Nicaragua
Compared with Guatemala, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Guatemala = 1×
Nicaragua
vs
Guatemala
Overall verdict
Nicaragua is about 0.83× Guatemala.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Guatemala = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Guatemala. 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 Guatemala
Guatemala = 1×
Nicaragua is pricier →
Guatemala
Guatemala = 1×
Nicaragua is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Nicaragua, Big Mac costs 1.1× what it does in Guatemala — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.6×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.10Nicaragua
GTQ 36.42
NIO 174Guatemala
GTQ 33.00
GTQ 33
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.95Nicaragua
GTQ 10.25
USD 1.337Guatemala
GTQ 10.79
USD 1.407
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.84Nicaragua
GTQ 9.04
USD 1.179Guatemala
GTQ 10.78
USD 1.406
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.59Nicaragua
GTQ 1.35
USD 0.176Guatemala
GTQ 2.29
USD 0.299
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
+29%
in GTQ
It rose 36% in local currency, but 29% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Nicaragua's inflation.
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