Pakistan
Compared with United Arab Emirates, using real observed prices.
Baseline: United Arab Emirates = 1×
Overall verdict
Pakistan is about 0.91×
United Arab Emirates.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
United Arab Emirates = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is United Arab Emirates. 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
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates = 1×
Pakistan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Pakistan, Diesel 1L costs 1.3× what it does in United Arab Emirates — but Big Mac costs only 0.7×. 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 ×1.30
Pakistan AED 4.68 USD 1.275
United Arab Emirates AED 3.60 USD 0.98
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.27
Pakistan AED 4.18 USD 1.138
United Arab Emirates AED 3.29 USD 0.896
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.79
Pakistan AED 0.23 USD 0.063
United Arab Emirates AED 0.29 USD 0.08
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.75
Pakistan AED 14.17 PKR 1,080
United Arab Emirates AED 19.00 AED 19
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
+7%
in AED
It rose 86% in local currency, but 7% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Pakistan's inflation.