Bahrain
Compared with Mexico, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Mexico = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Mexico
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 0.50× Mexico.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Mexico = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Mexico. 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 Mexico
Mexico = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Mexico
Mexico = 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 Mexico — but Natural gas 1kWh (household) 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 ×0.77Bahrain
MX$84.39
BHD 1.8Mexico
MX$109.00
MXN 109
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.44Bahrain
MX$0.86
USD 0.048Mexico
MX$1.95
USD 0.109
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.40Bahrain
MX$11.48
USD 0.655Mexico
MX$28.48
USD 1.624
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.39Bahrain
MX$10.64
USD 0.607Mexico
MX$27.11
USD 1.546
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.36Bahrain
MX$0.23
USD 0.013Mexico
MX$0.64
USD 0.036
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
+5%
in MXN
It rose 20% in local currency, but 5% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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