Madagascar - Other rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 20% |
| Mar 8, 2026 | 20% |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 15% |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 10% |
| May 18, 2025 | 15% |
| Oct 20, 2024 | 10% |
| Nov 19, 2023 | 5% |
| Apr 23, 2023 | 0% |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 5% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 0% |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 5% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 0% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 5% |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 0% |
| Mar 1, 2020 | 5% |
| Feb 16, 2020 | 10% |
| Jan 19, 2020 | 5% |
| Dec 8, 2019 | 10% |
| Nov 10, 2019 | 5% |
| Oct 27, 2019 | 10% |
| Aug 18, 2019 | 5% |
| May 26, 2019 | 10% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 20% |
The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:
The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Madagascar - Other. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.
The exact request that returns this page's data. Change the
date parameter to query any historical effective
date, or pull it straight into your ERP, payroll, or expense system.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.allowancesapi.com/v1/dssr/allowances/MG?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 20
},
"iso_code": "MG",
"location": "Madagascar - Other",
"postcode": "11865"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Madagascar - Other, Madagascar is 20%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Mar 8, 2026 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 20%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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