VALUE OF BICLAB SI STANDARD COMMODITY INDEX 1999-2009

last update: 28 January 2012

Cost per citizen per day (US$)

MonthFoodPowerFuelMaterialsTotal
1999
Jan

0.460

0.036

0.069

0.177

0.742

Feb

0.447

0.035

0.066

0.173

0.721

Mar

0.454

0.035

0.073

0.175

0.737

Apr

0.437

0.035

0.081

0.178

0.731

May

0.435

0.035

0.082

0.179

0.730

Jun

0.416

0.034

0.082

0.179

0.711

Jul

0.400

0.034

0.090

0.182

0.706

Aug

0.408

0.035

0.096

0.184

0.722

Sep

0.408

0.035

0.104

0.183

0.730

Oct

0.409

0.036

0.103

0.182

0.729

Nov

0.412

0.035

0.107

0.182

0.735

Dec

0.413

0.035

0.112

0.180

0.740

2000
Jan

0.436

0.035

0.114

0.182

0.768

Feb

0.435

0.034

0.122

0.183

0.774

Mar

0.446

0.034

0.127

0.182

0.785

Apr

0.449

0.035

0.118

0.183

0.785

May

0.444

0.032

0.135

0.184

0.795

Jun

0.456

0.032

0.144

0.183

0.816

Jul

0.450

0.032

0.139

0.183

0.805

Aug

0.437

0.032

0.135

0.181

0.785

Sep

0.426

0.031

0.151

0.181

0.789

Oct

0.425

0.031

0.156

0.179

0.791

Nov

0.433

0.031

0.161

0.177

0.801

Dec

0.447

0.031

0.148

0.181

0.807

2001
Jan

0.443

0.032

0.146

0.183

0.804

Feb

0.442

0.031

0.147

0.186

0.807

Mar

0.446

0.031

0.138

0.184

0.799

Apr

0.459

0.031

0.146

0.184

0.820

May

0.470

0.031

0.149

0.182

0.831

Jun

0.461

0.030

0.136

0.183

0.810

Jul

0.460

0.030

0.121

0.181

0.793

Aug

0.453

0.026

0.124

0.184

0.787

Sep

0.446

0.025

0.130

0.181

0.782

Oct

0.438

0.021

0.119

0.176

0.754

Nov

0.408

0.019

0.118

0.178

0.722

Dec

0.442

0.026

0.120

0.181

0.770

2002
Jan

0.430

0.027

0.118

0.169

0.744

Feb

0.407

0.021

0.104

0.175

0.707

Mar

0.414

0.020

0.113

0.178

0.725

Apr

0.392

0.019

0.114

0.180

0.706

May

0.382

0.022

0.111

0.180

0.695

Jun

0.387

0.022

0.107

0.194

0.710

Jul

0.402

0.018

0.118

0.197

0.735

Aug

0.391

0.019

0.118

0.194

0.723

Sep

0.391

0.020

0.126

0.199

0.736

Oct

0.391

0.025

0.135

0.225

0.775

Nov

0.401

0.029

0.132

0.229

0.791

Dec

0.406

0.028

0.141

0.231

0.806

2003
Jan

0.410

0.025

0.143

0.234

0.812

Feb

0.412

0.026

0.144

0.233

0.815

Mar

0.406

0.023

0.141

0.234

0.805

Apr

0.412

0.025

0.123

0.232

0.792

May

0.429

0.026

0.121

0.228

0.805

Jun

0.432

0.026

0.128

0.234

0.819

Jul

0.432

0.034

0.131

0.230

0.827

Aug

0.437

0.035

0.147

0.230

0.850

Sep

0.445

0.024

0.133

0.237

0.835

Oct

0.448

0.034

0.157

0.233

0.873

Nov

0.401

0.037

0.167

0.232

0.894

Dec

0.471

0.051

0.173

0.234

0.929

2004
Jan

0.464

0.039

0.175

0.238

0.916

Feb

0.465

0.038

0.160

0.253

0.916

Mar

0.482

0.038

0.166

0.260

0.946

Apr

0.490

0.035

0.164

0.259

0.948

May

0.499

0.037

0.186

0.272

0.994

Jun

0.493

0.035

0.180

0.280

0.988

Jul

0.486

0.036

0.188

0.283

0.993

Aug

0.455

0.037

0.198

0.279

0.969

Sep

0.455

0.039

0.211

0.275

0.979

Oct

0.450

0.044

0.249

0.327

1.070

Nov

0.451

0.042

0.238

0.368

1.098

Dec

0.463

0.050

0.232

0.371

1.117

2005
Jan

0.464

0.045

0.223

0.368

1.101

Feb

0.462

0.052

0.218

0.370

1.103

Mar

0.474

0.070

0.248

0.369

1.161

Apr

0.467

0.060

0.250

0.381

1.157

May

0.466

0.055

0.237

0.384

1.142

Jun

0.461

0.055

0.242

0.383

1.142

Jul

0.469

0.063

0.264

0.382

1.178

Aug

0.453

0.061

0.279

0.386

1.179

Sep

0.458

0.056

0.301

0.383

1.198

Oct

0.467

0.070

0.299

0.380

1.216

Nov

0.470

0.093

0.357

0.377

1.297

Dec

0.483

0.121

0.399

0.374

1.377

2006
Jan

0.637

0.090

0.368

0.386

1.480

Feb

0.631

0.086

0.324

0.392

1.432

Mar

0.630

0.106

0.313

0.393

1.441

Apr

0.645

0.073

0.323

0.397

1.439

May

0.690

0.063

0.313

0.406

1.472

Jun

0.692

0.069

0.317

0.396

1.474

Jul

0.706

0.082

0.337

0.401

1.526

Aug

0.716

0.063

0.327

0.404

1.510

Sep

0.709

0.060

0.286

0.405

1.460

Oct

0.706

0.058

0.302

0.406

1.471

Nov

0.727

0.070

0.302

0.419

1.519

Dec

0.740

0.063

0.297

0.422

1.521

2007
Jan

0.746

0.051

0.250

0.423

1.470

Feb

0.737

0.050

0.233

0.417

1.437

Mar

0.864

0.042

0.255

0.424

1.585

Apr

0.754

0.041

0.266

0.435

1.497

May

0.647

0.038

0.287

0.443

1.515

Jun

0.739

0.064

0.286

0.456

1.541

Jul

0.750

0.051

0.315

0.457

1.574

Aug

0.753

0.049

0.288

0.448

1.539

Sep

0.765

0.058

0.323

0.449

1.595

Oct

0.779

0.100

0.365

0.452

1.696

Nov

0.794

0.098

0.426

0.475

1.792

Dec

0.807

0.089

0.421

0.468

1.785

2008
Jan

0.806

0.105

0.425

0.468

1.805

Feb

0.834

0.111

0.425

0.470

1.839

Mar

0.841

0.105

0.458

0.515

1.919

Apr

0.843

0.145

0.485

0.523

1.996

May

0.843

0.133

0.543

0.553

2.071

Jun

0.840

0.135

0.586

0.559

2.117

Jul

0.836

0.151

0.576

0.545

2.108

Aug

0.780

0.136

0.499

0.479

1.895

Sep

0.743

0.187

0.503

0.430

1.864

Oct

0.674

0.122

0.419

0.357

1.573

Nov

0.607

0.112

0.305

0.307

1.330

Dec

0.594

0.092

0.244

0.296

1.227

2009
Jan

0.595

0.106

0.253

0.294

1.248

Feb

0.585

0.068

0.229

0.305

1.188

Mar

0.586

0.049

0.218

0.268

1.120

Apr

0.609

0.056

0.220

0.283

1.167

May

0.630

0.060

0.235

0.296

1.221

Jun

0.642

0.057

0.277

0.310

1.285

Jul

0.656

0.055

0.254

0.323

1.287

Aug

0.665

0.056

0.278

0.342

1.340

Sep

0.655

0.056

0.264

0.345

1.319

Oct

0.665

0.060

0.298

0.355

1.378

Nov

0.693

0.054

0.306

0.365

1.416

Dec

0.705

0.065

0.298

0.372

1.440

2010
Jan

0.719

0.077

0.324

0.367

1.486

Feb

0.702

0.059

0.310

0.366

1.436

Mar

0.681

0.055

0.317

0.392

1.445

Apr

0.680

0.054

0.330

0.422

1.487

May

0.672

0.067

0.317

0.398

1.453

Jun

0.667

0.062

0.322

0.380

1.431

Jul

0.683

0.070

0.328

0.372

1.452

Aug

0.723

0.064

0.325

0.398

1.510

Sep

0.742

0.064

0.328

0.414

1.549

Oct

0.756

0.068

0.355

0.436

1.616

Nov

0.763

0.069

0.356

0.461

1.648

Dec

0.782

0.101

0.386

0.475

1.744

2011
Jan

0.782

0.071

0.375

0.461

1.688

Feb

0.808

0.070

0.388

0.495

1.760

Mar

0.817

0.082

0.445

0.537

1.882

Apr

0.796

0.073

0.428

0.500

1.798

May

0.808

0.092

0.428

0.488

1.816

Jun

0.809

0.079

0.424

0.485

1.797

Jul

0.823

0.074

0.474

0.486

1.857

Aug

0.851

0.076

0.454

0.476

1.856

Sep

0.814

0.072

0.465

0.470

1.821

Oct

0.800

0.069

0.464

0.449

1.783

Nov

0.800

0.077

0.465

0.434

1.676

Dec

0.775

0.066

0.447

0.426

1.714

     

Cost per citizen per day

Month

US$

Euro

SDR

Yen

1999
Jan

0.742

0.640

0.527

84.15

Feb

0.721

0.643

0.522

84.06

Mar

0.737

0.678

0.541

88.35

Apr

0.731

0.684

0.539

87.48

May

0.730

0.688

0.542

89.20

Jun

0.711

0.685

0.530

85.73

Jul

0.706

0.686

0.553

84.95

Aug

0.722

0.679

0.529

81.60

Sep

0.730

0.693

0.530

77.78

Oct

0.729

0.681

0.525

77.57

Nov

0.735

0.711

0.535

77.12

Dec

0.740

0.734

0.539

75.89

2000
Jan

0.768

0.757

0.561

81.03

Feb

0.774

0.784

0.575

84.80

Mar

0.785

0.809

0.584

83.78

Apr

0.785

0.833

0.587

82.73

May

0.795

0.884

0.608

86.04

Jun

0.816

0.864

0.614

86.85

Jul

0.805

0.858

0.609

87.10

Aug

0.785

0.865

0.599

84.79

Sep

0.789

0.908

0.610

83.88

Oct

0.791

0.931

0.616

85.89

Nov

0.801

0.938

0.625

87.17

Dec

0.804

0.907

0.625

89.99

2001
Jan

0.804

0.855

0.617

93.96

Feb

0.807

0.879

0.624

93.47

Mar

0.799

0.875

0.623

96.41

Apr

0.820

0.918

0.646

101.09

May

0.831

0.945

0.657

101.09

Jun

0.810

0.950

0.647

98.15

Jul

0.793

0.922

0.634

98.67

Aug

0.787

0.868

0.615

94.97

Sep

0.782

0.858

0.608

93.04

Oct

0.754

0.834

0.590

91.50

Nov

0.722

0.812

0.569

88.19

Dec

0.770

0.862

0.609

98.39

2002
Jan

0.744

0.838

0.593

98.73

Feb

0.707

0.815

0.569

94.44

Mar

0.725

0.826

0.579

94.65

Apr

0.706

0.794

0.560

92.00

May

0.695

0.764

0.546

88.58

Jun

0.710

0.740

0.545

87.40

Jul

0.735

0.739

0.552

86.40

Aug

0.723

0.738

0.546

85.86

Sep

0.736

0.749

0.556

88.70

Oct

0.775

0.791

0.589

96.11

Nov

0.791

0.790

0.594

96.24

Dec

0.806

0.793

0.602

98.24

2003
Jan

0.812

0.763

0.594

96.36

Feb

0.815

0.757

0.595

97.72

Mar

0.805

0.744

0.587

95.18

Apr

0.792

0.731

0.579

94.81

May

0.805

0.697

0.572

94.75

Jun

0.819

0.701

0.578

96.78

Jul

0.827

0.727

0.591

97.93

Aug

0.850

0.755

0.611

101.32

Sep

0.835

0.746

0.598

95.79

Oct

0.873

0.745

0.609

95.35

Nov

0.894

0.764

0.623

97.59

Dec

0.929

0.758

0.634

100.11

2004
Jan

0.916

0.731

0.615

97.25

Feb

0.916

0.724

0.612

97.71

Mar

0.946

0.768

0.642

103.13

Apr

0.948

0.789

0.646

100.81

May

0.994

0.829

0.685

111.46

Jun

0.988

0.808

0.674

108.45

Jul

0.993

0.810

0.676

109.07

Aug

0.969

0.796

0.662

106.75

Sep

0.979

0.802

0.669

107.98

Oct

1.070

0.855

0.723

116.34

Nov

1.098

0.850

0.728

115.57

Dec

1.117

0.840

0.728

116.59

Dec

1.117

0.840

0.728

116.59

2005
Jan

1.101

0.845

0.725

114.27

Feb

1.103

0.852

0.728

115.47

Mar

1.161

0.877

0.759

121.54

Apr

1.157

0.896

0.767

124.33

May

1.142

0.895

0.760

121.21

Jun

1.142

0.936

0.777

123.67

Jul

1.178

0.977

0.812

131.29

Aug

1.179

0.956

0.803

130.31

Sep

1.198

0.982

0.821

133.51

Oct

1.216

1.014

0.842

139.54

Nov

1.297

1.101

0.908

153.14

Dec

1.377

1.162

0.961

163.01

2006
Jan

1.480

1.220

1.022

170.46

Feb

1.432

1.043

0.997

169.04

Mar

1.441

1.202

1.002

168.59

Apr

1.439

1.171

0.990

168.56

May

1.472

1.148

0.987

164.25

Jun

1.474

1.167

0.999

169.50

Jul

1.526

1.205

1.033

176.60

Aug

1.510

1.181

1.016

174.98

Sep

1.460

1.150

0.986

170.97

Oct

1.471

1.166

0.993

174.69

Nov

1.519

1.187

1.023

178.68

Dec

1.521

1.151

1.015

177.35

2007
Jan

1.470

1.130

0.983

176.67

Feb

1.437

1.104

0.961

173.67

Mar

1.585

1.197

1.051

185.62

Apr

1.497

1.107

0.989

177.82

May

1.515

1.127

0.999

182.85

Jun

1.541

1.148

1.019

189.12

Jul

1.574

1.146

1.029

191.75

Aug

1.539

1.129

1.006

179.44

Sep

1.595

1.152

1.033

183.78

Oct

1.696

1.198

1.102

197.59

Nov

1.792

1.249

1.130

198.78

Dec

1.786

1.223

1.132

200.47

2008
Jan

1.805

1.223

1.141

194.51

Feb

1.839

1.236

1.155

196.02

Mar

1.919

1.236

1.176

193.83

Apr

1.996

1.266

1.218

205.08

May

2.071

1.335

1.276

216.22

Jun

2.117

1.362

1.308

226.42

Jul

2.108

1.336

1.293

224.91

Aug

1.895

1.265

1.196

205.98

Sep

1.864

1.302

1.199

199.14

Oct

1.573

1.166

1.033

159.44

Nov

1.330

1.044

0.897

128.55

Dec

1.227

0.907

0.809

111.87

2009
Jan

1.248

0.941

0.826

112.92

Feb

1.188

0.930

0.798

110.24

Mar

1.120

0.854

0.754

109.20

Apr

1.167

0.887

0.783

115.80

May

1.221

0.908

0.809

118.09

Jun

1.285

0.914

0.831

123.94

Jul

1.287

0.915

0.830

121.73

Aug

1.340

0.943

0.860

127.13

Sep

1.319

0.905

0.836

121.20

Oct

1.378

0.928

0.866

124.07

Nov

1.416

0.948

0.885

126.68

Dec

1.440

0.982

0.908

128.49

2010
Jan

1.486

1.042

0.949

135.26

Feb

1.436

1.047

0.932

129.31

Mar

1.445

1.063

0.945

130.21

Apr

1.487

1.105

0.979

138.68

May

1.453

1.165

0.983

133.99

Jun

1.431

1.170

0.975

130.54

Jul

1.452

1.153

0.974

127.62

Aug

1.510

1.168

0.993

128.55

Sep

1.549

1.176

1.013

130.51

Oct

1.616

1.167

1.031

132.49

Nov

1.648

1.236

1.069

137.99

Dec

1.744

1.317

1.132

146.53

2011
Jan

1.688

1.277

1.097

139.81

Feb

1.760

1.294

1.132

146.41

Mar

1.882

1.355

1.196

152.82

Apr

1.798

1.318

1.156

151.50

May

1.816

1.303

1.152

149.00

Jun

1.797

1.297

1.145

147.41

Jul

1.857

1.340

1.184

151.80

Aug

1.856

1.294

1.157

142.61

Sep

1.821

1.328

1.157

139.88

Oct

1.783

1.300

1.137

136.36

Nov

1.776

1.312

1.134

138.05

Dec

1.714

1.302

1.108

133.38

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