Bahrain
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Uruguay = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Uruguay
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 0.33× Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. 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 Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Bahrain, Big Mac costs 0.5× what it does in Uruguay — but Electricity 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 ×0.55Bahrain
UYU 184.80
BHD 1.8Uruguay
UYU 339.00
UYU 339
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.41Bahrain
UYU 23.49
USD 0.607Uruguay
UYU 56.63
USD 1.463
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.30Bahrain
UYU 25.35
USD 0.655Uruguay
UYU 85.58
USD 2.211
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.19Bahrain
UYU 1.86
USD 0.048Uruguay
UYU 9.87
USD 0.255
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
+6%
in UYU
It rose 20% in local currency, but 6% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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