Kuwait
Compared with Taiwan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Taiwan = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Taiwan
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.66× Taiwan.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Taiwan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Taiwan. 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 Taiwan
Taiwan = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Taiwan
Taiwan = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 1.8× what it does in Taiwan — 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 ×1.84Kuwait
NT$143.37
KWD 1.4Taiwan
NT$78.00
TWD 78
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.42Kuwait
NT$11.71
USD 0.371Taiwan
NT$28.10
USD 0.89
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.41Kuwait
NT$1.26
USD 0.04Taiwan
NT$3.09
USD 0.098
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.35Kuwait
NT$10.67
USD 0.338Taiwan
NT$30.56
USD 0.968
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
+23%
in TWD
It rose 12% in local currency, but 23% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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