Taiwan
Compared with Uruguay, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Uruguay = 1×
Taiwan
vs
Uruguay
Overall verdict
Taiwan is about 0.38× Uruguay.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Uruguay = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Uruguay. 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 Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Uruguay
Uruguay = 1×
Taiwan is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Taiwan, Diesel 1L costs 0.6× what it does in Uruguay — but Big Mac costs only 0.3×. 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 ×0.61Taiwan
UYU 34.45
USD 0.89Uruguay
UYU 56.63
USD 1.463
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.44Taiwan
UYU 37.47
USD 0.968Uruguay
UYU 85.58
USD 2.211
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.38Taiwan
UYU 3.79
USD 0.098Uruguay
UYU 9.87
USD 0.255
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×0.28Taiwan
UYU 95.64
TWD 78Uruguay
UYU 339.00
UYU 339
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
-15%
in UYU
It rose 8% in local currency, but -15% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Taiwan's inflation.
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