Egypt
Compared with Qatar, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Qatar = 1×
Egypt
vs
Qatar
Overall verdict
Egypt is about 0.68× Qatar.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Qatar = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Qatar. 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 Qatar
Qatar = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Qatar
Qatar = 1×
Egypt is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Egypt, Gasoline 1L costs 0.8× what it does in Qatar — but Big Mac 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 ×0.82Egypt
QAR 1.71
USD 0.47Qatar
QAR 2.10
USD 0.576
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.72Egypt
QAR 0.08
USD 0.023Qatar
QAR 0.12
USD 0.032
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.72Egypt
QAR 1.46
USD 0.402Qatar
QAR 2.05
USD 0.562
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.57Egypt
QAR 9.63
EGP 125Qatar
QAR 17.00
QAR 17
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
-2%
in QAR
It rose 194% in local currency, but -2% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Egypt's inflation.
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