Qatar
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Qatar
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Qatar is about 1.48× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Qatar 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 Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Qatar is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Qatar is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Qatar, Big Mac costs 1.8× what it does in Egypt — but Gasoline 1L costs only 1.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Big Mac 1 burger ×1.76Qatar
EGP 220.57
QAR 17Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.40Qatar
EGP 26.55
USD 0.562Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.39Qatar
EGP 1.51
USD 0.032Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.23Qatar
EGP 27.21
USD 0.576Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+31%
in QAR
13 → 17
13 → 17
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+294%
in EGP
It rose 31% in local currency, but 294% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Qatar's inflation.
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