Bahrain
Compared with Colombia, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Colombia = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Colombia
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 0.44× Colombia.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Colombia = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Colombia. A bar running right means Bahrain 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 Colombia
Colombia = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Colombia
Colombia = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Bahrain, Big Mac costs 0.8× what it does in Colombia — but Natural gas 1kWh (household) costs only 0.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.77Bahrain
COP 17,602
BHD 1.8Colombia
COP 22,900
COP 22,900
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.66Bahrain
COP 2,238
USD 0.607Colombia
COP 3,373
USD 0.915
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.51Bahrain
COP 2,415
USD 0.655Colombia
COP 4,737
USD 1.285
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.23Bahrain
COP 177
USD 0.048Colombia
COP 763
USD 0.207
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.16Bahrain
COP 48
USD 0.013Colombia
COP 291
USD 0.079
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+20%
in BHD
1.5 → 1.8
1.5 → 1.8
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+15%
in COP
It rose 20% in local currency, but 15% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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