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General Note:
Retail Price Indexes are related to living expenditures of
UN Officials and are calculated and published six times a year
(February, April, June, August, October and December). The table is also
published in the
Monthly
Bulletin of Statistics Division of the UN.
The retail price indices measure the cost-of-living of United
Nations international staff stationed at specific duty
stations relative to New York, the base of the United Nations
post adjustment system, at the same index date.
In addition to the regular Retail Price Index (RPI)
tables, ICSC also publishes the Retail Price Index with
Details (RPID). The main advantage
of the RPID over its predecessor (the RPI) is that it offers
users the option of building a customized RPI index using
selected expenditure components and weights. Selection can be
made from the following components:
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Food and non-alcoholic beverages
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Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
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Clothing and footwear
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Housing, water, electricity, gas and fuels
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Furniture, household equipment and routine maintenance of the
house
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Health
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Transport
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Communication
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Recreation and culture
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Education
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Restaurants and hotels
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Miscellaneous goods and services
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Medical insurance *
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Pension contribution *
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Out of area *
* these components are specific to the United Nations pay
system
Even though the RPID programme and associated database are publicly available, the ICSC
would appreciate prospective users providing basic information about themselves and the anticipated
use of the index, via the e-mail address RPIdetail@un.org. Such
information will be used for the purposes of research and development only.
Retail Price Indexes relating to living expenditures of United Nations officials can be obtained by selecting
the desired index date from the pull-down menu below.
Note that the base for all index calculations is New York (New York = 100)
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