Japan
Compared with Morocco, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Morocco = 1×
Overall verdict
Japan is about 1.14×
Morocco.
Average across 2 categories, 9 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Morocco = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Morocco. 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
Morocco
Morocco = 1×
Japan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Japan, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 1.9× what it does in Morocco — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.7×. 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 ×1.88
Japan MAD 2.10 USD 0.227
Morocco MAD 1.12 USD 0.121
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.69
Japan MAD 9.01 USD 0.976
Morocco MAD 13.08 USD 1.416
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.69
Japan MAD 9.61 USD 1.041
Morocco MAD 14.00 USD 1.516
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
-15%
in MAD
It rose 23% in local currency, but -15% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Japan's inflation.