Pocket Book of Labour Statistics 2007
8 INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
Table 8.5
Index Numbers of Consumer Prices
General Indices (2000=100)
Country |
2005 |
2006 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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Africa |
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Ghana |
250.7 |
278.0 |
Egypt |
133.7 |
143.9 |
Mauritius |
128.1 |
139.5 |
America |
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Argentina |
161.7 |
179.4 |
Canada |
112.2 |
114.4 |
United States & |
113.4 |
117.1 |
Asia |
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India++ |
121.5 |
127.7+ |
Japan |
97.8 |
98.1 |
Malaysia |
109.1+ |
113.0 |
Pakistan |
129.5 |
139.7 |
Phillipines |
129.8 |
137.9 |
Sri Lanka |
159.7 |
181.5 |
Europe |
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Slovakia $ |
132.8 |
138.7 |
France |
109.9 |
111.8 |
Germany |
108.3 |
110.1 |
Italy # |
112.4 |
114.7 |
Poland % |
114.6 |
115.8 |
Switzerland && |
104.4 |
105.4+ |
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United Kingdom |
112.7 |
116.3 |
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Oceania |
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Australia |
116.1 |
120.2 |
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New Zealand |
113.0 |
116.8+ |
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Source : ILO website (www.ilo.org |
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& = All urban consumers |
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++ = Industrial workers |
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# = Excluding tobacco |
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$ = As from 1991 index base 2000=100; prior to 1991; index base 1990=100 |
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% As from 1998 index base 2000=100; prior to 1998: index base 1990=100 |
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&& = As from 1990 index base 2000=100; prior to 1990: index base 1990 = 100 |
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