Kuwait
Compared with Lebanon, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Lebanon = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Lebanon
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.52× Lebanon.
Average across 2 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Lebanon = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Lebanon. 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 Lebanon
Lebanon = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Lebanon
Lebanon = 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 Lebanon — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.3×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.85Kuwait
LBP 406,715
KWD 1.4Lebanon
LBP 480,000
LBP 480,000
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.35Kuwait
LBP 33,223
USD 0.371Lebanon
LBP 95,371
USD 1.065
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.28Kuwait
LBP 30,268
USD 0.338Lebanon
LBP 106,654
USD 1.191
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
+345%
in LBP
It rose 12% in local currency, but 345% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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