| PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT | Economic parities July 1998 | Exchange rates June 1998 (*) | Weightings July 1998 (**) |
| Albania | 4,042 | 4,24106 | 95,31 |
(***) | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Angola | 8212 | 7194,24 | 114,15 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0,08478 | 0,0732869 | 115,68 |
| Argentina | 0,02916 | 0,027137 | 107,45 |
| Australia | 0,03234 | 0,0437082 | 73,99 |
| Bangladesh | 0,8588 | 1,2569 | 68,33 |
| Barbados | 0,06352 | 0,0540132 | 117,60 |
| Belize | 0,04541 | 0,0542859 | 83,65 |
| Benin | 12,99 | 16,2557 | 79,91 |
(***) | Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
(***) | Bosnia-Herzogovina | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Botswana | 0,06922 | 0,106979 | 64,70 |
| Brazil | 0,03154 | 0,03204 | 98,44 |
| Bulgaria | 44,97 | 48,4754 | 92,77 |
| Burkina Faso | 12,44 | 16,2557 | 76,53 |
(***) | Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Cameroon | 15,05 | 16,2557 | 92,58 |
| Canada | 0,02979 | 0,0395038 | 75,41 |
| Central African Republic | 18,85 | 16,2557 | 115,96 |
| Chad | 14,99 | 16,2557 | 92,21 |
| Chile | 12,22 | 12,3106 | 99,26 |
| China | 0,2146 | 0,224729 | 95,49 |
| Colombia | 27,43 | 37,8258 | 72,52 |
| Comoros | 13,04 | 12,1917 | 106,96 |
(***) | Congo | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Costa Rica | 5,783 | 6,89322 | 83,89 |
(***) | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Cyprus | 0,01264 | 0,0142533 | 88,68 |
| Czech Republic | 0,67 | 0,905059 | 74,03 |
(***) | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Djibouti | 5,803 | 4,82393 | 120,30 |
| Dominican Republic | 0,2919 | 0,380546 | 76,71 |
| Egypt | 0,06981 | 0,0939408 | 74,31 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 15,1 | 16,2557 | 92,89 |
| Eritrea | 0,1255 | 0,192359 | 65,24 |
| Estonia | 0,259 | 0,387807 | 66,79 |
| Ethiopia | 0,07909 | 0,192359 | 41,12 |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 0,116 | 0,290858 | 39,88 |
| Fiji | 0,03316 | 0,0544662 | 60,88 |
(***) | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Gabon | 19,11 | 16,2557 | 117,56 |
| Gambia | 0,259 | 0,27915 | 92,78 |
| Georgia | 0,02472 | 0,0271429 | 91,07 |
| Ghana | 25,54 | 62,2432 | 41,03 |
| Guatemala | 0,1173 | 0,170456 | 68,82 |
| Guinea | 35,04 | 33,195 | 105,56 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 937,5 | 1055,97 | 88,78 |
| Guyana | 2,989 | 3,96354 | 75,41 |
| Haiti | 0,397 | 0,458022 | 86,68 |
| Hong Kong | 0,2253 | 0,211712 | 106,42 |
| Hungary | 3,522 | 5,82072 | 60,51 |
| India | 0,5131 | 1,11191 | 46,15 |
| Indonesia | 115,9 | 295,77 | 39,19 |
| Israel | 0,1035 | 0,0989315 | 104,62 |
| Ivory Coast | 16,04 | 16,2557 | 98,67 |
| Jamaica | 1,06 | 0,987167 | 107,38 |
| Japan (Naka) | 5,012 | 3,7611 | 133,26 |
| Japan (Tokyo) | 5,241 | 3,7611 | 139,35 |
| Jordan | 0,01491 | 0,0193229 | 77,16 |
| Kazakhstan | 0,03044 | 0,0271429 | 112,15 |
| Kenya | 1,365 | 1,72577 | 79,10 |
| Latvia | 0,01105 | 0,0161499 | 68,42 |
| Lebanon | 45,95 | 41,3959 | 111,00 |
(***) | Left Bank - Gaza Strip | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Lesotho | 0,07989 | 0,140586 | 56,83 |
(***) | Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Lithuania | 0,06937 | 0,108571 | 63,89 |
| Madagascar | 77,72 | 153,092 | 50,77 |
| Malawi | 0,2255 | 0,746436 | 30,21 |
| Mali | 14,35 | 16,2557 | 88,28 |
| Malta | 0,008701 | 0,0106575 | 81,64 |
| Mauritania | 3,617 | 4,87948 | 74,13 |
| Mauritius | 0,4631 | 0,643998 | 71,91 |
| Mexico | 0,1512 | 0,231524 | 65,31 |
| Morocco | 0,1968 | 0,264831 | 74,31 |
| Mozambique | 216,1 | 315,557 | 68,48 |
| Namibia | 0,09209 | 0,140586 | 65,50 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0,04574 | 0,0483138 | 94,67 |
| New Caledonia | 3,458 | 2,95561 | 117,00 |
(***) | Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Niger | 12,64 | 16,2557 | 77,76 |
| Nigeria | 1,96 | 2,37524 | 82,52 |
| Norway | 0,2615 | 0,2052 | 127,44 |
| Pakistan | 0,769 | 1,20401 | 63,87 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0,04339 | 0,0570516 | 76,05 |
| Peru | 0,07107 | 0,0771367 | 92,14 |
| Philippines | 0,5928 | 1,0687 | 55,47 |
| Poland | 0,06499 | 0,0955657 | 68,01 |
| Republic of Cape Verde | 2,219 | 2,73187 | 81,23 |
| Romania | 158,5 | 230,681 | 68,71 |
| Russia | 0,03627 | 0,0271429 | 133,63 |
(***) | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Samoa | 0,06074 | 0,0807103 | 75,26 |
(***) | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Senegal | 13,25 | 16,2557 | 81,51 |
| Sierra Leone | 40,68 | 42,3352 | 96,09 |
| Slovakia | 0,6128 | 0,934842 | 65,55 |
| Slovenia | 4,134 | 4,47808 | 92,32 |
| Solomon Islands | 0,1103 | 0,130487 | 84,53 |
(***) | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| South Africa (Pretoria) | 0,09524 | 0,140586 | 67,75 |
| South Africa (The Cape) | 0,09975 | 0,140586 | 70,95 |
| South Korea | 30,65 | 38,0546 | 80,54 |
(***) | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0,00 |
| Sudan | 18,48 | 50,7563 | 36,41 |
| Suriname | 8,075 | 10,8842 | 74,19 |
| Swaziland | 0,07201 | 0,140586 | 51,22 |
| Switzerland | 0,0473 | 0,0400753 | 118,03 |
| Syria | 1,008 | 1,22142 | 82,53 |
| Tanzania | 14,98 | 17,9859 | 83,29 |
| Thailand | 0,627 | 1,07014 | 58,59 |
| Togo | 14,28 | 16,2557 | 87,85 |
| Tonga | 0,03376 | 0,0431891 | 78,17 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0,1132 | 0,168908 | 67,02 |
| Tunisia | 0,02156 | 0,0311993 | 69,10 |
| Turkey | 5330 | 6959,91 | 76,58 |
| Uganda | 22,95 | 33,3444 | 68,83 |
| Ukraine | 0,04163 | 0,0271429 | 153,37 |
| United States of America (New York) | 0,02743 | 0,0271429 | 101,06 |
| United States of America (San Diego) | 0,02407 | 0,0271429 | 88,68 |
| United States of America (Washington) | 0,02492 | 0,0271429 | 91,81 |
| Uruguay | 0,2777 | 0,281334 | 98,71 |
| Vanuatu | 3,657 | 3,45841 | 105,74 |
| Venezuela | 13,1 | 14,579 | 89,86 |
| Viet Nam | 230,7 | 352,373 | 65,47 |
| Zambia | 30,92 | 51,4907 | 60,05 |
| Zimbabwe | 0,2051 | 0,482253 | 42,53 |
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(*)    BEF 1 = local currency
          Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine = USD
(**)   Brussels = 100%
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