Nicaragua
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Nicaragua
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Nicaragua is about 3.41× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Nicaragua 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×
Nicaragua is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Nicaragua is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Nicaragua, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 7.7× what it does in Egypt — but Big Mac costs only 1.8×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×7.65Nicaragua
EGP 8.31
USD 0.176Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×2.93Nicaragua
EGP 55.70
USD 1.179Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×2.84Nicaragua
EGP 63.16
USD 1.337Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.80Nicaragua
EGP 224.43
NIO 174Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+36%
in NIO
128 → 174
128 → 174
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+294%
in EGP
It rose 36% in local currency, but 294% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Nicaragua's inflation.
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