Egypt
Compared with Bahrain, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Bahrain = 1×
Egypt
vs
Bahrain
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.62× Bahrain.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Bahrain = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Bahrain. A bar running right means Egypt 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 Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Natural gas 1kWh (household) costs 0.8× what it does in Bahrain — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.85Egypt
BHD 0.00
USD 0.011Bahrain
BHD 0.00
USD 0.013
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.72Egypt
BHD 0.18
USD 0.47Bahrain
BHD 0.25
USD 0.655
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.66Egypt
BHD 0.15
USD 0.402Bahrain
BHD 0.23
USD 0.607
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.55Egypt
BHD 1.00
EGP 125Bahrain
BHD 1.80
BHD 1.8
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.48Egypt
BHD 0.01
USD 0.023Bahrain
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+194%
in EGP
42.5 → 125
42.5 → 125
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-2%
in BHD
It rose 194% in local currency, but -2% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.
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