Peru
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Kuwait = 1×
Peru
vs
Kuwait
Overall verdict
Peru is about 2.86× Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. A bar running right means Peru 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 Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Peru is pricier →
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Peru is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Peru, Gasoline 1L costs 4.7× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.1×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×4.66Peru
KWD 0.49
USD 1.575Kuwait
KWD 0.10
USD 0.338
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.65Peru
KWD 0.06
USD 0.186Kuwait
KWD 0.01
USD 0.04
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×4.43Peru
KWD 0.51
USD 1.644Kuwait
KWD 0.11
USD 0.371
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.11Peru
KWD 1.55
PEN 16.9Kuwait
KWD 1.40
KWD 1.4
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+31%
in PEN
12.9 → 16.9
12.9 → 16.9
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+58%
in KWD
It rose 31% in local currency, but 58% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Peru's inflation.
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