Brazil
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Kuwait = 1×
Brazil
vs
Kuwait
Overall verdict
Brazil is about 2.45× Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. A bar running right means Brazil 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 Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Brazil is pricier →
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Brazil is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Brazil, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 4.1× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.0×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.10Brazil
KWD 0.05
USD 0.164Kuwait
KWD 0.01
USD 0.04
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×3.81Brazil
KWD 0.40
USD 1.288Kuwait
KWD 0.10
USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×3.48Brazil
KWD 0.40
USD 1.292Kuwait
KWD 0.11
USD 0.371
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.98Brazil
KWD 1.37
BRL 23.9Kuwait
KWD 1.40
KWD 1.4
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+4%
in BRL
22.9 → 23.9
22.9 → 23.9
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+5%
in KWD
It rose 4% in local currency, but 5% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Brazil's inflation.
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