Turkey
Compared with Costa Rica, using real observed prices.
Baseline: Costa Rica = 1×
Overall verdict
Turkey is about 0.71×
Costa Rica.
Average across 3 categories, 7 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
Costa Rica = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Costa Rica. A bar running right means Turkey 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
Costa Rica
Costa Rica = 1×
Turkey is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Turkey, Diesel 1L costs 1.0× what it does in Costa Rica — but Electricity 1kWh (household) costs only 0.4×. 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 ×1.04
Turkey CRC 778.64 USD 1.573
Costa Rica CRC 745.96 USD 1.507
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.98
Turkey CRC 2,922 TRY 255
Costa Rica CRC 2,990 CRC 2,990
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Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.83
Turkey CRC 689.04 USD 1.392
Costa Rica CRC 825.66 USD 1.668
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.39
Turkey CRC 33.17 USD 0.067
Costa Rica CRC 84.15 USD 0.17
See what really changed 
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+1176%
in TRY
19.99 → 255
19.99 → 255
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+103%
in CRC
It rose 1176% in local currency, but 103% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Turkey's inflation.