Bahrain
Compared with Jordan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Jordan = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Jordan
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 0.67× Jordan.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Jordan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Jordan. 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 Jordan
Jordan = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Jordan
Jordan = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Bahrain, Big Mac costs 1.4× what it does in Jordan — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.4×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.35Bahrain
JOD 3.38
BHD 1.8Jordan
JOD 2.50
JOD 2.5
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.53Bahrain
JOD 0.03
USD 0.048Jordan
JOD 0.06
USD 0.09
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.51Bahrain
JOD 0.43
USD 0.607Jordan
JOD 0.85
USD 1.199
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.35Bahrain
JOD 0.46
USD 0.655Jordan
JOD 1.31
USD 1.848
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
+20%
in JOD
It rose 20% in local currency, but 20% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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