Egypt
Compared with Czechia, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Czechia = 1×
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.21×
Czechia.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Czechia = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Czechia. 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
Czechia
Czechia = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Big Mac costs 0.5× what it does in Czechia — but Electricity 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.
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.48
Egypt CZK 55.38 EGP 125
Czechia CZK 115.00 CZK 115
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.25
Egypt CZK 10.01 USD 0.47
Czechia CZK 39.97 USD 1.876
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.23
Egypt CZK 8.57 USD 0.402
Czechia CZK 36.95 USD 1.734
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Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.11
Egypt CZK 0.23 USD 0.011
Czechia CZK 2.15 USD 0.102
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.07
Egypt CZK 0.49 USD 0.023
Czechia CZK 7.41 USD 0.351
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
-6%
in CZK
It rose 194% in local currency, but -6% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.