Kuwait
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Uruguay = 1×
Kuwait
vs
Uruguay
Overall verdict
Kuwait is about 0.25× Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. 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 Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Kuwait is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Kuwait, Big Mac costs 0.5× what it does in Uruguay — 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 ×0.52Kuwait
UYU 175.79
KWD 1.4Uruguay
UYU 339.00
UYU 339
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.25Kuwait
UYU 14.36
USD 0.371Uruguay
UYU 56.63
USD 1.463
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.16Kuwait
UYU 1.55
USD 0.04Uruguay
UYU 9.87
USD 0.255
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.15Kuwait
UYU 13.08
USD 0.338Uruguay
UYU 85.58
USD 2.211
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
-4%
in UYU
It rose 12% in local currency, but -4% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Kuwait's inflation.
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