Jordan
Compared with Bahrain, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Bahrain = 1×
Jordan
vs
Bahrain
Overall verdict
Jordan is about 1.48× Bahrain.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Bahrain = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Bahrain. A bar running right means Jordan 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×
Jordan is pricier →
Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
Jordan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Jordan, Gasoline 1L costs 2.8× what it does in Bahrain — but Big Mac costs only 0.7×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×2.82Jordan
BHD 0.70
USD 1.848Bahrain
BHD 0.25
USD 0.655
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.98Jordan
BHD 0.45
USD 1.199Bahrain
BHD 0.23
USD 0.607
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.88Jordan
BHD 0.03
USD 0.09Bahrain
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.74Jordan
BHD 1.33
JOD 2.5Bahrain
BHD 1.80
BHD 1.8
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+17%
in JOD
2.13 → 2.5
2.13 → 2.5
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+18%
in BHD
It rose 17% in local currency, but 18% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Jordan's inflation.
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