Romania
Compared with Bahrain, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Bahrain = 1×
Romania
vs
Bahrain
Overall verdict
Romania is about 2.30× Bahrain.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Bahrain = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Bahrain. 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 Bahrain
Bahrain = 1×
Romania is pricier →
Bahrain
Bahrain = 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 Bahrain — but Big Mac costs only 0.8×. 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
BHD 0.08
USD 0.222Bahrain
BHD 0.02
USD 0.048
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×3.44Romania
BHD 0.79
USD 2.087Bahrain
BHD 0.23
USD 0.607
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×2.92Romania
BHD 0.72
USD 1.911Bahrain
BHD 0.25
USD 0.655
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.83Romania
BHD 1.50
RON 17.45Bahrain
BHD 1.80
BHD 1.8
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 BHD
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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