Kuwait
Compared with Colombia, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Colombia = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Colombia
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.36× Colombia.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Colombia = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Colombia. 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 Colombia
Colombia = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Colombia
Colombia = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 0.7× what it does in Colombia — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.73Kuwait
COP 16,744
KWD 1.4Colombia
COP 22,900
COP 22,900
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.41Kuwait
COP 1,368
USD 0.371Colombia
COP 3,373
USD 0.915
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.26Kuwait
COP 1,246
USD 0.338Colombia
COP 4,737
USD 1.285
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.19Kuwait
COP 147
USD 0.04Colombia
COP 763
USD 0.207
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
+5%
in COP
It rose 12% in local currency, but 5% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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