Japan
Compared with Azerbaijan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Azerbaijan = 1×
Japan
vs
Azerbaijan
Overall verdict
Japan is about 1.77× Azerbaijan.
Average across 3 categories, 9 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Azerbaijan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Azerbaijan. A bar running right means Japan 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 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan = 1×
Japan is pricier →
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan = 1×
Japan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Japan, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 4.7× what it does in Azerbaijan — but Big Mac costs only 0.8×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.73Japan
AZN 0.39
USD 0.227Azerbaijan
AZN 0.08
USD 0.048
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.69Japan
AZN 0.13
USD 0.075Azerbaijan
AZN 0.03
USD 0.016
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.54Japan
AZN 1.77
USD 1.041Azerbaijan
AZN 1.15
USD 0.676
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.51Japan
AZN 1.66
USD 0.976Azerbaijan
AZN 1.10
USD 0.647
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.78Japan
AZN 5.15
JPY 480Azerbaijan
AZN 6.65
AZN 6.65
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+23%
in JPY
390 → 480
390 → 480
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-14%
in AZN
It rose 23% in local currency, but -14% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Japan's inflation.
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