Colombia
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Kuwait = 1×
Colombia
vs
Kuwait
Overall verdict
Colombia is about 2.79× Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 6 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. A bar running right means Colombia 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×
Colombia is pricier →
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Colombia is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Colombia, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 5.2× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.4×. 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 ×5.17Colombia
KWD 0.06
USD 0.207Kuwait
KWD 0.01
USD 0.04
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×3.80Colombia
KWD 0.40
USD 1.285Kuwait
KWD 0.10
USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×2.47Colombia
KWD 0.28
USD 0.915Kuwait
KWD 0.11
USD 0.371
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.37Colombia
KWD 1.91
COP 22,900Kuwait
KWD 1.40
KWD 1.4
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+77%
in COP
12950 → 22900
12950 → 22900
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+89%
in KWD
It rose 77% in local currency, but 89% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Colombia's inflation.
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