About PricesAbroad

PricesAbroad answers a simple question that turns out to be surprisingly hard to look up: what do the same everyday things cost in different countries, and how much do they really cost once you account for what people there earn?

A price tag on its own hides as much as it reveals. An iPhone that costs $1,000 is a few days’ work for one person and half a year for another. A Big Mac is pocket change in one country and a genuine treat in the next. We show every price three ways: in the local currency, in US dollars, and in days of local average income, so the number finally means something.

How it works

Every figure on this site is scraped directly from a first-party source and stamped with the date we read it. Prices come from Apple’s own country storefronts, Netflix and Spotify’s regional pages, The Economist’s open Big Mac dataset, and GlobalPetrolPrices. Incomes are the World Bank’s GNI per capita. We convert currencies at current exchange rates and rebuild the site whenever the data refreshes. There are no user submissions, no crowd-sourced guesses, and no estimates. If we can’t source a number honestly, we leave it out.

Independence

PricesAbroad is an independent project. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple, Netflix, Spotify, McDonald’s, The Economist, or any other brand mentioned. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. We simply gather public prices and present them clearly.

Curious about the exact sources and formulas? Read the methodology. Questions or corrections are welcome on the contact page.