Egypt
Compared with New Zealand, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
New Zealand = 1×
Egypt
vs
New Zealand
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.25× New Zealand.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs New Zealand = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is New Zealand. 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 New Zealand
New Zealand = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
New Zealand
New Zealand = 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 New Zealand — 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.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.54Egypt
NZD 4.61
EGP 125New Zealand
NZD 8.60
NZD 8.6
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.28Egypt
NZD 0.71
USD 0.402New Zealand
NZD 2.49
USD 1.415
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.26Egypt
NZD 0.83
USD 0.47New Zealand
NZD 3.17
USD 1.797
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Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.11Egypt
NZD 0.02
USD 0.011New Zealand
NZD 0.17
USD 0.097
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.11Egypt
NZD 0.04
USD 0.023New Zealand
NZD 0.37
USD 0.212
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
+17%
in NZD
It rose 194% in local currency, but 17% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.
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