Venezuela
Compared with United Arab Emirates, using real observed prices.
Baseline: United Arab Emirates = 1×
Overall verdict
Venezuela is about 0.20×
United Arab Emirates.
Average across 3 categories, 4 items with data
The shape of prices (vs
United Arab Emirates = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is United Arab Emirates. A bar running right means Venezuela 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
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates = 1×
Venezuela is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Venezuela, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 0.9× what it does in United Arab Emirates — but Diesel 1L costs only 0.0×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
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Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×0.86
Venezuela AED 0.25 USD 0.069
United Arab Emirates AED 0.29 USD 0.08
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Big Mac 1 burger ×0.78
Venezuela AED 14.86 VES 1,370
United Arab Emirates AED 19.00 AED 19
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×0.04
Venezuela AED 0.13 USD 0.035
United Arab Emirates AED 3.29 USD 0.896
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Diesel 1L 1 L ×0.00
Venezuela AED 0.01 USD 0.004
United Arab Emirates AED 3.60 USD 0.98
See what really changed 
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
-100%
in VES
16020000 → 1370
16020000 → 1370
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
-9%
in AED
It rose -100% in local currency, but -9% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Venezuela's inflation.