Bahrain
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 0.52× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Bahrain, Big Mac costs 1.0× what it does in Nicaragua — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.3×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.00Bahrain
NIO 174.86
BHD 1.8Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.51Bahrain
NIO 22.23
USD 0.607Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.49Bahrain
NIO 23.99
USD 0.655Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.27Bahrain
NIO 1.76
USD 0.048Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
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
+25%
in NIO
It rose 20% in local currency, but 25% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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