Kuwait
Compared with Pakistan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Pakistan = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Pakistan
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.60× Pakistan.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Pakistan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Pakistan. 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 Pakistan
Pakistan = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Pakistan
Pakistan = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 1.2× what it does in Pakistan — but Diesel 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 ×1.18Kuwait
PKR 1,271
KWD 1.4Pakistan
PKR 1,080
PKR 1,080
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.63Kuwait
PKR 11.19
USD 0.04Pakistan
PKR 17.63
USD 0.063
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.30Kuwait
PKR 94.59
USD 0.338Pakistan
PKR 318.47
USD 1.138
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.29Kuwait
PKR 103.82
USD 0.371Pakistan
PKR 356.81
USD 1.275
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
+90%
in PKR
It rose 12% in local currency, but 90% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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