What things really cost, everywhere.
The same iPhone, Big Mac, or Netflix plan carries a different price and a very different weight in every country. We show all three: local currency, US dollars, and days of local income.
Work to afford one iPhone 18 Pro
Same phone. In United States it is 4.9 days of average income; in India, 7.5 months.
Full country ranking →Every dataset, one honest question
Every figure is scraped from a first-party source and stamped with the date we read it. No estimates, no user submissions.
iPhone
$1,199 – $1,733
iPhone 18 Pro spans $534 between USA and India.
Big Mac Index
53 countries
From 6 min of work in Hong Kong to 5.4 hrs at the other end.
Netflix
$7 vs $27
Same Premium plan, wildly different price. India versus the USA, per month.
Gasoline
170 countries
What a litre of petrol costs, from the cheapest pumps to the most expensive.
Electricity
134 countries
The household price of a kilowatt-hour, subsidised pennies to painful highs.
Spotify
Premium plan
Music streaming priced for local wallets. The gap is bigger than you think.
Affordability Index
4.9 days → 7.5 months
Every price divided by local income. The number that actually decides who can buy.
Price Insights
The extremes
Cheapest and priciest everything, the biggest gaps, and what a burger says about currencies.
How long do you work for a burger?
The Big Mac is made to the same recipe worldwide, which makes it a quietly perfect yardstick. Priced against local wages, minutes of work reveal what an exchange rate hides. Fresh from The Economist, 2026-07-01.
All 53 countries →Where the iPhone 18 Pro is easy, and where it is not
Days of average income to buy one, ranked. The dollar price barely moves; the human cost is a different story.
Start with a country
Everything we know about local prices, side by side, in one place.
Go deeper
Longer reads on why prices differ, how to compare them fairly, and what our data really shows.
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How much more the new Pro Max costs than last year's, storefront by storefront, in local currency, so exchange-rate moves don't hide the real increase.
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iPhone price increase 2026: how much more the new iPhones cost, country by country
Apple raised prices this cycle, but not evenly. We compare every like-for-like model against last year's launch price in 12 markets.
Most searched prices
The country prices people look up most, each with local currency, US dollars and days of income.
The cost of living, in the news
Fresh reporting on prices, inflation and affordability from around the web, refreshed each time we rebuild.
Americans are down on the economy and concerned about costs: Polls - ABC News
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · Oct 26, 2026
Life Feeling Too Expensive? It’s Not Just You. And It’s Not Just Inflation.
The New York Times · Oct 22, 2026
Inflation under Trump is only about half the rate under Biden. Voters are still just as mad.
Yahoo Finance · Oct 26, 2026
Fact Sheet: Costs of the Iran War
Center for American Progress · Oct 23, 2026
How has the cost of living changed in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal?
Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2026
Voters angry about high prices may get little relief from the next Congress
The Washington Post · Oct 24, 2026
Cost of living in the US in 2026: A guide for expats
Expatica · Oct 21, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Where do the prices come from?
Each dataset is scraped directly from a first-party source: Apple's country storefronts, Netflix and Spotify's own pages, The Economist's Big Mac dataset, and GlobalPetrolPrices. Incomes are World Bank GNI per capita. Every table shows the source and the date we read it.
What does “days of income” mean?
We take a country's average income (World Bank GNI per capita) and divide the price by the daily share of it. It answers a more honest question than the dollar price: how much of your life does this cost here?
Are the US prices really the lowest?
Often, but not always — and it's partly an illusion. US prices exclude sales tax, which varies by state, while every other country's price includes VAT or GST. We flag this on every Apple table.
How often is the data updated?
Snapshots are refreshed by re-running the scrapers and rebuilding the site. Each page carries the exact retrieval date so you always know how fresh a number is.