Pakistan
Compared with Mexico, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Mexico = 1×
Overall verdict
Pakistan is about 0.65×
Mexico.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Mexico = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Mexico. A bar running right means Pakistan 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
Mexico
Mexico = 1×
Pakistan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Pakistan, Diesel 1L costs 0.8× what it does in Mexico — 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 ×0.82
Pakistan MX$22.36 USD 1.275
Mexico MX$27.11 USD 1.546
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.70
Pakistan MX$19.95 USD 1.138
Mexico MX$28.48 USD 1.624
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.63
Pakistan MX$68.21 PKR 1,080
Mexico MX$109.00 MXN 109
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.58
Pakistan MX$1.12 USD 0.063
Mexico MX$1.95 USD 0.109
See what really changed 
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+86%
in PKR
580 → 1080
580 → 1080
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-6%
in MXN
It rose 86% in local currency, but -6% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Pakistan's inflation.