Taiwan
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Taiwan
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Taiwan is about 0.60× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Taiwan, Diesel 1L costs 0.8× what it does in Nicaragua — but Big Mac costs only 0.5×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.75Taiwan
NIO 32.60
USD 0.89Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.72Taiwan
NIO 35.45
USD 0.968Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.56Taiwan
NIO 3.59
USD 0.098Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.52Taiwan
NIO 90.49
TWD 78Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
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
+0%
in NIO
It rose 8% in local currency, but 0% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Taiwan's inflation.
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