Kuwait
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 1.34× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. 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 Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 1.7× what it does in Egypt — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.7×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.74Kuwait
EGP 1.89
USD 0.04Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.72Kuwait
EGP 214.55
KWD 1.4Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.92Kuwait
EGP 17.53
USD 0.371Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.72Kuwait
EGP 15.97
USD 0.338Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
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
+229%
in EGP
It rose 12% in local currency, but 229% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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