Egypt
Compared with Brazil, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Brazil = 1×
Egypt
vs
Brazil
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.26× Brazil.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Brazil = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Brazil. 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 Brazil
Brazil = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Brazil
Brazil = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Big Mac costs 0.6× what it does in Brazil — but Natural gas 1kWh (household) costs only 0.1×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.59Egypt
R$14.21
EGP 125Brazil
R$23.90
BRL 23.9
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.36Egypt
R$2.44
USD 0.47Brazil
R$6.68
USD 1.288
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.31Egypt
R$2.09
USD 0.402Brazil
R$6.70
USD 1.292
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.14Egypt
R$0.12
USD 0.023Brazil
R$0.85
USD 0.164
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.05Egypt
R$0.06
USD 0.011Brazil
R$1.06
USD 0.206
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
0%
in BRL
It rose 194% in local currency, but 0% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.
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