Egypt
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Kuwait = 1×
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.74×
Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. 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
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Gasoline 1L costs 1.4× what it does in Kuwait — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.6×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.39
Egypt KWD 0.14 USD 0.47
Kuwait KWD 0.10 USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.08
Egypt KWD 0.12 USD 0.402
Kuwait KWD 0.11 USD 0.371
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.58
Egypt KWD 0.82 EGP 125
Kuwait KWD 1.40 KWD 1.4
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.57
Egypt KWD 0.01 USD 0.023
Kuwait KWD 0.01 USD 0.04
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 KWD
It rose 194% in local currency, but 0% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.