Pakistan
Compared with Norway, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Norway = 1×
Overall verdict
Pakistan is about 0.47×
Norway.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Norway = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Norway. 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
Norway
Norway = 1×
Pakistan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Pakistan, Diesel 1L costs 0.6× what it does in Norway — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.4×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.57
Pakistan NOK 12.67 USD 1.275
Norway NOK 22.13 USD 2.227
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.51
Pakistan NOK 39.03 PKR 1,080
Norway NOK 76.00 NOK 76
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.49
Pakistan NOK 11.31 USD 1.138
Norway NOK 22.94 USD 2.308
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.38
Pakistan NOK 0.61 USD 0.063
Norway NOK 1.59 USD 0.165
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
+20%
in NOK
It rose 86% in local currency, but 20% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Pakistan's inflation.