Brazil
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Uruguay = 1×
Overall verdict
Brazil is about 0.62×
Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. 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
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Brazil is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Brazil, Diesel 1L costs 0.9× what it does in Uruguay — but Big Mac costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.88
Brazil UYU 50.01 USD 1.292
Uruguay UYU 56.63 USD 1.463
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.64
Brazil UYU 6.35 USD 0.164
Uruguay UYU 9.87 USD 0.255
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.58
Brazil UYU 49.85 USD 1.288
Uruguay UYU 85.58 USD 2.211
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.51
Brazil UYU 172.25 BRL 23.9
Uruguay UYU 339.00 UYU 339
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
-10%
in UYU
It rose 4% in local currency, but -10% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Brazil's inflation.