Poland
Compared with Kuwait, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Kuwait = 1×
Poland
vs
Kuwait
Overall verdict
Poland is about 3.47× Kuwait.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Kuwait = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Kuwait. A bar running right means Poland 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×
Poland is pricier →
Kuwait
Kuwait = 1×
Poland is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Poland, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 5.9× what it does in Kuwait — but Big Mac costs only 1.4×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×5.90Poland
KWD 0.07
USD 0.236Kuwait
KWD 0.01
USD 0.04
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×5.38Poland
KWD 0.56
USD 1.817Kuwait
KWD 0.10
USD 0.338
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×4.95Poland
KWD 0.57
USD 1.837Kuwait
KWD 0.11
USD 0.371
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.38Poland
KWD 1.93
PLN 22.7Kuwait
KWD 1.40
KWD 1.4
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+69%
in PLN
13.43 → 22.7
13.43 → 22.7
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+86%
in KWD
It rose 69% in local currency, but 86% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Poland's inflation.
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