Lebanon
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Kuwait = 1×
Lebanon
vs
Kuwait
Overall verdict
Lebanon is about 1.94× Kuwait.
Average across 2 categories, 3 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. A bar running right means Lebanon 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 Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Lebanon is pricier →
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Lebanon is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Lebanon, Gasoline 1L costs 3.5× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.2×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×3.52Lebanon
KWD 0.37
USD 1.191Kuwait
KWD 0.10
USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×2.87Lebanon
KWD 0.33
USD 1.065Kuwait
KWD 0.11
USD 0.371
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.18Lebanon
KWD 1.65
LBP 480,000Kuwait
KWD 1.40
KWD 1.4
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+1197%
in LBP
37000 → 480000
37000 → 480000
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+227%
in KWD
It rose 1197% in local currency, but 227% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Lebanon's inflation.
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