Jordan
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Jordan
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Jordan is about 0.77× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Jordan is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Jordan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Jordan, Gasoline 1L costs 1.4× what it does in Nicaragua — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.38Jordan
NIO 67.68
USD 1.848Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.02Jordan
NIO 43.91
USD 1.199Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.74Jordan
NIO 129.35
JOD 2.5Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.51Jordan
NIO 3.30
USD 0.09Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
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
+22%
in NIO
It rose 17% in local currency, but 22% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Jordan's inflation.
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