Kuwait
Compared with Norway, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Norway = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Norway
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.28× Norway.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Norway = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Norway. 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 Norway
Norway = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Norway
Norway = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 0.6× what it does in Norway — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.1×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.60Kuwait
NOK 45.93
KWD 1.4Norway
NOK 76.00
NOK 76
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.24Kuwait
NOK 0.39
USD 0.04Norway
NOK 1.59
USD 0.165
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.17Kuwait
NOK 3.69
USD 0.371Norway
NOK 22.13
USD 2.227
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.15Kuwait
NOK 3.36
USD 0.338Norway
NOK 22.94
USD 2.308
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
+22%
in NOK
It rose 12% in local currency, but 22% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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