Australia
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Australia
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Australia is about 1.23× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. A bar running right means Australia is pricier; running left means cheaper. The thin bar behind shows the range from the cheapest to the priciest item in that category.
← Cheaper than Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Australia is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Australia is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Australia, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 1.5× what it does in Nicaragua — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.9×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.47Australia
NIO 9.49
USD 0.259Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.21Australia
NIO 52.04
USD 1.421Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.20Australia
NIO 208.56
AUD 8.5Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.93Australia
NIO 45.38
USD 1.239Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+30%
in AUD
6.55 → 8.5
6.55 → 8.5
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+24%
in NIO
It rose 30% in local currency, but 24% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Australia's inflation.
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