New Zealand
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Uruguay = 1×
New Zealand
vs
Uruguay
Overall verdict
New Zealand is about 0.75× Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. A bar running right means New Zealand 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 Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
New Zealand is pricier →
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
New Zealand is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In New Zealand, Diesel 1L costs 1.0× what it does in Uruguay — but Big Mac 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 ×0.97New Zealand
UYU 54.77
USD 1.415Uruguay
UYU 56.63
USD 1.463
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.83New Zealand
UYU 8.21
USD 0.212Uruguay
UYU 9.87
USD 0.255
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.81New Zealand
UYU 69.55
USD 1.797Uruguay
UYU 85.58
USD 2.211
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.56New Zealand
UYU 191.13
NZD 8.6Uruguay
UYU 339.00
UYU 339
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+25%
in NZD
6.9 → 8.6
6.9 → 8.6
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-9%
in UYU
It rose 25% in local currency, but -9% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not New Zealand's inflation.
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