Taiwan
Compared with Jordan, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Jordan = 1×
Taiwan
vs
Jordan
Overall verdict
Taiwan is about 0.78× Jordan.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Jordan = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Jordan. 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 Jordan
Jordan = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Jordan
Jordan = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Taiwan, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 1.1× what it does in Jordan — but Gasoline 1L costs only 0.5×. 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 ×1.09Taiwan
JOD 0.07
USD 0.098Jordan
JOD 0.06
USD 0.09
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.74Taiwan
JOD 0.63
USD 0.89Jordan
JOD 0.85
USD 1.199
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.70Taiwan
JOD 1.75
TWD 78Jordan
JOD 2.50
JOD 2.5
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.52Taiwan
JOD 0.69
USD 0.968Jordan
JOD 1.31
USD 1.848
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
-4%
in JOD
It rose 8% in local currency, but -4% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Taiwan's inflation.
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