Taiwan
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Taiwan
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Taiwan is about 2.01× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Taiwan 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×
Taiwan is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Taiwan, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 4.3× what it does in Egypt — but Big Mac costs only 0.9×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×4.26Taiwan
EGP 4.63
USD 0.098Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
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Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×3.91Taiwan
EGP 2.03
USD 0.043Egypt
EGP 0.52
USD 0.011
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×2.21Taiwan
EGP 42.04
USD 0.89Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×2.06Taiwan
EGP 45.73
USD 0.968Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.93Taiwan
EGP 116.73
TWD 78Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+8%
in TWD
72 → 78
72 → 78
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+190%
in EGP
It rose 8% in local currency, but 190% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Taiwan's inflation.
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