Qatar
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Qatar
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Qatar is about 0.43× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Qatar is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Qatar is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Qatar, Big Mac costs 1.0× what it does in Nicaragua — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.98Qatar
NIO 171.00
QAR 17Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.48Qatar
NIO 20.58
USD 0.562Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.43Qatar
NIO 21.10
USD 0.576Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.18Qatar
NIO 1.17
USD 0.032Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
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
+36%
in NIO
It rose 31% in local currency, but 36% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Qatar's inflation.
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