Mexico
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Kuwait = 1×
Overall verdict
Mexico is about 2.55×
Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. 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
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Mexico, Gasoline 1L costs 4.8× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.4×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×4.80
Mexico KWD 0.50 USD 1.624
Kuwait KWD 0.10 USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×4.17
Mexico KWD 0.48 USD 1.546
Kuwait KWD 0.11 USD 0.371
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×2.73
Mexico KWD 0.03 USD 0.109
Kuwait KWD 0.01 USD 0.04
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.36
Mexico KWD 1.90 MXN 109
Kuwait KWD 1.40 KWD 1.4
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
+99%
in KWD
It rose 70% in local currency, but 99% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Mexico's inflation.