Japan
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Uruguay = 1×
Japan
vs
Uruguay
Overall verdict
Japan is about 0.56× Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 9 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. 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 Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Japan is pricier →
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Japan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Japan, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 0.9× what it does in Uruguay — but Big Mac costs only 0.3×. 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 ×0.89Japan
UYU 8.79
USD 0.227Uruguay
UYU 9.87
USD 0.255
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.67Japan
UYU 37.78
USD 0.976Uruguay
UYU 56.63
USD 1.463
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.47Japan
UYU 40.29
USD 1.041Uruguay
UYU 85.58
USD 2.211
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.35Japan
UYU 117.18
JPY 480Uruguay
UYU 339.00
UYU 339
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
-25%
in UYU
It rose 23% in local currency, but -25% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Japan's inflation.
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