Romania
Compared with Azerbaijan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Azerbaijan = 1×
Romania
vs
Azerbaijan
Overall verdict
Romania is about 2.42× Azerbaijan.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Azerbaijan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Azerbaijan. A bar running right means Romania 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 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan = 1×
Romania is pricier →
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan = 1×
Romania is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Romania, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 4.6× what it does in Azerbaijan — but Big Mac costs only 1.0×. 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 ×4.63Romania
AZN 0.38
USD 0.222Azerbaijan
AZN 0.08
USD 0.048
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×3.23Romania
AZN 3.55
USD 2.087Azerbaijan
AZN 1.10
USD 0.647
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×2.83Romania
AZN 3.25
USD 1.911Azerbaijan
AZN 1.15
USD 0.676
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.02Romania
AZN 6.77
RON 17.45Azerbaijan
AZN 6.65
AZN 6.65
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+65%
in RON
10.6 → 17.45
10.6 → 17.45
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+56%
in AZN
It rose 65% in local currency, but 56% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Romania's inflation.
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