Uruguay
Compared with Nicaragua, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Nicaragua = 1×
Uruguay
vs
Nicaragua
Overall verdict
Uruguay is about 1.56× Nicaragua.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Nicaragua = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Nicaragua. A bar running right means Uruguay 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×
Uruguay is pricier →
Nicaragua
Nicaragua = 1×
Uruguay is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Uruguay, Big Mac costs 1.8× what it does in Nicaragua — but Diesel 1L costs only 1.2×. What is expensive here is labour, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.84Uruguay
NIO 320.78
UYU 339Nicaragua
NIO 174.00
NIO 174
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.65Uruguay
NIO 80.98
USD 2.211Nicaragua
NIO 48.97
USD 1.337
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.45Uruguay
NIO 9.34
USD 0.255Nicaragua
NIO 6.45
USD 0.176
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.24Uruguay
NIO 53.58
USD 1.463Nicaragua
NIO 43.18
USD 1.179
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+51%
in UYU
225 → 339
225 → 339
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+78%
in NIO
It rose 51% in local currency, but 78% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Uruguay's inflation.
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