Mexico
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Mexico
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Mexico is about 3.22× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Mexico 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 Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Mexico, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 4.7× what it does in Egypt — but Big Mac costs only 2.3×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.74Mexico
EGP 5.15
USD 0.109Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×3.85Mexico
EGP 73.03
USD 1.546Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×3.46Mexico
EGP 76.72
USD 1.624Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
-
Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×3.27Mexico
EGP 1.70
USD 0.036Egypt
EGP 0.52
USD 0.011
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×2.33Mexico
EGP 291.32
MXN 109Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+70%
in MXN
64 → 109
64 → 109
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+485%
in EGP
It rose 70% in local currency, but 485% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Mexico's inflation.
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