Egypt
Compared with Mexico, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Mexico = 1×
Egypt
vs
Mexico
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.31× Mexico.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Mexico = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Mexico. 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 Mexico
Mexico = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Mexico
Mexico = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Big Mac costs 0.4× what it does in Mexico — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.43Egypt
MX$46.77
EGP 125Mexico
MX$109.00
MXN 109
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.31Egypt
MX$0.20
USD 0.011Mexico
MX$0.64
USD 0.036
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.29Egypt
MX$8.24
USD 0.47Mexico
MX$28.48
USD 1.624
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.26Egypt
MX$7.05
USD 0.402Mexico
MX$27.11
USD 1.546
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.21Egypt
MX$0.41
USD 0.023Mexico
MX$1.95
USD 0.109
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
-14%
in MXN
It rose 194% in local currency, but -14% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.
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