India
Compared with Bahrain, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Bahrain = 1×
India
vs
Bahrain
Overall verdict
India is about 1.30× Bahrain.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Bahrain = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Bahrain. A bar running right means India 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 Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
India is pricier →
Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
India is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In India, Natural gas 1kWh (household) costs 3.7× what it does in Bahrain — but Big Mac costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×3.69India
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048Bahrain
BHD 0.00
USD 0.013
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.72India
BHD 0.43
USD 1.128Bahrain
BHD 0.25
USD 0.655
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.68India
BHD 0.38
USD 1.018Bahrain
BHD 0.23
USD 0.607
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.60India
BHD 0.03
USD 0.077Bahrain
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.53India
BHD 0.95
INR 227Bahrain
BHD 1.80
BHD 1.8
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+19%
in INR
190 → 227
190 → 227
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-1%
in BHD
It rose 19% in local currency, but -1% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not India's inflation.
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