UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC
SOCIAL COUNCIL AND
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E/CN.14/CAS.5/LSal6 7 March I967
Original: FRENCH/
ENGLISH
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOH AFRICA
Second African Seminar on Labour Statistics Sponsored and organised jointly by the Economic Commission for Africa
Dakar, 11 - 29 April 1967 Addis Ababa, 8 - ■"' May 1967
CONSUMER PRICE INDICES IN AFRICA
(Paper prepared by the 3.CA. Socretariat in collaboration
with the I.LoO. Regional Office)
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TABLE OP CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION • 1
SYNOPTIC TABLE OP CONSUMER PRICE IiTDICES IN AFRI0A 3 DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL INDICES-'
ALGERIA - • ■ *
ANGOLA *
BURUNDI • °
CAMEROON - 1(i
CAPE VERDE (ISLANDS) 12
CONGO (REPUBLIC) • X3
SONGO (DMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) *5
IVORY COAST X9
ETHIOPIA 22
GABON • 23
GHANA 25
PORTUGUESE GUINEA , Ztt
UPPER VOLTA • • 29
KENYA • *2
LIBERIA 37
LIBYA - 3o
MADAGASCAR *f
MALI ...-•-.-• «• 43
MALAWI , ^5
MOROCCO ^°
MAURITIUS 4°
MAURITANIA 50
MOZAMBIQUE 51
NIGER • • • • • 52
NIGERIA -. - - • - ■ 55
UGANDA 57
united at:ab republic 59
cmtrafrican republic °1
south africa republic "3
southern rhodesia =. - - = 65
seetegal - • • • *£
sierra leone 69
SOMALIA • • • ?2
SUDAN 73
TANZANIA - * J4
CHAD 76
TOGO • 77
TUNISIA 7o
ZAMBIA - ■. • • • • »•
i/ Ccuntrios are listed according to French
alphabetical order.
BTTROIUGTIOIT
1, Practically all African countries construot indices of consumer
prices * Some countries even compute several indices, one for Europeans,
who are often expatriate stnff'from Technical Assistance, and another for the African population»2, For most of those indices a "base period has "been seleoted,which
is either a year or a month somewhere between 1955 an(i 1965" However
some indices are based on earlier periods which sometimes go back before the second world war. It is clear, in such cases, that as aresult of modifications in standards of living following the rapid
urbanisation in African oountrios, these indices are somewhatinadequate as indicators of the variations in consumer prices.
3, The oonevjaer price indices for almost all African coutries are base-weighted, and are computed as arithmetic means»
4, The weights have "been obtained from family budget surveys, but these surveys vary considerably in coverage from one country to another.
Certain countries use a survey which has been carried out among the expatriate workers in Technical Assistance, some others use one which
has been conducted among middle class families (particularly Civil
Servants), and certain, others utilise a survey carried out among
working class families0 Consequently the indices which have thus been
oomputed relate only to c particularly well defined category ofbuyers. The characteristic feature of these inquiries is that they
are in general conducted in urban araas, In certain cases, as in
Ghana, a national index is obtained, by taking the weighted average of an index constructed for ths urban areas and one for rural areas.Usually, the index of consumer prices is constructed for the capital
of the oountry, but sometimes it is extended to other importanttowns (e.g., Southern Phodesia rr.l Malawi). Sometimes, as for Nigeria,
a different index is constructed for each principal town.
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5-It is in the composition of the indices that the greatest -variations from one country to another are revealed. The number of items used is often less than 100. Some countries do not take into consideration rent expenses, either in the construction of the index, or in the determination of the weights. Sometimes a special yearly inquiry
is taken,
6. As regards prices, these are obtained either bi-monthly or monthly, generally in the middle or towards the end of the month concerned, from the markets or from the suppliers of services. As regards fruits and vegetables the "basket of food" used may vary
with the season.
centageshareof d,drinksand accointotalindex 34-4 42,4 56O2 46.1 34-6 55
56,9 51-1
47.5 45 53985
46 41-5 67-O 58 4.958\
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Page3 CONSUMERPRICEINDICESINAFRICA SynopticTable Geographicalscope "GrandAlger" Luanda Bujumbura Bujumbura Yaounde Praia Brazzaville Kinshasa Kinshasa Kinshasa Kinshasa Abidjan Abidjan AddisAbaba Libreville Libreville PortGentil, Moanda Accra Wholecountry Bissau Ouagadougou Ouagadougou Nairobi "Nairobi NairobiSocialor economicgroup >-euL ,*ddle—class Ai'rican European European Total European African African Total Total African European Total African European African African Total
Afrioan(wage earners)
EuropeanAfrioanfwage earners} African(middle-c lass)
EuropeanNumberox items 167 37 58 91 129 62 138 57 61 35 52 100 140 74
65
135 82 •• 66 77 49 •"■ 179Percentageshareof food,drinksand tobaccointotalindex 46.06 48.06 •« 51 59.14 51-1 50 48.98
65
49-8 4050-50 urban index J
52.55ruralindex, 41.28■■■■'•■' 5067
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Page 6ALGERIA
' (Algiers)
Qffioial title: Index of retail prices in Algiers and suburbs.
Official bases 1964 = 100.
Computations 1!he index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base. The weights correspond to the base period.
Weights and compositions The number of items is 167- The weights for the different groups and sub-groups arc as follows:
Group Sub-groups Percentage weights
Pood 520
Accommodation Furniture Clothing Personal care Transport Entertainment
Cereals and products Meats, poultry, eggs,
fish Milk and fats
Fruits & -vegetables Beverages
& services
, miscellaneous
1^5
100 90 130
75
130 30
65
120
55
80 1,000 The index of the sub-group fruits and vegetables is calculated on a moving base. The weights of the products retained for the month are calculated from those available in the markets of Algiers.B/CN.14/CAS.5/LS.16
Page 7ANGOLA
(Luanda)
Official title: Consumer Price Index.
Official bases 1939 = 100.
Computations The index is oomputed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed "base, the weights corresponding to the "base
periodj the weights are arbitrary and constant.
Composition: The index relates to the middle class' population in Luanda; the number of items used in the computation of-the index
is as follows s .;
Group Number of items
Food:
Animal origin 17
Vegetable origin 13
Fuel, lightj water and soap • 7
Total 37
Prioe data: Prices are collected by agents eaoh month from large shops and markets in Luanda.
National publications "Boletim Mensal" Beparticao de Estatistioa Geralj DireQao dos Servioos de Eoonomia e Estatistioa Geral, Luanda.
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BURUNDI
(Bujumbura)
Offioial titles Consumer Price Index for Africans, Offioial base: April 1965 = 100.
Number of items; 58
Sources Bulletin de statistique de l'lBUSTAT.
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BURUNDI
(Bujumbura)
Official titles Consumer Price Index for Europeans.
Official base; April 1963 = 1000
Commitation : Eae index is computed ae a weighted arithmetic average with, fixed base, the weights corresponding to the "base period*
heights arid compositions In the absence of an enquiry for the Europeans in Burundi some modifications were made to the retail weights of the former index of Rwanda-Burundi;
Group Number of Percentage
items Weights
Pood 0 » ,., 45 46.O6
Household goods o * ... 30 27.38
Clothing ,... D, t , 0 ...„..,., 11 12,82
Miscellaneous e 0 e * ..,.,* 11 13-74
Total ,„, 97 100.00
The expenditure relating to rent in not included in the calculation of the indexo
A household budget enquiry is to be made in I967 from European households in order to establish the real percentage weights.
Sources Bulletin de statistique do l'lRUSTAT.
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C A_M _E R 0 Q If
( Yaounde)
Official title.; Consumer Price Index for European families*
Official base_; March I96I = 100,
Computation^: rxhe index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base periodo
heights and ooznpositiorM The weights and selected items were
derived from a family expenditure survey conducted in March 196I by means of questionnaires addressed to the 170 European families in Yaounde; 51 questionnaires were returned of which 32 were retained. The computation of the index relates to only 27 families cf two to four persons. The
■fiUffiberof itbzac and weight3 used in the computation of the index are as follow?
" Grou2 ' ' Number of Weights
items
Pood •••' -...;.,.. 69 "486
Fuel, light, water and cleaning *. o „. 10 77
Clothing..-„,,..,...,,,,,., e o o a 13 1Q4
Domestic service 6 u .•.•...,, o B 2 91
Misoellanecus „ ,.. „ o, 35 242
Total , o. 129 l?000
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account in the determination of the weights.
££ice_i-a±!° Prices are collected in Yaounde twice to thrice a month
by agents from seven retail stores for food items and by means of monthly
mail questionnaires from various cutlets for other items and by means of
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monthly mail questionnaires from various outlets for other items as for clothing, ae well as from service establishments
(hairdressers, Water and Electricity Service, etc.)' Quotations
used for domestic servants'. wages are according to the minimum wage scales fixed "by "1' Inspection du Travail"- The choice of items in the ""basket" for vegetables has "been made so ao to ensure uniformity all the year round,
Bulletin de sta.tistiq.ue de la RaF0 du Caicoroun.
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CAPE VERDE
(Praia)
Official title: Retail Prioe Index.
Official base: 1950 = 100.
Computation : The index is computed as a simple unweighted arithmetic average of price relatives.
Composition: The prices used in the computation of the index are those of essential consumer goods. The number of items is as follows:
Group Number of items
Food:
Animal origin 24
Vegetable origin 30
Fuel, light and health 8
Total 62
Price data: Prices are collected quarterly by agents from four
main stores and from the municipal market in Paris. Prices for electricity are obtained from the Administration of the "Concelho"#
Source: Bulletin mensuel de statistique du Portugal supplement
"Outremer".
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THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(Brazzaville)
Official title: Consumer Price Index for European families.
-Official bases January 1964 = 100c
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed "base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from a family expenditure survey conducted from February to March 1963 by means of questionnaires addressed to a certain number of European households in Brazzaville* The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group Number of
items
Percentage Weights
Food 73
Electricity, gae and water »0 3
Clothing and.household linen 14
Domestic service 5
Household expenditures
Household goods ..*.. 4
Household oleaning goods . 8
Personal care ■ 6
Pharmaoeutical goods and medical care 5
Miscellaneous 20
Total 138
51.0
5.4
8.26.7
1.2 2.2
3.5
2.6100.0
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Rent, education and transportation are not included as index items, nor are they taken into account in the determination of
the weights.
Price data: Prioes are collected monthly by agents from various outlets and service establishments in Brazzaville. Data for electricity are received from the company providing electric power. The choice of items in the "basket" for vegetables has been made so as to ensure uniformity all the year round.
Source: Bulletin de statistique de la Republique du Congo
(Brazzaville)
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Page 15DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(Kinshasa)
Offioial title; Retail Price Index of goods for current consumption for Afrioans.
Offioial base; Ootober-Deoember 1964 =100.
Computation: The index is computed as a simple geometric average of simple indices of items retained in the indice.
Composition1 The items were selected as appropriate to the.index by the Institute of Eoonomic and Social Research, Lovanium UniyBrsity»...Tt©
index^relates to the majority of the African population of Leopoldville.
■*5Sse~ number of Items used in the computation of the index is as follows:
Group Number of items
Food ...,....», 40
Fuel, light, soap, tobaqco and various household
operations* ... , <••••• 11
Clothing ;•;;.'...'.•.'•.• 10
Q^otal 61
Rent and services are not inoludGt"1. in the index.
Prioe data: Price,s are oolleoted "by agents every week in 16 markets most typioal and account being taken of those karkets where African families make their purchases* iTo account was taken in the calculation with regards to the seasonal variation of vegetables and fruits.
Source: Notes et documents de l'Universite de Lovanium*
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(Kinshasa)
Official title: Consumer Price Index for Africans.
Official base s November-December, i960 « 100,
•-..". Computations The index is calculated as a weighted arithmetic*
average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period,
heights and compositions The number of items in the index is as
follows!
Group Number of items
I Flour and derivatives 5
II Vegetables .,..'.. ... •• I 9
III Fruits 3
IV Meat, fish 9
V Oils, margarine" », 3
VI Other foocTi terns ,. 5
VII Beverages , 2
VIII Clothing and shoes ,, 7
IX Household goods , 6
X Hater, electricity, fuel ;.... V.... 4
XI : Miscellaneous , 4
Total 57
Price data: 26 articles in tne food group and 1 artiole in the fuel
group are bought in the markets,and weighted at the time of purchase.
Source 1 Bulletin de la statistique generale•
Note i The general index is published with and without the native cloth.
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KEMOGRAFHIC BBHJBLIC OF CONGO
(Kinshasa)
Official title: Index of retail prioes in the markets of LeopoldVille.
Offioial bases 28 - 3O/ll/l96O = 100.
Computationa The index has a monetary character. It is computed as a simple geometric average of eaoh product.
Compositions 52 items
Price datas Prioes are collected each week.
Souroe: Kotes et documents de 1'University de Lcvaniunu
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Kinshasa)
Official title; Cost of living index in Leopoldville Official basej June i960 = 100.
Computation: The indexes computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base. The weights correspond to the base period.
Weights and composition: The weights and the number of items are
as follows!
Number of Percentage
items Weights
Pood • 24 59.14
Household goods n 29 M
Misoellaneous a ti co
Source: Notes et documents de l'Universite de Lovanium.
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IVORY OQASg.
(Abidjan)
Official title: Consumer Prioe Index of African families.
Official base; February i960 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed "base, the Tights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from a family expenditure survey conducted in August-September 1956 amongst African wage earnors1 and salaried employees' families in Abidjan, and relate to African families of four or five persons,
excluding families with more than three adults and more than one wage or salary earner.. The number of items and the percentage weights used in the
computation os the index are as follows?
_ ^ ^—^ Humber of Percentage
Group item's Weights
Food ...0, 47 51-1
Rent 2 11.6
Fuel, light, water and soap 6 o.J.
Clothing - • 12 8.4
Household goods 13 ' • ^
Services .. ° • * 9 *2
Miscellaneous .. - « H ***
l • ■-.- -..•• 100 100'0
Prioe data/. Prices for food, fuel and certain other items are oollected daily at four big markets in Abidjan. Prices of other goods and services are obtained once a months rent quotations refer to
low-priced apartments of thrae rooms»
National publications "Bulletin mensuel de statistique"
Ministere des finances, des affaire* eoonomiques et du plan, Direction
de la statistique, Abidjan.
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IVORY COAST
(Abidjan)
Official title: Consumer Price Index for European families.
Official base: i960 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base; the weights corresponding to the base period.
¥eights and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from the results of a family expenditure survey oonduoted in June I96I amongst European families of two or more persons in Abidjan.
The index applies to all families, single persons excluded. The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group
Food •..-.... i...
Fuel, light and water
Clothing and household goods ...0 Cleaning materials, personal hygiene, medical expenses OJ »<,*••
Domestic service * „....„, Miscellaneous (-,..o ».. «...
Number of items
57
5
2822 2 26
Percentage Weights
50 4 8
10 8 20
Total .. ■■ . ... ■ 140 100
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account in the determination of the weights.
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Price data: Prices for all items are collected by agents from five markets, four large stores, and service establishments in Abidjan. Prices of local food, fuel and certain other items are collected daily, prices of imported food items are collected weekly and prices of all other items are collected at the end of eaoh month,
Kational publication; "Bulletin mensuel de statistique", Ministere des finances, des affaires econoraiques et du plan, Direction de la statistique, Abidjan.
. For further methodological details see "Supplement tTimestriel"
to the "Bulletin mensuel de statistique", Etudes et rapports Uo. 3?
1962, Ministere des finances, des affaires eoonomiques et du plan, Direction de la statistique, Abidjan,
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ETHIOPIA
(Addis Ababa)
Official title: Retail Price Index for Addis Ababa,
Official base s 1963 ^ 100.Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic
average -with fixed base7 the weights corresponding to the base period.Weights and composition: The weights and selected items were derived from a family expenditure survey conducted in 1963 at Addis Ababa relating to about 600 households. The number of items and peroentage weights
are as follows:
Number of Percentage
items Weights
Food, drink ,and tobacco • «•'...., ,. 33 48.98
Household items 7 ■ 14,60
Clothing 0.,. 6 6.71
Transportation ....•«„.».« 3 4.52
Medical care ....••••.. „..., 7 1.83
Porsonal care ... 3 0.81
Reading & recreation B ,. , 5 2,57
Other goods and services c..o 9 5,43
House rent „....„ 1 14«55
Total 74 100,00
For rent a special survey had to be instituted.
Price data: Prices are collected monthly about the 15th of each month in four principal areas of the city, within the fourth area, three sub-
areas have been defined.
Source: Central Statistical Office, Imperial Ethiopian Government.
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GABON
(Libreville)
Offioial title; Consumer Price Index of households of African workers of 2 to 5 persons»
Official base: 1962 = 100.
Computation: The index is oomputed as a weighted arithmetics average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period,
Weights and compositions The weights and selected iteius were derived
from a family expenditure survey conducted during 1961-62 amongst Afrioan families in Libreville. The index relates to African workers1 families of
two to five persons. The number of items and the percentage weightsused in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group Humber of Percentage
items Weights
Food 35 65-0
Housing:
Building materials « 2 4*1
Fuel . - -« « 2 2.5
Clothing and household linen 10 16 • 3
Miscellaneous B ° • 16 12,1
Total 65 100,0
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account in the determination of the weights-
Price data: Prices are collected by agents every two months from five markets, retail shops and commercial outlets in Libreville, Prioes are collected during the months of February, April, June, August, October and December. No adjustments are made to account for seasonal fluctuations in item prices.
Source: Bulletin de statistique de la Eep0 Gabonaise.
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GABON
(Libreville)
Offioial title; Consumer Price Index (Europeans and related workers).
Official baae: January I964 » 100,
Computation; The index is oomputed as a weighted arithmetic
average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.Weights and composition; The weights and selected items were
derived from a family expenditure survey conducted in March I963 amongcertain European households (mainly civil servants and wage earners employed in the most important private firms) living in Libreville, Port-Gentil and Mdanda. Only 40 household questionnaires, representing
one-fortieth of European households, were regained. The number ofItems and the weights used in the computation of the index are as follows s
Group - . . dumber of Weights
items
Food ... 68 498
Electricity, gas and water ... 3 .. 40 Clothing and household linen ..„...,..,,. 10 . 55
Domestic service » ,. .3 , 87
Cleaning, personal and medical care 22 77
Transport and household goods •-..■*.•• 13 I40 Miscellaneous =..., ~... P • •••.". 16 103
Total 135 1,000
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account in the determination of the weights.
Price datas Prices are collected by agents around the 15th of each month from the main retail stores, markets and service establishments in Libreville.
Source; Bulletin mensuel de statistique de al Rep, Gabonaise.
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GHANA
(Acora)
Offioial title s National index of retail prices.
Official bases March 1963 = 100.
Computations The index is calculated as a weighted arithmetic average of the ind.ex of prices in the urban centres and rural areas:
Weights and composition; The percentage weights of the national index and the two indices (rural and urban) are as follows:
Indioes Percentage Weights
Index of urban centres .».. «* 23,75 Index of rural areas * » - • • 76«25
Total 100.00
Composition & Percentage weights of the 2 indices (rural and urban)
■Group Percentage weights Percentage weights
• urban inut s. rural index
Food (local products) 50.50 52.55.
Food (imported products)»• • <.' 4»40 2.49
Bevarages and tobacco <. •« 4*^0 5 »5.7
Light and fuel -.. 4-90 S-94
Clothing 11-70 14.51
Pharmaceutical products &
personal care 3«8O 4-52
Transportation &, communication 4»7O 3»10
Durable consumer goods 1.5° 1-53
Rent • •-.. 7^10 0.73
Miscellaneous *... _6_.8O 6>0^.
Total 100.00 100.00
Source i Monthly Bulletin of Statistics of Ghana,
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GHANA
(Accra)
Official titles Retail Price Index.
Official bases June 1954 = 100,
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic
average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from the 1953 Accra family expenditure survey, relating to 453 Afrioan families whose heads were wage earners in the income range of 'i5*O-3&l"80 per"^r.^um,' and which contained no more than one wage or other
income earner apart from the heade Families of only one person, or more than nine persons, or those which consisted of only one adult with more than two children were excluded from the survey. The number of items and the weights used in the computation of the index as follows:
- Group . * '. . Number of Weights
items
„ , ~ '
Local produoed food * .. • 29 . 400
Imported focd , .. * *. • - * • • . • • * • 9 &&
Drink and tobacco ..••••••.••••»...«■••<>•«•••«:.•«• 5 61
Fuel and light «.,....■>...,...».. •.» 0.0 4 50
Clothing o.... o«e, o * 13 121
Household goods »..36...o 6 36
Services «.«. o >•••••••«••••>•••>• * • • 7 52
Miscellaneous « • •»- 5 ' 4-6
Total 82 908
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Price data; Prices of local foodstuffs are oolleoted daily and
prioes of other commodities monthly by mail or by agent from 26 retailoutlets (including seven markets) in Accra and suburbs? rent quotations for 384 rooms are colleoted monthly from 243 dwellings
of various sizes and types in Accra City area.National publications "Quarterly Digest of Statistics", Central
Bureau of Statistics, Aoora.For further ^ethodologioal details see 1953 "Aoora Survey of
Households Budgets", December 1953? Office of the Government
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PORTUGUESE GUINEA , -
(Bissau)
Offioial title: Index of retail prices.
Official base; 1950 = 100.
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Composition; 2 groups I Pood
(a) Animal products (b) Vegetable produots
II Produots used for heating, light and personal
care.
Bulletin de statistique supplement outremer
<iu Portugal.
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UPPER VOLTA
(Ouagadougou)
Offioial title; Consumer price index of single African workers Official bases 1958 = 100.
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed "base, the weights corresponding to the "base period.
Weights and compositions The weights and items selected were determined "by the quantities and items included in computation of the minimum guaranteed wage0
The number of items and the weights are as follows:
Number of Peroentage
Group items Weights
Pood 18 41.28
Fuel ...,....». 1 4.12
Light... c...8 o....0..o 2 1.82
Clothing 10 10.88
Linen ..., <,,.„... 7 5-82
Household goods and furniture ....<>....,.» 15 3-89
Upkeep of household 1 1.67
Ren,-t D ... 1 17-13
.Laundry 0... <...«-. -. - - ■>.. * ««• 1 2.56
Personal oare <,«...o «.... 5 2oo9
Entertainment end miscollanoous ....•<>•>.• 4 6.7.^
Taxes •«.«. - 1 1»15
Total 66 100.00
Source; Bulletin mensuel de statistique de Haute Volta,
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TTPPEH
(Ouagadougou)
Offioial title Index of consumer prices (Europeans)
Official base_; May 1961 « 100,Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the "base period.
Weighty, and, composition; The weights and items selected were derived from a family expenditurs survey of 262 IVonoh families in Ouagadougou for the three first months of 1961. The number of items and the
percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group . Number of Percentage
items Weights
Food •• 44 50.C
Heat', light, transportation; '
, maintenance of household „ <> * „ 6 14,0 Clothing and shoes ».«••••«•<,.,«. a.o 7 9,6 Servants ' wagos n =«o... o ^ 0, o., ,,,, 1 .5,7 Misoella.neoua products other than
foodstufx~£ 0. o „ •. 19 20.7
TotPl ,t6,.e co, 77 100.0
As from 31st D^csmber I963 e.n amendment was made to the index
and 'the numb3r of ito^s was included is 111,
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-"■" ~~" Number of Percentage
Group items Weights
Food •• 75 50.00
Heat, light, transportation, upkeep of
household 6 14.00
Clothing, sbnee ••..-» • 7 9*°°
Servants' wages «•• 1 5*70
Other misoellaneous expenditure 22 20*70
Total HI 100*00
Hote: The index of fresh fruits and vegetables whioh has "been
retained is one used in the index of retail prices in Paris, It includes 34 items. The index is computed on a moving base account being taken
of the seasonal variation of supply in the markets.Source s Bulletin mensuel de statistique de Haute Volta.
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OLJLLA (Nairobi)
Official., $ J^Q.s rfage Earners' Indox of Consignor Prices (Africans)*
index is computed as a weighted arithmetic) average with fixod bs,se? the weights corresponding to the base pericdj in the computation of the group "clothing*and footwear" and for certain items in the group "household operation"s the respaotive group index is computed
according to the chained method (i,eB instead of comparing the current
price-of an item with the "basic price, it 1b compared with the price
applicable in the pro-vious month).
,c_°~r?°FJ-i'J1-0n.'• r^ie waights and selected items were
deri"rod fron a family expenditure sur^ray conducted during 1957-58 amongst
approximately 400 households selected at random from Afrioan households in the Eastlands area, of JTairobij the analysis of the results wasconfined to those budgets ^here the total income of the head of the household did not exceed. 320 shillings per Bu/vth. The number.'of items and the percentage weights ucod. in the computation of the index are as follows s
Group dumber of Percentage
items Weights
Food „., a... c c t „« ^ r.. o«, o « 19 67 »1 Beirerages and tobacco*..-,.. „. a .*.-,< e <..«o ««<.<. 0 4 7>9
Fuel and light ...«<, 2 5«2
Clothing •..., ,...,. •, 10 7.9
Household operations <>.»..<••....,,... ».••..•>• 5 5*3 Personal caxo and pharmaceutical products .- . = . • * •« 1«9 Entertainment ••.ft..*...*.'.*....*...*.* 1 = 9
Transportation • ■,. . ... * o e «• 2O6
Miscellaneous *.*....»..••<... e ,.,..„...,, 1.0
Total •. •. r 40 100.8
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Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into acoount in the determination of the weights.
Price datas Prices are oolleoted by agents during the first four working days of each month from all markets and between 120 and 160
shops visited at random in Nairobi. Fluctuations in the prices of seasonal items are accounted for by computing twelve-month moving average for all vegetables and oharooal, and three-month moving for certain clothing items,
National publication: "Kenya Statistical Digest", Economios and Statistics Division.
For further methodological details see 'Vage Earners' Index of Consumer Prices in Nairobi - A description of the method of compilation", East African Statistical Department, Nairobi*
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KENYA
(Nairobi)
Official titles Index of consumer prices for middle income African families.
Official bases July 1964 = 100c
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed "base..
Weights and compositions The weights and items selected were
derived from a family expenditure survey amongst African workers living in Nairobi with an annual salary between £200 and £750* The
percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as followss
Group Percentage weights
Food •...,... oc . v 40*9
Beverages and tobacco .••..;.*.*•' 10.6
Clothing 12.0
Household items . 6.2
Fuel and light ... e » 4-4
Household maintenance . •. 4« 3
Personal care & pharmaceutical products F..• 3-7
Entertainment <... 2*4
Transportation 9-8
Miscellaneous » • •. •. 5»7
Total 100.0
Sources Kenya Statistical Digest
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KENYA
(Nairobi)
Official titles Nairobi Cost of Living Index (Europeans).
Official bases August 1939 - 100.
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period,
Weights and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from a family expenditure survey conducted in 1947 among European civil
servants (families with husband, wife and one child) in Nairobi with a
basic salary of under £500 per annum at the time of the survey. The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group Number of
items
Percentage
■■ Weights Pood, drink and tobacco 6 ... 41
Household expenses (inolo fuel, light and
water. .,., 24
Clothing , •. *,.... t.» , , >...,..,....<... 27
Transport „...., 25
Domestic sorvcntr : vacoe ,„ = ,-., „ ,, , 0 •.. 1
Pharmaceutical products e 31
Books, newspapers) n
Entertainment ^ ••»...•
Miscellaneous
Total 179
43
11 10 11
13
3 1 35100
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Price datas Prices are collected by agents or by mail on the last day of each month from 84 retail outlets in Nairobi* Prices for eleotricity and water are obtained from the supply authorities.
- National publication: "East Afrioan Economic and Statistical Review" <>
For further methodological details see "Methods of Compiling
Indices", 1948, East African Statistical Department, Nairobi,
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LIBERIA
(Monrovia)
Official title: Consumer Price Index.,
Official base; September - November I964 = 100.
Weights and oomposition: The weights and selected items were derived
from a family expenditure survey conducted from 17 October to 15 November
1963 in Monrovia among low-income households. The number of items ana weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:Number of Peroentage
Group items Weights
Food ...••.• 32 .34*4
Drinks and tobacco ,,,.--,.,■.-...- „ - - - 6 5 •!
Fuel and light •.,»...,»... o...«. ■>.. 3 5»°
Clothing o 000c 14 13-8 ,
Household goods and furniture 7 °•!
Health? personal care and service 9 11.4
Rent 1 14.9
Miscellaneous o. o o * * * <... 7 °"7
Total ,,..00 "79 100.0
~"~" ' Number of Peroentage
Group items heights
Price data; Prices for food are collected in Monrovia twice a
month; these for.drinks, tobacco, fuel, clothing, household goods and
furniture and miscellaneous ;rticles once a month. Information on rent.is.collected twice a year and prices of electricity, medical care, sohool
fees and transport once a yeare
National publication; Monthly Newsletter, issued by the Bureau of
Statistics«
For further methodological details sees Results of the Study Related
to the Consumer Price Index for Monrovia. Methodological Series No.l,
Office of National Planning, Bureau of Statistics,,Page 38
KINGDOM OF LIBYA
(Tripcli)
Official title: Cost of living index.
Official bases January 1964 « 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetio average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period*
Weights and composition: The weights and selected items were. , derived from a family budget survey in Tripoli conducted in 1962.
Data on household consumption were collected from a sample of 288 Libyan.wage earner householders whose monthly salaries were less than SjL 40« In view of the notable development witnessed in Libya between 1962 and 1964? and particularly the remarkable increase in income) a tentative attempt was made to estimate the percentage distribution of family expenditure in 1'964'/ so that the revised distribution can be ' utilized in weighting the major group indices. The number of items and
the revised weights used in the computation of the index are ae follows:
(There have been several revisions since the computation of the index)
Group Number of Revised weights
items (1966)
Food „. 54 42^4
Other consumption items *... t 9 8.6
Clothing , „... 64 15,4
Housing 32 20.9
Services- and miscellaneous 24 ■'-12.7
Total I83 100.0
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Price data; Prices are collected by agents from about 80
retailers' and services' establishments in Tripoli* Prices of food stuff are collected weekly and those of all other items are obtained monthly, with the exception of some items in the service group whose prices are collected quarterly or twice a year# Rent quotations axe obtained twice yearly, in March and September,
National publications Statistical Abstract*
For further methodological details see "Family Budget Survey in Tripoli Town, 1962", Ministry of National Economy, Central Statistics Office, Tripoli.
age
p£ficial^jvar^i Jrr±v?xy .1964 - -LOO
r-o(V£uL-^VJ.c\i s C\j indp:.: .'.o oo^oUsd cs c weighted aritl^otio avjrag**
5fo-i-"h-'-r: a'-rl c:nrof:-.-v;.o .< ul:.3 voi-^'ti:-* -3.:id r.oloctod it-i^s were doriv^d
n of th
i"'; o ™ 3 vi o !■. (".-1 i; ^
6 9-2
2V ^3-0
.:::"
■Aonu i.j :lo"', .i. .:,':.■.>:; -:■■>, r/i ;^:-.-'-.^ .'"...n; "..or ^.r> it t-r/ton into a;;co;m j/-j ■.ioJ:e.-..:j-. i-.;; .-r. i1-' i'-^ v-;., ■ .1 :,
a:.
"by ci^on-ja t-oo:0.;/ i'lx.-a TcuaiM:,1:" ■) i^r^t, Pnoo.s for r;.11 othsv \tD-o ar
r&^h xiu-itu and \ 3^ctables am
«:.;;■: Lj within, "■■'.mi oor.str.uij g-o
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MADAGAS C A E
(Tananarive)
Official title: Consumer Price Index for European families.
, Offioial base; March 1962 = 100,
Computation: The index is oomputed as a weighted arithmetic
average with fixed "base, the weights corresponding to the "base period.
Weights and composition: The weights and seleoted items wero derived from a family expenditure survey competed from May to
September 1961 among the families of 150 Technioal Assistance offioials in Tananarive. The number of items and the percentage weights used in
the computation of the index are as follows:Group Number of Percentage
items Weights
Pood .. 114 46.1
Fuel and light • - 6 .7*4
Household expenses and clothing ■ » 63 28.4
Domestic service • • • • 5 °»0
Miscellaneous ♦ 16 10.1
Total 204 100,0
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account
in the determination of the weights.
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Price datas Prices for fresh, fruits, vegetables and flowers
are collected by agents weekly from Tananarive public market (Zoma)j
prices for all other items are collected monthly by mail
questionnaire from retail shops and department stores in ^Tananarive.
Seasonal fluctuations in the prioes of fresh fruits and vegetables are acoounted for by shifting monthly item weights within the oonstant group weights.
Rational publication: "Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique", Servioe de Statistique, B.P, 485j Tananarive.
For further methodological details, see "Enquete budge*taire
en mirieu Assistance technique a Tananarive", Service de
statistique et des etudes sooio-eoonomiques, Ministere des financeb, Tananarive•
n't^^ '^*
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MALI
(Bamako)
Official title s Price index of unskilled workers in Bamako
Official bases 1956 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed basG, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The weights were selected by a Commission which included the Labour Inspection and a representative of the Civil Service,.
The number of items and the percentage weights used in the oomputation
of the index are as follows! ,,. .
„ . Number of Percentage
Group . . TT . ,.
* items Weights
Food o , a.e.D...:.c.«.0.*»«,o*<i 21 41 »8
Fuel and light * »•<..*. *. ..<,..« 2 4»5 Clothing »0.••««...*.••<>.».•?».••»•«»«•<>• 12 16.3 Linen o.o..s..o..fl0,o.c.n. Deee. »•<.»■•». o.. • 10 6.3 Household goods and furniture •««...«••<>• 18 3»8Laundry ..., c <>.•••. a «> ^ •••a«»eo.«a«* .1 1*0
Personal care .*«.*.•*•.«., DO 6 3»6
Miscellaneous ••..•..••....<..<.•»■•.••.»•» _8__ 10.3 Total ...,. • 79 100.0
It appears that the index has not been published since 1965*
Source: Bulletin mensuel de statistique.
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MA L I
(Bamako)
Official title; Index of prices of the food group.
Official base; 1st July 1<?62 to 1st July I963 = 100.
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The number of items and percentage weights
are as follows:
Sub-group dumber of Percentage
, items Weights
Starchy foodstuffs ». <. 4 33.9
Condiments o 5 8.0
.Vegetables and i"resh fruits * 5 . .9.1
Meat and fish •..;; 5 38.I
Milk, fats and miscellaneous 5 10.9
Total 24 100.0
1 ' - ■ -
Price data; Collection of prices is made in 2 wayss
a) Price collection in the cooperatives b) Price collection in the markets
■$he index is published in 2 ways!
a) Index of those supplied in the cooperatives b) Index of those bought in the market .
Source; Bulletin mensuel de statistique du Mali.
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MALAWI
(3 towns)
Official title; European Consumer Prices Index.
Official base; January 1962 = 100,
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period™
Weights and composition; The weights and selected items were derived from the Federal European Family Expenditure Survey conducted in
Septeraber/Ootober i960 in Blantyre/Limbe, Zomba and Lilongwe * Percentage
weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group Percentage weights
Foodstuffs ....,....,, 232
Drink and tobacco ..•.••<« « 87
Clothing and footwear • „ «. • • 75 ■
Fuel and light „.*..,. 59
Household stores • ..»_• 0... ■•....••<....<..••»■•••*•.•«• 45 Servants ' wages <,...„... ... 0 8l
Vehicle expenses .. o „ „ ,. 0..«. 157
MisoelXaneous „.<,.<,-, 186
Total o -. , ,. - 922 .
Rent is not inoluded as an index item5 it is? however, taken into
account in the determination of the weights C'*-£/■)■>
Price data; Prices are collected and separate index numbers are
calculated for the towns of Blantyre, Limbe and Zomba. The town indices are combined to give a national ararago by means of weights proportionate to the total European population of each town.
The prices, of most items included in the standard budget are oollected monthly or quarterly, except changes in the level of domestic servants' wages are- calculated every six months as a result of a special sample enquiry»
National publication '■ "Quarterly Digest of Statistics" Ministry of Finance, Zomba«>
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Page 46MOROCCO
(Casablanoa)
Official title s Cost of Living Index*.
Official bases October 1958 - September 1959 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Heights and composition: The weights and selected items were derived from two family expenditure surveys conducted among
■Representative families of wage earners and salaried employees in
Rabat in 1954 and in the former Southern Zone of Morocco in 1955 • Tk©
number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Number of Percentage
GrOUP. items Weights
Pood = 61 55
Housing (rent, fuel and light? kitchen
utensils) • 12 17
Clothing 18 I2
Miscellaneous (personal care, transportation.20 16
. . . Total Ill 100
Price data? Prices for food items are collected weekly by
enumerators at two big markets and from retail dealers located in two
quarters of Casablanca having a population of moderate incomej 25 price quotations are usually ascertained for each item. Prices for fresh fruits and vegetables are taken into account according to the method known as the "moving monthly baskets". The index is adjusted for
seasonal fluctuations by computing the simple arithmetic mean of the
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unadjusted indices for the last two months and for the month of referenoe* Prioes of other goods and ser-vices are collected during the last week of the month; rent quotations refer to moderate-rented
apartments•
National publication; "Bulletin mensuel de statistique",
Miniature de l'Economie nationals, Division de la ooordination eoonomique et du plan, Servioe central des statistiques, Habat.
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MAURITIUS
Official titles Consumer Price Index.
Official base; January - June 1962 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
heights and composition: The"weights and selected items were derived from a family expenditure survey conducted between June 196I and June 1962 amongst a random sample of 1,053 urban and rural households whose chief earner's income did not exoeed 1,000 rupees per month. The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the
index are as follows:
Group Food
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
Housing:Rent
Rates, repairs and water charge „
Fuel and lightHousehold operations
Furniture, soft furnishings and household.
appliances
Clothing and- olothing caterials MediG&l cire, personal oar©
Transport ,
Education, Entertainment, Miscellaneous ...
Total
Number of items
108 5
1 10
5
710
34
21
9
13 223Percentage Weights
49.3 7-6
2.8
5*9
3.5
3.51.5
10.33.5
5.7
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Price data: Prices for most items are collected monthly by agents from retail shops and markets in urban and rural areas of Mauritius;
prioes for fruits, vegetables and fresh fish are collected weekly,.
Rent quotations are obtained annually from 150 dwellings included in the family expenditure survey; changes in rates are obtained annually from Town Councils. Seasonal fluctuations in the prices of fresh vegetables are accounted for by using a sliding scale of weights«
National publication: "The Government Gazette of the Colony of Mauritius"; Port Louis.
For further methodological details see "Report to the Government of Mauritius on the I96I--62 Family Budget Inquiry and the New
Consumer Price Index, I963" (ILO/OTA/Mauritius/R.l), International
Labour Office, Geneva,
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E-AJLJL7-. ..ULJLLA (Nouakchott)
l.^tijlg-i Consumer Price Index for European families 0 Official "base : January 196I » 100.
Computation: The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average
with fixed base? the weights corresponding to the "base period.
Weights, aJidjso^osition: The weights and seleoted items were derived from the results of a family expenditure survey conducted in July I96I by means of 125 Questionnaires addressed to the 450 Europeans in
Nouakchott; only 19 queutionnaii-Gs were returned and retained. The number of itoms and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index
are as follows:
Group Number of Percentage
items tfihS
Food 0... 39 51.1
Fuel, light, '.rater and oleanir:^ ,..•-. 7 ll.o
Clothing. - ...* •••..• 4 5°2
Domostic s^rv.'.ci! ^...c ,soiOB.,.c ■> 1 11.0
Miscellanoouc <,••..•... • .. . - <>... _^p_. _£yjL^_
Totil - 69 100.0
Rent iG net included £,g an index item, nor is it taken into account
in tho determination of thj vioights.Price datas Pricee aro collected monthly by agents in Nouakchott from four retail shops? and from markets and service establishments.
The figures for doLi:stic sor\ant^ ' v-qos u^ed in the computation of the index are 45 per cent, above the minimum wa^e scales fixed by the
authorities »
Eov.-\-o: Bulletin de SJ;atiGticj:ie de la R.I. de Mauritania,
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MOZAMBIQUE
(Lourenc/o Marques)
Official title; Consumer Price Index.
Official bases 1st October 1956 - 30 September 1957 = 100.
Computation; The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average
with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and compositions The weights and selected items were
derived from a family expenditure survey conducted from 1st October 1956 to 30 September 1957 in Lourenco Marques among a sample of 170 families of which only the replies of 79 were retained for the
computation, of the Index. The number of items and the weights used in
the computation of the index are as follows:Number of Percentage
Group items Weights
Food • • 109 " 47.5
Fuel and light ■ 5 3-4
Rent ,. 1 - 0*2
Clothing 20 1*5
Water and household cleaning goods 10 5*0
Miscellaneous . .■ 46" 42*4
Total ..-.»..- 190 100.0
"■■ Price data: Prices are collected by agents the last twe working
days of each month from various outlets and service establishments in Lourenco Marques, tfo account is taken of seasonal fluctuation in item
prioes.
Source s Bulletin mensuel de statistique du Portugal supplement
"Outremer".
For further methodological details, see "Inquerito ao custo de vida
na cidade de Lourenco Marques (1956-1957)"> Service de Estudos, Direooao
provincial dos Servicos de £statistica Geral. Lourenco Marques.
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NIGER
(Niamey)
Official title: Afrioan Consumer Price Index.
Official bases 1 July l$62 - 30 June 1963 = 100.
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic
average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
heights and compositions Hie weights and selected items were derived from the results of a family expenditure survey conducted from
March I96I to April 1962 in Niamey among 317 households. Percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
in1 1 1 11 "i ■—.-.-..— —. —
Group Percentage
Weights . flood and beverages ....•.•...•.»...« ....«...«..•• 45
Kent, water, fuel and light, household equipment 18
Clothing ...,•. ..• 10 .
Miscellaneous .'.'•.*. • ... 27
Total 100
National publications "Bulletin de Statistique", Commissariat General au Plans Servioe de la Statistique.
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UIGEE
(Niamey) . .
Official titles Index of consumer prices (Europeans)
Offioial base* 15 November to 15 December I964. « 100.Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and composition; The weights and the items selected were derived from a household expenditure survey of Civil Servants under the
Frenoh Technical Assistance Programme. (15 November I964 to 15 December 1964) 133 items were used in the following groups: food, gas water,
eleotrioity upkeep of households, olothing, linen, servants' wages and miscellaneous.
This index replaoes the index of 87 items with the base i960 = 100.
The linking weights between the 2 indices are as followss
Food 1.247
Gas, water, eleotrioity 1.116
Upkeep of households 1.228
Clothing 1.206
Servants' wages .. 1.124
Miscellaneous 1.055
General index 1.191
The expenditure relating to rent is not included in the computation of the index nor in the determination of percentage weights.
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Prioe data: The prioee for foodstuffs and other items are
collected by agents on the 15th of each month from four food shops and marketeo Quotations concerning services are according to the fixed
tariffs^ an<* quotations for servants' wages are according to the minimum wage scales fixed by the Minister of Labour.
. Source: "Bulletin de statistique", Presidence de la Republique, , Commissariat General au Plan, Service de la statistique,
Niamey,
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If IG_EE.IA
(Lagos)
Official title; Lagos Consumer Price In&ox - Lower Income Group.
Official base? i960 « 100=
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetic
average with fixed baae? the weights corresponding to the base period.
heights and oonn3Qsiti_o_n; T&3 weights and selected items were derived from a family expi. liturs survey conducted "between October 1959 and September lybO v.r.oi:^; the families of a random sample of clerksj artisans and labourers Garniu^ not more than L400 per annum
in Lagos in I960, Tho number of itsr.s and tha percentage weights
used in the computation 011 tlie indsr are as followssCrroiip ITumbor of Percentage
itoms Weights
Food ,,,..,... ., ... „ , c.o,.,,.,.,.,,,,.,..., 46
Drinics , ,.,.:.:,...
Tobaooo and. kola <■<..,..,...*,«„.,B..,>.,,..,, Accommodations
Rent ». 3.« . e .*.,„«. a •-,... «.,....,
Puol and li^b t Clothing #t.,, Household good Miscellanoouj Transport 01,•.
46 8 6
1 2 4 28 13 26 10 12
42,7 7^5
3-712O2 0,6 3.1
9*9
2,0 4*0 7,27=1
156 100«o
/
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ffational_ publication: "Digest of Statistics", Federal Office of Statistios, Lagos*
Indices arc computed for the following towns 1 T.badan Ease 1953 - 100
Enugu Bass 1933 » 100 Kadtuia Base 1957 - "1-00
Po:?t Harcouri and ABi. Ba.^3 7.957 = 100,
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U GA N D A
(Kampala)
Offioial titlei Index of Retail Prices in African Markete iKampala, Official basei January 1957 =100.
Computation: Th.e index is computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fix&d base, the weights corresponding to the "base period*
Weighta and compositions The weights and selected items were derived from an expenditure survey conducted in February 1957 among families of a sample of lower paid African unskilled workers earning between 60 shillings and 80 shillings per month in certain firms in Kampala. The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Number of Percentage
Group - " items Weights
Pood 14 70
Alcoholic drink and tobacco 3 15
Fuel and soap .« 4 3
Clothing 7 . ' 10
Household goods 7 2
Total 35~ 100~
Rent is not inoluded as an index item, nor is it taken into account in the determination of the weights.
Prioe data: Prices are collected by agents on the Friday nearest the middle of eaoh month from ten African markets in Kampala. Fluctuations in the prices of seasonal items are acoounted for by computing twelve month moving averages.
National -publication: "Monthly Economic and Statistical Bulletin",
Supplement to "The Uganda Gazette", Government Printer, Entebbe.For further methodological details see "The Index of Retail Prices in African Markets, Kampala, 1957"? East African Statistical Department, Uganda Unit, Entebbe,
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UGAIJA
' (Kampala) Official title: Cost of Living Index.
Official base: December 1951 «= 100.
Computations The index is oomputed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
ffeiffhts and composition; The weights were derived from a family expenditure survey carried out in Nairobi, Kenya, m 1947 among European Government employees having a basic annual salary of less than £700.
Minor adjustments were made for local conditions in Kampala, The number of items and the percentage weights used in the computation of the index
are as follows:
Number of Percentage
GrouP items Weights
Pood, beverages and tobacco 54 ""—a£
Household expenses (inol. fuel, light
and water „ ., 41 ^2
Clothing and footwear '..'. 59 10
Domestic servants1 wages 3 ^-a
Transport c 3 o
Pharmaceutical products 25 ^
Miscellaneous , 25 8
Total .. .. i 270 100~
Hent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into account
in the determination of the weights.
Price data: Prices for most items are collected by agents on the second Monday of each month from 55 retail outlets in Kampala. Quotations for domestic servants' wages are obtained every quarter from Labour
Department records.
National publications "Monthly Economic and Statistical Bulletin",
Supplement to "The Uganda Gazette" Government
Printer, Entebbe/Page 59
UNITED ARAB RETUBLIC
(Cairo)
Official title; Cost of Living Index.
Official base; June - August 1939 = 100•
Computations The index is computed as a weightedjarithmetio average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
Weights and composition % The weights were derived from a family- expenditure survey of-lover middle income families with van average of 6.3 consumption units .and monthly incomes of I*E 12-18* , The number of items and percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:
Group
Food Rent
Fuel and soap Clothing
Miscellaneous ....<...
Total
Number of items
28 1 4 32
6
Percentage weights
41.5
16.03.5 16,7
22.3
71
100.0Price data: Food prices are oollectec. on Thursday of each week and prices of other items once a month by agents or by mail from about 25 retail stores and other market outlets in Cairo. For rent and other services, prices are quoted according to governmental laws and
regulations; rent includes direct and general taxes on premises. Clothing items are mainly piece goods before being prepared by outfitters. The
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choice of commodities in the foodstuffs and clothing groups has been made so as to ensure uniformity all the year round.
National publications "Economic Review", Central Bank of Egyptj Cairo.
For further methodologioal details see "Proceedings and
Resolutions of the Middle East Statistical Conference", November 1943, Cairo Government Pre,ss, Cairo,
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GEKTTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
(Bangui)
Official title: Consumer prioe index for middle class African
families*Official base: i960 « 100
Computations The index is computed as a weighted arithmetio
average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.heights and compositions The weights were derived by the Institut
national de la statistique et des Etudes Economiques in Paris from the results of an inquiry conducted between I958 and 1959 in Bangui amongmiddle class families with a monthly income ranging from 15,000 to 40,000 francs CPA. The number of items and the weights used in the computation
of the index are as followssGroup Number of weights
items
Food 51 507
Drink and tobacco », , o. „.. 15 163
Fuel, electricity, water and cleaning .•«..., 11 79
Clothing and household linen 18 67
Domestic service «. „..., „...«,.. 1 12
Miscellaneous , 38 172
Total 134 1,000
Rent is not included as an index item although it is taken into account in the determination of the weights of the items in the group "miscellaneous1,1
Prioe data: Prices are colleoted by agents at two-monthly intervels between the 25th and the 30th of the month from shops and markets in Bangui,
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
(Bangui)
Official titles Consumer price index for European families.
Official "bases 1956 = 100.
1st May, I96I =100,
Computation; The indexee computed as a weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, the weights corresponding to the base period.
freights and composition: The weights were derived by the Institut national de la statistique et des Etudes Economises in Paris from the results of an inquiry conducted between I955 and 1956 in Bangui for French Civil Servants under Technical Assistance, The number of items and the
percentage weights used in the computation of the index are as follows:Number of heights items
Food v ... .■ a, ' 48 58
Fuel, electricity, water and cleaning •..,.... 10 6
Clothing 0 «...., 11 8
Domestic service • 4 n
Miscellaneous ,.... 30 15
.Total ., 103 100
