Big Mac Index 2008

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 04:23 Written by admin Thursday, 24 July 2008 11:57

This is the Big Mac Index for 2008 which was published in The Economist on July 24th, 2008 in the print edition. I will be working on making this into a spreadsheet and will post it when it’s ready.

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Big Mac Implied PPP Actual ex.
Valuation vs
Local Currency In Dollars of the Dollar Rate the Dollar
Argentina 11.00 3.64 3.08 3.02 2
Australia 3.45 3.36 0.97 1.03 -6
Brazil 7.50 4.73 2.1 1.58 33
Britian 2.29 4.57 1.56 2 28
Canada 4.09 4.08 1.15 1 14
Chile 1,550 3.13 434 494 -12
China 12.5 1.83 3.5 6.83 -49
Colombia 7000 3.89 1960.78 1798.65 9
Costa Rica 1800 3.27 504.2 551.02 -8
Czech Republic 66.1 4.56 18.5 14.5 28
Denmark 28.0 5.95 7.84 4.7 67
Egypt 13.0 2.45 3.64 5.31 -31
Estonia 32.00 3.24 8.96 9.87 -9
Euro Area 3.37 5.34 1.06 1.59 50
Hong Kong 13.3 1.71 3.73 7.8 -52
Hungary 670 4.64 187.7 144.3 30
Iceland 469.00 5.97 131.37 78.57 67
Indonesia 18,700 2.04 5,238 9,152 -43
Japan 280 2.62 78.4 106.8 -27
Latvia 1.55 3.50 0.43 0.44 -2
Lithuania 6.90 3.17 1.93 2.18 -11
Malaysia 5.50 1.70 1.54 3.2 -52
Mexico 32.0 3.15 8.96 10.2 -12
New Zealand 4.90 3.72 1.37 1.32 4
Norway 40.0 7.88 11.2 5.08 121
Pakistan 140.00 1.97 39.22 70.9 -45
Peru 9.50 3.35 2.66 2.84 -6
Philippines 87.00 1.96 24.37 44.49 -45
Poland 7.00 3.45 1.96 2.03 -3
Russia 59.0 2.54 16.5 23.2 -29
Saudi Arabia 10.0 2.67 2.8 3.75 -25
Singapore 3.95 2.92 1.11 1.35 -18
Slovakia 77.00 4.03 21.57 19.13 13
South Africa 16.9 2.24 4.75 7.56 -37
South Korea 3,200 3.14 896 1,018 -12
Sri Lanka 210.00 1.95 58.82 107.55 -45
Sweden 38.0 6.37 10.6 5.96 79
Switzerland 6.50 6.36 1.82 1.02 78
Thailand 62.0 1.86 17.4 33.4 -48
Tiawan 75.0 2.47 21 30.4 -31
Turkey 5.15 4.32 1.44 1.19 21
UAE 10.00 2.72 2.8 3.67 -24
Ukraine 11.00 2.39 3.08 4.6 -33
United States 3.57 3.57 . . .
Uruguay 61.00 3.19 17.09 19.15 -11
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