Canada
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Canada
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Canada is about 0.99× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. A bar running right means Canada 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×
Canada is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Canada is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Canada, Diesel 1L costs 1.3× what it does in Nicaragua — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.7×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.31Canada
NIO 56.40
USD 1.54Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.17Canada
NIO 202.99
CAD 7.7Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.07Canada
NIO 52.23
USD 1.426Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.70Canada
NIO 4.50
USD 0.123Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+14%
in CAD
6.77 → 7.7
6.77 → 7.7
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+9%
in NIO
It rose 14% in local currency, but 9% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Canada's inflation.
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