Mexico
Compared with United Arab Emirates, using real observed prices.
Baseline: United Arab Emirates = 1×
Overall verdict
Mexico is about 1.25×
United Arab Emirates.
Average across 5 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
United Arab Emirates = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is United Arab Emirates. 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
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates = 1×
Mexico is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Mexico, Gasoline 1L costs 1.8× what it does in United Arab Emirates — but PC game (Cyberpunk 2077) costs only 0.9×. 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 ×1.81
Mexico AED 5.96 USD 1.624
United Arab Emirates AED 3.29 USD 0.896
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.58
Mexico AED 5.68 USD 1.546
United Arab Emirates AED 3.60 USD 0.98
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.36
Mexico AED 0.40 USD 0.109
United Arab Emirates AED 0.29 USD 0.08
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iPhone (base model, base storage) 1 unit ×1.24
Mexico AED 4,201 MXN 19,999
United Arab Emirates AED 3,399 AED 3,399
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.19
Mexico AED 22.65 MXN 109
United Arab Emirates AED 19.00 AED 19
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PC game (Cyberpunk 2077) 1 game ×0.92
Mexico AED 209.86 MXN 999
United Arab Emirates AED 229.00 AED 229
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
+94%
in AED
It rose 70% in local currency, but 94% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Mexico's inflation.