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.
| 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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