Kuwait
Compared with Costa Rica, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Costa Rica = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Costa Rica
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.34× Costa Rica.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Costa Rica = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Costa Rica. 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 Costa Rica
Costa Rica = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Costa Rica
Costa Rica = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 0.8× what it does in Costa Rica — but Gasoline 1L 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 ×0.75Kuwait
CRC 2,248
KWD 1.4Costa Rica
CRC 2,990
CRC 2,990
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.25Kuwait
CRC 183.65
USD 0.371Costa Rica
CRC 745.96
USD 1.507
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.24Kuwait
CRC 19.80
USD 0.04Costa Rica
CRC 84.15
USD 0.17
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.20Kuwait
CRC 167.31
USD 0.338Costa Rica
CRC 825.66
USD 1.668
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
-12%
in CRC
It rose 12% in local currency, but -12% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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