Post indexes in bold were updated or are new in April 2005.
| Country |
Post |
Survey date |
Previous index |
Current index |
Effective date |
Exchange Rate C$ |
Currency |
| Algeria |
Algiers |
May-02 |
|
111 |
Nov-04 |
0.017504 |
Dinar (Alg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Oct-02 |
|
92 |
Nov-04 |
0.425322 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires Non Dip |
Oct-02 |
|
92 |
Nov-04 |
0.425322 |
Peso (Arg.) |
| Australia |
Brisbane |
|
|
131 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Australia |
Canberra |
Oct-04 |
|
123 |
Mar-05 |
0.983286 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Canberra Non Dip |
Oct-04 |
|
123 |
Mar-05 |
0.983286 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Melbourne |
|
|
123 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Australia |
Other Australia |
Nov-01 |
|
131 |
Mar-05 |
0.983286 |
Dollar (Aust.) |
| Australia |
Perth |
|
|
131 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Australia |
Sydney |
|
|
123 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Bahamas |
Nassau |
Mar-03 |
|
121 |
Jan-05 |
1.21911 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
May-04 |
100 |
96 |
Apr-05 |
0.019557 |
Taka |
| Barbados |
Bridgetown |
May-03 |
|
132 |
Nov-04 |
0.635566 |
Dollar (Barb.) |
| Belize |
Belize |
Aug-03 |
|
106 a |
Feb-05 |
0.633435 |
Dollar (Belize) |
| Benin |
Cotonou |
Sep-04 |
|
113 a |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Bolivia |
La Paz |
Mar-03 |
|
75 a |
Mar-05 |
0.156457 |
Boliviano |
| Bolivia |
Santa Cruz |
|
|
75 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
Aug-02 |
|
116 |
Oct-04 |
0.811871 |
Markka |
| Botswana |
Gaborones |
Dec-03 |
|
93 a |
Mar-05 |
0.280191 |
Pula |
| Brazil |
Brasilia |
|
101 |
97 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Rio Branco |
Jul-03 |
101 |
97 |
Apr-05 |
0.450531 |
Real |
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
110 |
105 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| Brazil |
Sao Paulo |
|
110 |
105 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| Brunei Darussalam |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
May-04 |
|
94 |
Jan-05 |
0.752565 |
Dollar (Brunei) |
| Bulgaria |
Sofia |
May-04 |
102 |
106 a |
Apr-05 |
0.833129 |
Lev |
| Burkina Faso |
Ouagadougou |
Nov-03 |
|
129 |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Burundi |
Bujumbura |
Jan-04 |
|
150 a |
Feb-05 |
0.001155 |
Franc (Burun.) |
| Cambodia |
Phnom Penh |
Feb-03 |
106 |
102 a |
Apr-05 |
0.000306 |
Rial (Cam.) |
| Cameroon |
Douala |
|
|
121 |
Aug-04 |
|
|
| Cameroon |
Yaoundé |
Mar-03 |
|
121 |
Aug-04 |
0.002512 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
Mar-01 |
|
173 a |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chad |
N'Djamena |
Oct-04 |
116 |
121 a |
Apr-05 |
0.002483 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Chile |
Santiago |
Feb-01 |
101 |
97 |
Apr-05 |
0.002103 |
Peso (Chile) |
| China |
Beijing |
Nov-02 |
|
100 |
Dec-04 |
0.146692 |
Renminbi |
| China |
Lanzhou City |
|
|
100 |
Dec-04 |
|
|
| China |
Lhasa |
|
|
100 |
Dec-04 |
|
|
| Colombia |
Bogota |
Jan-04 |
|
101 |
Mar-05 |
0.000538 |
Peso (Colom.) |
| Congo, Dem. Republic |
Kinshasa |
Nov-03 |
139 |
131 |
Apr-05 |
0.002563 |
Franc (Congo) |
| Costa Rica |
San José |
Feb-03 |
|
98 |
Mar-05 |
0.002739 |
Colon (C.R.) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Abidjan |
Nov-03 |
|
145 |
Mar-05 |
0.002496 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Croatia |
Zagreb |
May-04 |
|
112 |
Mar-05 |
0.218222 |
Kuna |
| Cuba |
Havana |
Jan-03 |
|
120 |
Nov-04 |
1.264786 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Cyprus |
OP43 Nicosia |
May-04 |
|
116 |
Jan-05 |
2.861493 |
Pound (Cyprus/Chypre) |
| Dominica |
Roseau |
|
|
99 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo |
Jul-04 |
|
130 a |
Mar-05 |
0.045624 |
Peso (Dom Rep./Rép. Dom.) |
| Ecuador |
Quito |
Feb-03 |
|
98 a |
Mar-05 |
1.258265 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
May-02 |
|
88 |
Mar-05 |
0.218047 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| Egypt |
Kafr El-Sheikh |
May-02 |
|
88 |
Mar-05 |
0.218047 |
Pound (Egypt/Égypte) |
| El Salvador |
San Salvador |
Jan-03 |
|
96 a |
Feb-05 |
1.225335 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Eritrea |
Asmara |
|
|
91 |
Dec-04 |
|
|
| Estonia |
Tartu |
Jan-04 |
|
112 |
Jan-05 |
0.105873 |
Kroon |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Nov-03 |
|
93 |
Dec-04 |
0.14363 |
Birr |
| Fiji |
Suva |
Mar-03 |
|
104 a |
Mar-05 |
0.759063 |
Dollar (Fiji/Fidji) |
| France |
Beaumont-Hamel |
|
|
155 |
Aug-04 |
|
|
| France |
Lyon |
Nov-03 |
|
155 |
Aug-04 |
1.64767 |
Euro |
| France |
Vimy |
|
|
155 |
Aug-04 |
|
|
| Gabon |
Libreville |
Feb-04 |
|
140 |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Georgia |
Tbilisi |
Oct-04 |
|
113 a |
Mar-05 |
0.687577 |
Coupons (Georgia) |
| Germany |
Koblenz |
Apr-03 |
|
145 |
May-04 |
1.631186 |
Euro |
| Ghana |
Accra |
May-02 |
|
121 |
Feb-05 |
0.00014 |
Cedi |
| Ghana |
Tamale |
Nov-03 |
|
120 |
Jul-04 |
0.000156 |
Cedi |
| Grenada |
St. George's |
Mar-03 |
|
96 a |
Mar-05 |
0.471254 |
Dollar (E.C.) |
| Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Nov-03 |
|
110 |
Mar-05 |
0.163283 |
Quetzal |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
Feb-02 |
|
100 |
Dec-04 |
0.000446 |
Franc (Guin.) |
| Guyana |
Georgetown |
Feb-01 |
|
110 |
Mar-05 |
0.007029 |
Dollar (Guyana) |
| Haiti |
Port-au-Prince |
Mar-03 |
|
137 |
Dec-04 |
0.034259 |
Gourdes |
| Honduras |
Tegucigalpa |
Jun-01 |
|
89 |
Dec-04 |
0.065516 |
Lempira |
| Iceland |
Reykjavik |
Jul-03 |
|
194 |
Mar-05 |
0.020287 |
Krona (Ice./Isl.) |
| India |
Hyderabad |
|
|
91 |
Feb-05 |
|
|
| India |
New Delhi |
|
|
91 |
Feb-05 |
|
|
| Indonesia |
Indonesia Other |
Apr-03 |
99 |
96 |
Apr-05 |
0.000132 |
Rupiah |
| Indonesia |
Jakarta |
|
99 |
96 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| Israel |
Jerusalem |
|
|
123 |
Nov-04 |
|
|
| Israel |
Tel Aviv |
Feb-04 |
|
123 |
Nov-04 |
0.283676 |
Shekel |
| Jamaica |
Kingston |
Aug-03 |
|
114 |
Jan-05 |
0.020193 |
Dollar (Jam.) |
| Japan |
Tokyo |
Nov-02 |
|
181 |
Nov-04 |
0.011638 |
Yen |
| Jordan |
Amman |
May-02 |
|
107 |
Mar-05 |
1.785131 |
Dinar (Jord.) |
| Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
Apr-03 |
127 |
120 |
Apr-05 |
0.009495 |
Tenge |
| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Mar-03 |
|
117 |
Mar-05 |
0.016442 |
Shilling (Kenya) |
| Kuwait |
Kuwait (CIDA) |
Mar-04 |
|
105 |
Nov-04 |
4.273684 |
Dinar (Kuw.) |
| Laos |
Vientiane |
Jan-04 |
|
99 a |
Mar-05 |
0.000122 |
Kip |
| Latvia |
Riga |
Apr-03 |
|
120 |
Jan-05 |
2.401157 |
Lat |
| Lebanon |
Beirut |
Jun-02 |
|
113 |
Mar-05 |
0.000832 |
Pound (Leb.) |
| Lesotho |
Maseru |
Jun-02 |
87 |
84 a |
Apr-05 |
0.2064 |
Maloti |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Jun-99 |
|
170 |
Jun-01 |
1.56413 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| Lithuania |
Vilnius |
May-04 |
|
101 |
Mar-05 |
0.474817 |
Litus |
| Macedonia |
Skopje |
May-03 |
|
114 |
Jan-05 |
0.026998 |
Denar |
| Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
May-03 |
|
91 a |
Feb-05 |
0.000136 |
Ariari |
| Malawi |
Lilongwe |
Dec-02 |
|
95 |
Mar-05 |
0.011875 |
Kwacha (Malawi) |
| Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
|
85 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Mali |
Bamako |
Feb-03 |
|
125 a |
Feb-05 |
0.002484 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Malta |
Valletta |
Feb-04 |
|
111 |
Feb-05 |
3.768833 |
Lira (Malt.) |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
Nov-04 |
|
98 a |
Mar-05 |
0.004867 |
Ouguiya |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mar-02 |
|
124 |
Jan-05 |
0.154125 |
Dirham (Moroc./Maroc.) |
| Mozambique |
Maputo |
Jul-03 |
133 |
126 a |
Apr-05 |
0.00006425 |
Metical |
| Namibia |
Windhoek |
|
116 |
112 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| Nepal |
Kathmandu |
Aug-03 |
|
88 a |
Jan-05 |
0.017131 |
Rupee (Nepal/Népal) |
| Nicaragua |
Managua |
Mar-02 |
|
92 a |
Nov-04 |
0.078327 |
Cordoba (New/Neuf) |
| Niger |
Niamey |
May-03 |
|
127 a |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Nigeria |
Abuja |
Mar-03 |
|
133 |
Mar-05 |
0.009601 |
Naira |
| Nigeria |
Lagos |
|
|
128 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Lahore |
|
|
81 |
Nov-04 |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Pakistan |
Feb-98 |
|
81 |
Nov-04 |
0.021075 |
Rupee (Pak.) |
| Panama |
Panama City |
Oct-04 |
|
79 |
Mar-05 |
1.23967 |
Balboa |
| Paraguay |
Asuncion |
Feb-04 |
|
66 a |
Mar-05 |
0.000203 |
Guarani |
| Peru |
Lima |
Dec-02 |
|
110 |
Mar-05 |
0.391807 |
Soles |
| Philippines |
Manila |
Feb-99 |
|
83 |
Feb-05 |
0.022333 |
Peso (Phil.) |
| Poland |
Warsaw |
Apr-03 |
|
133 |
Mar-05 |
0.41144 |
Zloty |
| Romania |
Bucharest |
Jul-02 |
|
129 |
Mar-05 |
0.000044635 |
Lei |
| Rwanda |
Kigali |
Dec-03 |
|
110 |
Feb-05 |
0.002246 |
Franc (Rwanda) |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
May-02 |
|
133 |
Jan-05 |
0.002526 |
Franc (C.F.A) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Belgrade |
Apr-02 |
|
115 |
Jan-05 |
0.021164 |
Dinar (Yugo) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Pristina |
|
|
129 |
Jan-05 |
|
|
| Singapore |
Singapore |
Apr-03 |
|
116 |
Mar-05 |
0.768035 |
Dollar (Sing.) |
| Slovakia |
Bratislava |
|
|
120 |
Jan-05 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
116 |
112 |
Apr-05 |
|
|
| South Africa |
Pretoria |
Jun-03 |
116 |
112 |
Apr-05 |
0.204804 |
Rand |
| Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Jan-04 |
|
97 |
Mar-05 |
0.012665 |
Rupee (Sri L.) |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
Basseterre |
|
|
99 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| St. Lucia |
Castries |
|
|
96 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kingstown |
|
|
96 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Oct-04 |
|
112 |
Mar-05 |
0.005024 |
Dinar (Sudan) |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
Nov-03 |
|
104 |
Jan-05 |
0.215759 |
Lilangeni |
| Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
Oct-97 |
|
95 a |
Mar-05 |
0.412546 |
Somoni |
| Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
May-02 |
|
96 |
Dec-04 |
0.001145 |
Shilling (Tan.) |
| Tanzania |
Tanzania Other |
|
|
100 |
Dec-04 |
|
|
| Thailand |
Bangkok |
|
|
99 |
Mar-05 |
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Port of Spain |
Jun-03 |
|
99 |
Dec-04 |
0.197398 |
Dollar (T.&T.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
Feb-03 |
|
115 |
Nov-04 |
1.010636 |
Dinar (Tunis.) |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Aug-04 |
|
101 a |
Mar-05 |
0.000739 |
Shilling (New/Neuf) |
| Ukraine |
Kyiv |
Feb-03 |
|
110 |
Mar-05 |
0.240988 |
Hryvnia (Ukraine) |
| United States of America |
Houston |
Feb-02 |
115 |
115 |
Apr-05 |
1.234342 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Ithaca |
May-04 |
109 |
108 |
Apr-05 |
1.234342 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Los Altos |
May-02 |
|
128 |
Dec-04 |
1.214017 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Pasadena |
May-02 |
|
124 |
Nov-04 |
1.264786 |
Dollar (U.S.A./É. Unis) |
| United States of America |
Washington D.C. |
Oct-04 |
|
110 |
Apr-05 |
1.24 |
Dollar (USA DGAPPP/É. Unis DGTSCP) |
| Uruguay |
Montevideo |
Feb-03 |
108 |
105 |
Apr-05 |
0.04839 |
Peso (Uruguay) |
| Vietnam |
Hanoi |
Feb-04 |
|
103 |
Mar-05 |
0.00007965 |
Dong |
| West Bank and Gaza |
Gaza City |
|
|
123 |
Nov-04 |
|
|
| West Bank and Gaza |
Ramallah |
|
|
123 |
Nov-04 |
|
|
| Zambia |
Lusaka |
Apr-03 |
|
109 a |
Feb-05 |
0.000269 |
Kwacha (Zam.) |
| Zimbawbwe |
Harare |
Feb-04 |
|
155 |
Mar-05 |
0.000194 |
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. |