Kuwait
Compared with Bahrain, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Bahrain = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Bahrain
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.76× 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 Kuwait 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×
Kuwait is pricier →
Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 1.0× what it does in Bahrain — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.95Kuwait
BHD 1.71
KWD 1.4Bahrain
BHD 1.80
BHD 1.8
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.83Kuwait
BHD 0.02
USD 0.04Bahrain
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.61Kuwait
BHD 0.14
USD 0.371Bahrain
BHD 0.23
USD 0.607
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.52Kuwait
BHD 0.13
USD 0.338Bahrain
BHD 0.25
USD 0.655
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+12%
in KWD
1.25 → 1.4
1.25 → 1.4
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+9%
in BHD
It rose 12% in local currency, but 9% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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