Mexico
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Mexico
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Mexico is about 1.00× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Mexico, Diesel 1L costs 1.3× what it does in Nicaragua — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.6×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.31Mexico
NIO 56.62
USD 1.546Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.30Mexico
NIO 225.85
MXN 109Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.21Mexico
NIO 59.48
USD 1.624Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.62Mexico
NIO 3.99
USD 0.109Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
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
+102%
in NIO
It rose 70% in local currency, but 102% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Mexico's inflation.
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