Kuwait
Compared with Romania, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Romania = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Romania
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.33× Romania.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Romania = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Romania. 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 Romania
Romania = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Romania
Romania = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 1.1× what it does in Romania — 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 ×1.14Kuwait
RON 19.92
KWD 1.4Romania
RON 17.45
RON 17.45
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.18Kuwait
RON 0.18
USD 0.04Romania
RON 0.98
USD 0.222
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.18Kuwait
RON 1.71
USD 0.371Romania
RON 9.60
USD 2.087
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.18Kuwait
RON 1.55
USD 0.338Romania
RON 8.79
USD 1.911
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
+16%
in RON
It rose 12% in local currency, but 16% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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