113 |
117 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Cyprus |
Nicosia |
Jun-03 |
118 |
114 |
May-04 |
2.787399 |
Pound (Cyprus/Chypre) |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
|
|
105 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
80 |
Feb-04 |
0.212936 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| Egypt |
Kafr El-Sheikh |
May-02 |
|
80 |
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) |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
|
|
95 |
Mar-04 |
|
|
| Estonia |
Tartu |
May-02 |
|
103 |
Apr-04 |
0.105345 |
Kroon |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Nov-03 |
|
97 |
Mar-04 |
0.161871 |
Birr |
| Fiji |
Suva |
Mar-03 |
|
107 a |
Mar-04 |
0.813975 |
Dollar (Fiji/Fidji) |
| France |
Lyon |
|
168 |
162 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
May-01 |
143 |
138 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Oct-02 |
|
132 a |
Apr-04 |
0.676809 |
Coupons (Georgia) |
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
150 |
145 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Germany |
Koln |
Apr-03 |
149 |
144 |
May-04 |
1.625 |
Euro (DGAPPP/DGTSCP) |
| Ghana |
Accra |
May-02 |
|
112 |
Nov-03 |
0.000159 |
Cedi |
| Ghana |
Tamale |
Jan-00 |
|
114 |
May-03 |
0.000177 |
Cedi |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Mar-03 |
|
102 a |
Nov-03 |
0.502816 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Nov-03 |
104 |
108 |
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 |
125 |
134 |
May-04 |
0.039042 |
Gourdes |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Jun-01 |
|
93 |
Nov-03 |
0.076333 |
Lempira |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jul-03 |
|
176 |
Apr-04 |
0.018992 |
Krona (Ice./Isl.) |
| India |
Hyderabad |
|
|
99 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| India |
New Delhi |
|
|
99 |
Jul-03 |
|
|
| Indonesia |
Indonesia Other |
Apr-03 |
|
107 |
Mar-04 |
0.00016 |
Rupiah |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
|
|
107 |
Mar-04 |
|
|
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
|
|
124 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Nov-99 |
|
124 |
Apr-04 |
0.299642 |
Shekel |
| Italy |
San Remo |
Apr-03 |
|
145 |
Mar-04 |
1.64 |
Euro (DGAPPP/DGTSCP) |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Aug-03 |
|
116 |
Dec-03 |
0.022326 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Nov-02 |
|
189 |
Jun-03 |
0.011973 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-02 |
|
108 |
Nov-03 |
1.897206 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mar-03 |
|
114 |
Dec-03 |
0.017353 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Nov-99 |
|
110 |
Dec-03 |
4.516464 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
Aug-02 |
|
90 a |
Jan-04 |
0.000128 |
Kip |
| Latvia |
Riga |
Apr-03 |
|
122 |
Mar-04 |
2.543961 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-02 |
|
119 |
Nov-03 |
0.000887 |
Pound (Leb.) |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
Jun-02 |
80 |
85 a |
May-04 |
0.210123 |
Maloti |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Jun-99 |
|
170 |
Jun-01 |
1.56413 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
May-03 |
|
124 |
Apr-04 |
0.027495 |
Denar |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
May-03 |
112 |
106 a |
May-04 |
0.000188 |
Franc (Mad.) |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Dec-02 |
|
91 a |
Mar-04 |
0.012825 |
Kwacha (Malawi) |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
|
87 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Mali |
Bamako |
Feb-03 |
133 |
127 a |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Apr-02 |
|
122 |
Jan-04 |
3.818661 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Oct-03 |
98 |
101 a |
May-04 |
0.005339 |
Ouguiya |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
130 |
124 |
May-04 |
0.154837 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Jul-03 |
|
105 a |
Apr-04 |
0.000058388 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
|
110 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Dec-01 |
|
97 a |
Mar-04 |
0.018483 |
Rupee (Nepal/Népal) |
| New Zealand |
Trentham |
|
|
127 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
126 |
Mar-04 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Lahore |
|
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Pakistan |
Feb-98 |
|
83 |
Jun-03 |
0.024337 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Sep-02 |
|
98 |
Nov-03 |
1.322685 |
Balboa |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
May-01 |
81 |
84 a |
May-04 |
0.000238 |
Guarani |
| 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 |
|
113 |
Oct-03 |
0.348786 |
Zloty |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
Jul-02 |
|
116 |
Mar-04 |
0.00004201 |
Lei |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Oct-02 |
110 |
114 |
May-04 |
0.00243 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
May-02 |
142 |
137 |
May-04 |
0.002487 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Apr-02 |
|
115 |
Feb-04 |
0.024105 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
|
|
122 |
Mar-04 |
|
|
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Apr-03 |
|
118 |
Jul-03 |
0.792346 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
|
|
114 |
Jan-04 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
|
110 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
Jun-03 |
|
110 |
Apr-04 |
0.203854 |
Rand |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Feb-00 |
|
91 |
Nov-03 |
0.014213 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
Basseterre |
|
|
105 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
|
|
102 |
Nov-03 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Feb-95 |
112 |
116 |
May-04 |
0.005233 |
Dinar (Sudan) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
May-03 |
83 |
88 |
May-04 |
0.210123 |
Lilangeni |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Oct-97 |
|
103 a |
May-04 |
0.464558 |
Somoni |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
93 |
Feb-04 |
0.001221 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania Other |
|
|
100 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
|
99 |
103 |
May-04 |
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
101 |
Feb-04 |
0.213026 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
123 |
Mar-04 |
1.111601 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Aug-02 |
|
118 a |
Mar-04 |
0.000734 |
Shilling (New/Neuf) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
109 |
Aug-03 |
0.265457 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United States of America |
Fort Belvoir |
|
119 |
124 |
May-04 |
|
|
| United States of America |
Ithaca |
Feb-02 |
|
113 |
Dec-03 |
1.333129 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Los Altos |
May-02 |
136 |
140 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Pasadena |
May-02 |
|
128 |
Mar-04 |
1.348299 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Nov-01 |
119 |
124 |
May-04 |
1.361156 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Feb-03 |
|
100 |
Mar-04 |
0.046444 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Oct-00 |
|
110 |
Nov-03 |
0.000086152 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Gaza City |
|
|
124 |
Apr-04 |
|
|
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
|
124 |
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. |
