Topic: Food prices across the globe [General comparison] (Read 812 times)

Climate change is causing too many troubles around us which are we missing even many cautions are coming about this, but still things in developing countries are not going as we needed with few countries which are effecting from wars or conflicts are also having trouble time so we are losing our land which is important and can bring cheap and better food for us here I am giving few updates in few countries which are losing their agriculture land due to having other things peoples in these countries are suffering badly.

Housing schemes and towns are spreading, and we are losing our food through as well few voices were going for these things but corrupt peoples those are taking huge personal incentives are not going through for better solution so we can lose more values and our right of having cheap food for us and our kids this could be another problem in near future.

I live in a country that is not mine and food is not that expensive, but services are, in the country I am from most food is expensive, but services are not expensive, so this is something that is relative, if it is cheap on one hand it is expensive on the other, in some way the system charges you for it, each country is different, it is known that the priority of everything is food, and that is what we must guarantee, so if we only consider food then it is cheap and expensive in some places, but to say in country X it is better because everything is cheaper, so far I do not know of any.

Your gym buddy is not wrong, there is certain degree of "saturation" specially in simplest stuff like website design, simple programming, network manager, etc. But people with higher skills are still in demand and can ask for high salaries.

The biggest problem with salaries in my opinion is the delay, which is the time it takes for them to go up to match the inflation.

I've never thought of that. I guess the interest free loans (the Islamic way!) are interesting and that's the only type of loan I've ever taken in my life back when I was a student at the university (because it was free!). The rest is just weird specially the ones you have to "buy some stocks" to get the loan. They just don't make any sense

The increase in goods continues in most countries now because the economic conditions are unstable and even inflation and recession play a significant role in the current process of increasing prices for goods. My government is starting to consider increasing taxes by 12% and I have not read carefully how it will be implemented, but the efforts made will definitely have a greater impact on the stability of products, especially food, and this will again lead to high inflation that may affect the people in it.

We live in a more difficult way and if we do not have good financial capabilities, we will get into trouble again. How did this happen and even the government itself was unable to make early prevention efforts because the country's economic cycle also experienced a decline such as a deficit and hopefully this can be resolved properly.

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In the Russian Federation, prices are rising every week due to high inflation and increased taxes. The government, if you can call it that, has simply gone crazy and does not know how else to replenish the country's budget, since it is in deficit. Somehow, the hole in the budget needs to be closed. And who else can "help" in this matter, except for the population. More than half of the country is already in terrible living conditions, and now we constantly have to choose those products that are of fairly low quality. There is no other choice. So we have to exist and survive. Soon my country will approach African countries in terms of living standards.

That is what many people think. Its a slavery argument. Prices go up anyway.
Look at those countries which stick to that mantra and see why they have a poor performance.

Inflation is affecting all countries including mine and it's getting worse during the Christmas holidays. Traders are aware that lots of people will be interested in buying things during this time hence they'll want to get the best profits that they haven't gotten althrough the year. It's a wrong thing that marketers do but every marketer is doing it as well hence if others don't follow they'll miss out and be left with little profits to restock hen their goods finish because the decision to increase the price of foodstuffs affect every other thing in the economy.

Transportion will get increase because the transporters will want to make more money to be capable of affording the high rising cost of foodstuffs. The comparison of foodstuffs across the world shouldn't be done right now because lots of price inflation is happening because it's end of year.

Increasing wages drives prices up.🔝

You need to force companies to take lower profits.

BTW this is pretty much true all over the world.

And the rich get richer since forcing them to make less profit is basically impossible.

The minimum wage is quite low in Nigeria as $43 is quite low and it's really hard to live a happy life with such amounts when wage is low and inflation is high. I believe the government of Nigeria should do something for the citizens either by reducing inflation which's not likely going to happen, or by increasing the minimum wage to at least $130 or somewhat higher than that.

I don't know how true it is but I know from my Gym buddy who is from Iran that there are so many computer science and engineering people in Iran that their salary is low because of high competition. Is that true?
Btw the loan system in your country is very interesting.

Didn't change a bit in my country.

I'm against subsidization in every case. First of all, nothing should be free in this world because everything requires work and energy. If you subsidize something, for others it means that this is free and they'll lose the motivation. I never give free money to beggars but when I want to give money, I always get something back from them to show them that they need to do something to deserve it, I do it even if I don't need what I got from them.
Absolutely every government is corrupt and subsidization only gives them the possibility to maximize profit from their corruption. There can be cases like Covid when some people really need subsidization but even in this case, it turns into an evil business for companies like Pfizer, Astrazeneca and others.

Sorry to answer that late. Water if you wish for water supplied by local authorities, be prepared to move a lot.
Caracas some areas in Valencia have plenty and just open your faucet it is posible but you need to be in a well off area.
The regions, some have a good water supply, others are pretty dry, but not as dry as regions in India. about 12 years ago I received water thru piping twice a week. Now its going towards 6 times a year. You can buy 10³ Liter for around $25. If scarce more if plentiful available more conveniently priced.   

The soil is pretty good just farmers don't have too much gasoline, mostly diesel they need. Regions bordering Colombia get their fuel from their neighbors. There is plenty of ignorance what proper agriculture is about. So you get good vegetables, non treated, no genetics.  That you loosen up your soil every once in a while is next to unknown.

I only report what I know its true, common sense, and checked info.

What matters in the world is the art of cooking. Otherwise, the prices of food items vary everywhere.
What is important is how well you can combine these ingredients. How much time does it take you?

The true value of food lies in its preparation. It's something that may take up your time.

Developed countries may seem to have everything worked out, but its more complicated than that.  They might have better  infrastructure and possibilities in theory, however that doesnt mean everyone is livin large.  For instance, the cost of living is through the roof in various developed places and incomes havent matched that growth.  People are having trouble paying their bills, the same as in many developing countries. OK, maybe not exactly the same, but different economic situations absolutely breed different problems.

Thats true. Most times you hear the third world countries complain about inflated prices of goods and services but isn’t really the same with developed nations no. That’s because, most developed countries have provided the means for its citizens. The means to getting an income is the major difference and even then, not every one gets the chance to make something for themselves. In third world countries, the lack of means to making an income makes things a lot more worst. Not because the products are over priced but, your require to make expenses and not have the means to get the money for it.

Invest in food stocks maybe? If these products look expensive to you, maybe the manufacturer of these products are making good profits? Have you made any research? That’s the only way to protect yourself from inflation in the long run. (Other than investing in btc)

Food, water, energy etc make yourself a good defensive portfolio that pay dividends and you won’t worry about it.

The other option is growing your own vegetables. Some of them veggies grow fairly easy. You may try it if you have a garden. Even a small one will work wonders.

As they say: necessity is the mother of invention. For example the more US sanctioned Iran, the more Iranians had to move toward self reliance. This is why Iran is so advanced in many sciences either on par with the rest of the world or ahead (Nano technology, stem cell research, medical engineering, space technology, ...).

It comes down to the cuisine. In our neck of the woods, most of the food are with rice (like rise and stew, kabab and rice) so it is consumed a lot and when you are a family of 3/4 you buy big bags and store them easily. Usually we buy 10 kg bags.
BTW Wikipedia lists a lot of our food in case anyone is interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_cuisine it also has my favorite "tahdig"

Although it has many advantages but also it has some disadvantages as well so I wouldn't be hasty in making such decisions. I can think of two main ones:

First is that it grows the government expenditure, so they'll need more budget and if they can't find additional revenues to cover that up they'll face a big deficit. And we know when governments face budget deficit, the first thing they turn to is the easiest solution which is to print money. Printing money causes inflation then everyone loses!

The other disadvantage is that over time it can create a price difference between the country paying those subsidies and its neighbors that don't. That makes smuggling very profitable that it becomes appealing despite being illegal and damaging. And then if that is not managed properly, it can turn into a big issue. I can mention two examples of such issues: with cooking oil and with petrol.

As you may recall a couple of years ago after Russian invasion of Ukraine the cooking oil price went to the moon globally. In Iran due to these subsidies the price remained low but not elsewhere. All of a sudden massive amounts of cooking oil were being smuggled out of the country that it turned it into a national security threat. It was managed rather well by changing the way subsidy was paid (paid to the customer instead of the producer).

But the issue with petrol/gasoline is not yet solved. Price still remains super low at 2 cents ($0.02) per liter! While it is a lot higher in Iran's neighboring countries like $1.22 in Turkey, $0.9 in Pakistan, $0.68 in UAE, etc. It is obvious that it will be smuggled to these places because it is super profitable to do so. That's like 6000% profit to smuggle it to Turkey
Consequently Iran is now facing a petrol shortage, and the problem hasn't been solved yet...

The point is, it is not always a good decision to give subsidies. At least not in the long run.

The prices of food and daily essentials have increased in all countries around the world but I think my country Bangladesh has the highest price increase in the world. The daily necessities to keep people's life and lifestyle are going beyond the purchasing limit of people. Generally those who belong to the middle and lower classes are living a very miserable life as it becomes so difficult to support their families that they are unable to provide nutritious food to their families. Generally during covid in my country the prices of food and daily essentials increased to such an extent that the price never recovered.

I wish that the governments of most developing countries will adopt this measures like Iran, to subsidize basic food items like Rice, other locally grown grains, meat and cooking oil. It'll go a long way to make sure that there won't be hunger in the country because food items will be affordable to the poor. A country like Nigeria, needs food subsidy because the gap between the rich and poor is very wide, within two weeks we've heard about the deaths of many people during stampedes because of food. If these foods are very affordable people won't be dying because they want to get them for free. Inflation is a major economic problem in many countries and the leaders needs to be proactive to protect the poor who can't afford the high costs of items.

Even when you compare the prices of food items in your country with other countries, it won't change anything because you're still buying in your country. But it's still ok because the comparison will make you to know other countries that are buying in the same price range with your country at this time .

We also need to be realistic and see that merchants, or whoever sells items, increase the price more than they should, just to make more profit. Assume a cafe, and lets say they sell chicken, they buy a chicken at 10 dollars, cook it and pepper it and salt it etc etc, whatever the way they do, and sell it for 20 dollars, right? Maybe more, but lets assume this as an example. You know what they do? The cost of chicken goes from 10 to 12, that's a 20% increase, huge inflation, a lot of increase, so if you are selling for 20, you could make it 24, increase it 20% too right? No, they do not do that, they instead make it 27 dollars instead.

Because, they can use inflation as excuse and make more money that way, this is exactly why food prices increased more than anything else in my nation, specially in restaurants. The bulk purchases in local grocery stores are still cheap, I can buy 1 chicken meal at a restaurant for 30 dollars these days, I can buy one chicken for 10 dollars for example, and I can buy 10 chicken for 6 dollars each. I made up the numbers, I forgot what it was, but that's how it works in general.

The price of any food product is not the same for all countries because some states are industrial and some are agricultural. For example, in agricultural states, the price of tomatoes will be lower compared to industrial ones. In my country, the price of 50 kg of rice is 60 dollars, as we are producing our own rice in the fields. However, the reason for the increase in price is the high taxes imposed by the government. Similarly, when we import any food products, there are government taxes, and shipping prices are also included, which contributes to the high prices. The price of one chicken is almost 4 dollars in my country because of the thousands of working farms, but when they export, the price is high for people in other states.

Yes, that's right. Everyone wrote simple truths of economic processes. That's how it works. Believe me, it's not only the poor class of the population that suffers from the high level of inflation risks. This is a process that is quite difficult to hide from in the modern world of finance.

A little about investments. In these inflationary conditions, even conservative investors have to decide to increase the level of risks to cover inflation. For many, this is a necessary action.

Successful countries closely monitor this indicator. They take steps to ensure that it is at minimum values.

The impact of inflation is the most severe on the countries that are import-dependent. Those that depend on other countries start to be affected faster than other countries. But those that have their production capacity in their own country or are dependent on themselves do not see much impact. However, a country is never self-sufficient in all aspects, which is why they must purchase some of their products from outside and it will definitely have an impact there, especially for the purchase of energy, many countries have to keep a huge amount of money, By increasing inflation rate which will also be added to the price of goods.

Due to inflation, almost every product in my country has an additional price. Which many people do not have the purchasing power to buy, but still they have no way of not buying those products. They spend money on those daily necessities by reducing their expenses in some other way. Unless the effect of global inflation decreases, the purchasing power of the common people will not increase.

You have described the situation that is happening in my country, the Russian Federation. Everything is exactly the same. It is becoming quite difficult for ordinary people to buy even essential goods due to the rapid growth of inflation risks. Consequently, prices are also increasing. In addition, our authorities do not hesitate to introduce more and more hidden taxes into the system. They do not advertise such information. This is too painful a topic for the leadership. That is how we live. It is becoming more and more difficult. Salaries are not indexed so quickly. Therefore, we have to do something else.

Well the prices are just exactly how the prices of things are in my country but a little bit inflated but then this got me so worried cause alot of people can't really afford all of this  but then some countries are enjoying better low rate in the purchase of goods and services while my country this period is usually accompanied by inflated high rates of things making it difficult for people.

Christmas doesn't affect us because it's a Christian holiday. But like everywhere else, there are people who love to shop here to celebrate the New Year, and markets and shops usually have discounts to boost the shopping. But after the New Year, we will see price hikes. Those who live in countries with high inflation know this very well.

I don't know what you will do with 50 kg of rice, unless you are an industrial business owner. We normally buy 1 or 2 kg. Good quality rice costs around $3 a kilo, if you buy 50 kg it costs $2 a kilo, which is roughly $100. Tomatoes are around $1.5-2 a kilo. 1 kg of chicken breast costs around $5.5.
After the announcement of the new minimum wage in the new year, prices will increase by %30-40. This happens every year, so it's not a surprise.

I think it depends on where you live and in my area fish is much cheaper than chicken but for areas not far from where I live it is the opposite. The Christmas period might give a slightly higher price jump as usual because the demand might be greater but from what I see so far the price difference is not too far. For the price of rice it might be much more expensive in my place compared to the price you listed while for others it might be close.

When the demand increases there might be a slight increase in price but not too much different from the usual price. If you live in a village the price might be much cheaper and I don't know why that is, from some questions they said it is much cheaper to take the goods and rent the shop so they can sell the goods a little cheaper.

Iran is a very underrated country. Many people think that Iran is a poor undeveloped country but that's not reality. We import many foods and medicines from Iran and I also know that Iran has great scientists.

What's the average monthly salary in Indonesia and what's the price of rent? Does Indonesia produce food or are you mostly an importer country?
In my country, the average monthly salary is $400 but food prices are higher than in the rest of the world.

Low-quality 1 KG rice costs 1.5$ but high-quality rice costs 8$
225G Chips Lays costs 2.65$
1KG Salmon costs 50$
1KG Chicken Breast costs 6.5$
1 Liter of cooking oil costs 1.5$ on average (Sunflower oil).
One 100 gram Toblerone costs 3 USD
0.5 Liter Baileys costs 18 USD.

Like i said, that's all relative. In here there's no minimum wage per se, but median wage for a cleaner, which is a lowest paying job, is around $2,3k /month, compared to doctors, which are paid $8,1K /month on average.

People are using up to 40% from that to rent, and especially when you have a high paying job, you need to pay higher rents because those jobs are located in cities with higher rents or then you pay for travelling.

Top of that there's an electricity and water bills, and everything else. We don't really pay for our health that much, because majority of those higher expenses are covered by taxes. But that can cost as well if you rather use private sector. And for our kids and people working in army, healthcare is just free, which is great.

But even for those cleaners earning $2.3k month, there's no other way to survive then live frugal. Some of them are barely getting by living from paycheck to paycheck as well, as price of food and other necessities has skyrocketed.

Over the last few years since Covid, every single country has suffered inflation of varying levels and food is probably the most noticeable. I remember a year ago when prices felt like they were raising 20% each time you went to the shop, thank goodness at least in my country they have stabilized again but it shows how vulnerable we all are. You're lucky if your country is a big food exporter, because if you end up importing a lot of goods then you'll pay even more dearly. It's always good to be conscious of prices when shopping and if you have the option you can sometimes shop around, different stores are always competing on price for different products and manufacturers may even cycle offers between them. Being a savvy shopper can save you a lot of money over the long run

Wow, I don't know the exact financial situation in Croatia, but the media has shown that it has one of the highest inflation rates. I'm now comparing some prices for meat, such as chicken fillet, which costs €4.49 per kg in the Kaufland leaflet, while in the average supermarket here it ranges from €8 to €10. The same applies to pork, at €3.89 per kg, while here it's up to €6. The same applies to a few salads I also noticed; they're considerably more expensive in Greece. I saw tomatoes costing up to €2.49 per kg a few days ago at Lidl; that's insane. It seems that the situation in Greece keeps worsening with those we have for government.

Hey sis from another country!
Good to have you commented here, though have been using style to search across your comments (you) but didn't, seems we haven't commented on same topic for long. Complement of the season!

Few other person indirectly mentioned something like this at the first page and they weren't in detailed as you have explained it. Sure, of course the quality of products determines the price in all countries and lot of people, I mean those who doesn't care about their health goes for the less expensive products, and only few people who deem care about their health status could go for the high products.

Inflation does impact food prices, though it's not the sole cause of their rise. There is also climate change factor, that make extreme weather causing crops failure and lead to increase in price of food. Products such as coffee, tea, and chocolate, for instance, are getting very pricey these days, all because of climate impact. Global events also have their say: the war in Ukraine came, for example, disarraying energy supplies, hence jacking up the cost in the production and transportation of foods. That's meant sharp price hikes, with the cost of the traditional UK Christmas dinner 20% higher now compared to pre-pandemic times. As painful as inflation is, there's a lot more driving global food price jumps right now, including climate driven disasters and conflicts.

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There is a certain countries that the food price or items it is still okay and they affordable for people who is living there to get, unlike other other countries but what I know very well that makes the price of foods to increase in a country is as a result of inflation because when the economy of that country is very bad I think that the inflation will take over and the price of food items increase to a point that it will be unbelievable, I know that it is statistics of things you people put as the price tag of everything foods in your country varies from the condition of the economy of the country so and it will be different from other people's country due to the economy or inflation in that particular country.

I live in Bangladesh and here is mine,

Rice 25 kilo ~ 1600-3000 BDT (14-25$) ~ It varies based on the rice quality, the one that me and my family consumes costs around 16-17$
Potato 1 kilo ~ 65 BDT (0.55 $)
Onion 1 kilo ~ 60-70 BDT (0.60-0.70$)
Chicken per kilo ~ 160-200 BDT (1.5$)
Cooking oil ~ 5 liter ~ 800-900 BDT (7-8$)
Cow meat ~ 1 kilo ~ 700 BDT (6$)

Bangladeshi currency is called BDT. These prices may seem very cheap compared to others. But believe me it isn't! The average income of a person isn't that much here. Many can't even afford to eat cow meat these days! The general folks are badly suffering due to price hike, inflation and high cost of living! The prices of daily necessities are going out of hand day by day. Although the "Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection" are trying to break the market syndicate and control the situation but they are unable to do so properly!

It's been on the rise for very long especially after COVID it became unstable too for many goods but later the prices were stabilized but not in the range of previous value which is like set new high. If I am not wrong cooking oil price atleast increased 20 to 30% and most of the groceries in the 20% range meanwhile the person didn't get 20% increase in their salary or income which restricted the spending nature or even sometimes the survival with bare minimum.

You can compare the prices like this. Although fertile lands are the best lands for farming in our country, unfortunately the prices are expensive due to inflation and the resources are not used properly enough.
Food inflation is very hot, prices can change every month, I can't think of the increases that will come in the new year.

Rice 50 kg $90-110
Onion $0.35
Chicken 1kg $3.6
Cooking oils $6
Tomato 1kg $0.9

Regardless of the season, there's always a standard price that the food authority mandates wherein every merchant is obliged to follow. If this holiday season prices are at peak, aside from the higher demand from the consumers, the prices already have been checked and approved by the food authority, so its price increase is valid.

I always thought agriculture was very easy in Venezuela since last I checked there didn't look to be any water shortage (like in our neck of the woods) and the soil was good and fertile. So if you are actually from Venezuela and not reporting price from google, can you give us some insight into water, soil and farming in general? Because if what I said is right the prices have to lower, shouldn't they?

Merchants do not just increase or reduce prices, it is based on a lot of factors like inflation, food inflation, economic stability, etc. The prices of goods and services during this festive season reflects the prevailing situation in your country, for example if inflation and food inflation was high prior to the festive time, it will reflect on the prices of goods because of the demand during this time of the year, and you can expect it to skyrocket.

Sounds cool but we are discussing the difference in food prices between countries so using a common world currency would make it easier for everyone to visualize. Also, bitcoin is still very volatile, using bitcoin as a unit of measurement in this case would be inappropriate. In just 2 days bitcoin price has dropped more than 5-7% and I think OP will have to spend a lot of time to constantly adjust bitcoin price for each product and that is not a wise idea. As long as bitcoin is not the world's main currency, not the main unit of measurement, using it to price products will be very troublesome.

By the way, we are talking about necessities and people need to buy them daily, and people will not want to wait for bitcoin to increase in price to buy them. And in the short term, bitcoin can be dumped at any time, bitcoin price does not always increase.

And even better, if you specify the price in bitcoin, because the forum is not called dollartotalk, right? Also, if you evaluate the cost of products in bitcoin, you will see that the prices are falling, not rising (each time you will need less satoshi to buy groceries).

It's really amazing how bitcoin is changing the world (and perception).

This control is only possible on tv and media, but in fact, it is impossible to stop the pre-holiday rise in prices (inflation).

The funny thing is, a place that sell cheaper product is mostly expensive to live instead of a place that sell the same product but more expensive.

Just like in my country where the minimum wage is around $300, but the reality most jobs pays around $180, rent $90, the rest is for foods, transportation, health, etc which make people live from paycheck to paycheck.

While in first world countries, even people said the tax and rent cost is really high, but as long as you live frugal, you can save like 20%-30%.

Comparing just prices between countries is meaningless unless you take take into consideration local average wage and other costs of living. Because usually cheap prices are result of cutting from something important.

In wealthy and healthy societies, the extra costs are both from taxes and corporate greed. And Christmas extra prices are definitely result of corporate greed. Why wouldn't they make customers pay more when they do? They are obligated to bring shareholders more profits.

I can't provide a table of food prices (in US dollars) at the moment, but I can say that prices are growing too fast due to high inflation. Salaries are not indexed to the level of inflation risks. Therefore, recently we have to economize on almost everything, slash and burn. You come to the store and walk around for a long time to choose the optimal set of products to fit into a specific amount. There is no longer a question of the quality of the products.

The cheapest rice (50 kg) costs around $44.

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Changes in prices of basic products in the Russian Federation.
Compare prices from January 9 to December 9, 2024.
potatoes (500 g) — increased in price by 88.6% since the beginning of 2024, the average cost per 1 kg now reaches 55.38 rubles;
carrots (200 g) — increased in price by 8.6%, 1 kg will cost an average of 47.56 rubles;
chicken eggs (4 pcs.) — became cheaper by 15.8%, a dozen eggs now costs 112.83 rubles;
fresh cucumbers (200 g) — fell in price by 4%, the average cost per 1 kg is 229.14 rubles;
onions (100 g) — became more expensive by 42.3%, the price of 1 kg in stores is 50.72 rubles;
green peas (100 g) — increased in price by 9%, a 400 g can costs about 115 rubles;
cooked sausage (300 g) — increased in price by 6.1%, to 544.8 rubles per 1 kg;
mayonnaise (200 g) — increased in price by 5%, to 290.7 rubles per 1 kg.

Period like this price of food stuff will definitely increase in the market because of the demand. This is the time whereby everyone would want to stuck there houses to celebrate the end of the year. It is not as if the prices of food gets increase because of the Christmas season,   but I belive this is a period that the demand in the market always increase than any of the month of the year. I think this is a difficult time whereby things are very costly,  it will just be the best for people to go for what they can afford and never to kill themselves on what is beyond their allowance.

Exactly, the price increase in yuletide seasons is just as a result of government agencies not checkmating the hike in price of things if not why would people be so wicked to increase the prices of food items when they are even supposed to reduce it so that it will be affordable to people to use and celebrate the festive season but it's just bad that everything still hits hard on the common man because the rich will always afford it while the common man in the society is always left behind to suffer even at a time when they are supposed to merry with others. During festive seasons, the price of almost everything increases almost x2 but after the festive period everything returns to normalcy. Very bad

It is very high, i think OP is from Nigeria, just like me, so before you compare the price with first world countries, you have to consider the disparity in minimum wage, the minimum wage per month in Nigeria is around $43, with food inflation at almost 40% right now. The situation over here is pretty bad anyway, most people cannot afford the 50kg bag of rice OP put in their post, especially that of the medium to highest quality, which right now is almost twice the price OP put in their post.

Tomato price above $2 a kg
Tomato paste $2.88 a can
Onions are $1.5 per kilo.
Chicken is about $2.53 to 3 per kilo.
Red meat is about $6 to 7 a kilo. Also depends what cut.

Venezuela

It is hard to fit all of that inside one comment. I tried doing it about rice prices in my comment on the first page.

Also keep in mind that more expensive doesn't always mean better quality. For example speaking of rice, the one we buy is an organic brand without all the genetic manipulation and chemical crap they use to grow some of the others. There is another brand (certain Tarem variants) that are genetically manipulated and taste like crap but is more expensive!

I can think of a lot of other examples as well. Like oranges that we buy a lot these days. There are some variants that look fantastic, are so "orange" and shiny but they have no taste because of the chemical crap they use to grow them. They are 3x more expensive (~$1 vs ~$0.30 per kilo) than the organic oranges that taste a lot better and are healthy but lack the "looks"

I agree with you totally, the OP would have used the price in USD as that would have given a generally knowledge for everybody to understand, he would have also shared with us the previous prices of those items and the current price so we can easily compare and contrast the price fluctuation over this period of time. However is also safe to say that, good's and service are always high during the yuletide season and this is something we've experience the over the years because of high demands and will remain like that till towards the end of January before things will begin to normalize, so to a lot of people, the price hike is normal for them this period.

I didn't forget about it, and I mentioned it in my post - if you want something healthy produced organically, then you will pay at least 50% or even 100% more for it. Eggs from free-range chickens, fruits and vegetables that have not been treated with any harmful chemicals, or even clothes that have strict production standards and do not contain harmful substances.

However, it should be kept in mind that many such products are actually just labeled with a label sold by a company, but are not actually what we think we are paying for. Given that a very small percentage of products on the market are tested and that such tests are relatively expensive, it is an ideal situation for those who want to cheat by selling products that do not comply with the declaration.

Everyone forgets about the quality of the products, and this will also result in different prices. In my country, the price of domestic chicken raised on normal, healthy food is several times higher than the price of those chickens raised on various additives, including well-known antibiotics and so on. The same can be said about many other products. I think that those people who care about their health and the health of their children will see the difference in prices and will stop at the preference not for cheapness but for health benefits. Therefore, it is quite difficult to talk about prices for countries, since sometimes I see that the products my husband buys in my country pull the price of products from one of the most successful countries.

For the experience of what you said right now I don't have any disagreement with you but I know quite well that the price of things is different based on the country that you are living or dwelling because each price of things is being determined by the economy of that country if a economy of your country is good the price tag of things will be also good but the process whereby the economy of your country is not good that is every possibility that uh people living in that country with suffer with the cost of price in some of these commodities

OP, the prices you mentioned are still not that high as compare to other countries. In first world countries it's not easy to acquire 50 kg rice at such low rates. I guess Iran is one of the nations where food rates are quite cheap as compared to other nations and as pooya87 said that 1 KG chicken cost $1.3 and that's pretty cheap. In my area the rate of chicken meat is around $1.80 per KG and still that's cheap because in United States it's over $5 per KG of chicken meat if I'm not wrong.

These are the prices of some basic food items in my country:
Rice 50kg = $50-75 (depending on quality)
Onions 1kg = $0.5
Chicken 1kg =$2
Cooking oils 4kg = $9
Tomato 1kg = $0.5

But this also depends on the purchasing power of income which varies from one country to another, meaning that in countries with high salaries these prices are not high, but in countries with low salaries these prices are definitely considered expensive.

Most people here also start buying their basic needs before Christmas and New Year because prices double during these times due to the holidays.

The prices that OP posted especially for rice, are not that different from the prices here in our area, just slightly cheaper there. However the chicken and goat seem a bit pricey considering the local average income.

During holidays price increases are almost expected due to high demand but they’re typically regulated in well-known and major markets. From where I am, prices also fluctuate during festive periods but not as drastically because some measures are in place to regulate these spikes.

The economy has gotten really bad in my country and the cost of living isn't what it used to be. The price of food items have increased and people can't afford to even provide a three square meal for themselves and their family. What could be the solution this economic challenge? Because the situation doesn't seem to improve, the price of goods keep increasing on a daily basis and there's no hope of these goods decreasing in price. What's the hope for the poor and average people in the next ten years? Would the poor be able to survive and thrive in this situation.

Right. Prices of food in our country are increasing and every government of the country is not taking any step for the country because they want to rober the country by getting taxes from poor people. People people always pay more taxes than rich people because rich people always escape from tax system and government is dependent on rich people. Meat prices are very high in every country and every government should take action about that because in few years we saw huge pump in the the prices of meat. Rice prices are also very high and people will not forget to eat rice and that's why government increase taxes on that and farmers also hide tons of rice hide and government is not taking step amd prices are going high and high.

unfortunately those in charge of those agency responsible for checkmating and regulating of the prices of products and services are but a toothless barking dog. Toothless barking dog in the sense that they don't take necessary actions on these local business operators as it appears that money does exchange hands between some corrupt agents and the business owners who then have to without fear increase prices of goods and services beyond normal price. In recent times, reports to their quarters about these abnormal hikes has constantly fell on deaf ears.

The price of the listed items are true except for the fact that rice is above #69k naira approximately $41.88 in dollar.  I don't know where you get your price but I can tell you that rice is above #69k let me show you current price of rice in Nigeria.



These are different prices of rice ranging from different products which all are above $50 to $60 from Jiji.ng. Sometimes it baffles me how price keep on increasing without decreasing but salary of workers remain constant. For those salary earners.

Well it has been Like that for some years Now, things are always expensive during festive period because demands are always  higher than supply just like bitcoin higher Demand increases bitcoin growth.

Due to high inflation, the prices of food items available in our country have increased very high. At present, the prices of all food items in our country are increasing. An interesting thing is that in our country, the price of food products fluctuates every week, that is, if the price of food products increases in one week, the price of food products decreases slightly in another week.

At present in our country 1 US dollar = about 120 rupees. The price of each food item is mentioned here.

1 kg rice price $0.5
1 kg tomatoes price $0.84.
1 kg onion price $0.75.
1 kg chicken price $2.4
1 liter cooking oil price $1.5
1 kg beef price $6.25
1 kg goat meat price $8.33

Food prices have definitely gone up since we had the pandemic, and I can personally say that I pay at least 30% and over 100% more for food and household items than 4-5 years ago. Given that retail chains have their own brands, such products can be cheaper, but they are usually of lower quality than more well-known brands.

So I can buy 1 kg of rice for 1 EUR (a little more than $1), but the slightly better one costs at least twice as much. A kilogram of chicken that is supposedly raised without the use of antibiotics and in a natural way is over 3 EUR, while the "ordinary" one can be a little cheaper. A kilogram of trout is around 6 EUR, while a kilogram of carp is around 5 EUR, and the fish is traditionally prepared on Christmas Eve. Potatoes have become cheaper this year, a 10 kg bag costs 5 EUR (last year 7 EUR), while I am not sure about onions because I have my own and do not buy them.

For those who are interested in more, for price comparison, I put a link to two popular retail chains and their online leaflets.

1 & 2

It has been noticed that during festive periods such as  Christmas, Easter, sallah,etc the food prices are at their peak leaving the consumers no other choice than to purchase at such amount which is not meant to be so.I don't really know why its always this way but the government has to really look into this issue.
Moreover,even at normal periods when there is no celebration at hand the price of food in the market is alarming.This could render the consumer not to  have purchasing power over the goods in the market.Over the past 12 months, the average food inflation rate rose to 38.67%, a substantial increase of 11.58 percentage points compared to 27.09% in November 2023.This is not a welcome approach and the government should get all hands on deck quickly on this matter cause if the whole nation should go hungry there would be no one to support the labour force and that would bring about a bad economy.

Ukraine, Kiev
Rice, from  ~ $ 1.2 per kilogram
Onion, from ~ 0.30$ per kilogram
Chicken, from ~ 2$ per kilogram
Chicken fille, fromt ~ from 3 $ per kilogram
Veal, from ~ 4 $ per kilogram
Prices are per kilogram, to get the price per pound - you need to multiply the indicated price by 0.45.

These are the prices in chains, but there are agricultural markets and agricultural fairs, where they are even cheaper.

I still remember when I bought a bag of tomatoes rice for less than $40 when the value of the dollar to naira was higher then current dollars exchange value, the problem is that the government failed to face the real issue of inflation in the internal economy and lack of price control, their blame the high price of basic commodities on the dollar exchange rate but now the United States Dollar exchange rate to naira is stabilize and lower now but cost of basic commodities in the market keep raising, there is no consistency within the pricing system and what is sold for one part of the country could be leaser or higher in another state for example the Price of bag of Rice in my location is way above 100k which is somewhere around $55 equivalent compared to your current location and price.

This few food items you just listed has reminded me how the inflation has eating up the means of survival to some persons on my region, imagine how bad it is that only this item you mentioned cannot be bought with four months salary of most persons in the country, though it was more cheaper before now but is quite unfortunate that people are taking advantage of the high demand into increasing there prices, I believe this is not how some of the countries do during this Xmas period instead of helping they are trying to get more from buyers, however after this period the price will certainly drop to the price it was before, though it seems the rice is a bit low because from were I reside 50kg is 106k in price.

Prices in Washington DC

Rice in the $1-$1.25 pound range
Onion $2 per pound
Chicken $4-$-4.50 per pound

In the philppines the was also high although we have not expereince a hyper inflation yet, but I think the main reason for these prices were because it's  controlled by the syndicates.

For rice 50 kg its worth $55
pork meat 1 kl = $12
dressed chicken 1k = $4.8

these are the items I am only familiar off as I usually by these.

If we can add beer, well for 6 liters of beer (red horse) its $12.15.

I live in Indonesia, here are the price:

Rice 50kg = $46,55
Onions 1kg = $3
Chicken 1kg =$1,8
Cooking oils 4kg = $10
Full life goat = $217
One crate of malt = $9,93

Not surprising for me to see the price is similar with your country because we're live in third world countries. Inflation do hit in my country too, but the increment isn't that high, people can still afford to buy daily needs.

We have inflation in Iran so prices do go up but occasional price hike here depends on the goods. Certain food items that they call "basic" (like rice, cooking oil, meat, etc.) have government monitoring them and they prevent the price from going up by giving the producers certain concessions (eg. cutting taxes). But other goods will go up and down during certain times.

For example we don't celebrate Christmas here since our New Year is on the first day of spring called Noruz but we are now close to Chelleh Night (last day of Autumn) that is celebrated in 4 days from now. So goods like certain fruits, nuts and sometimes confectionery go up. For instance today I saw that price of Persimmon has nearly doubled and is reaching $2/kilo!

It is also hard to post price of other goods you listed because some of them have a very wide range of prices depending on the brand/quality. Like rice. Here there are Rice coming from India and Pakistan that are usually a lot cheaper (lower quality) that start from around $0.5 / kilo if I'm not mistaken and it goes all the way up to top quality locally produced rice in north of Iran that costs $3.7 / kilo. What I buy is in the middle roughly about $1 per kilo.

Tomato price skyrocketed recently out of nowhere and they reached $1.4 per kilo (it is usually $0.35 /kilo).
Tomato paste went up a little $0.88 a can
Onions are $0.4 per kilo.
Chicken is about $1.3 per kilo.
Red meat is about $10 a kilo.
Cooking oil vary a lot. I have to look up stuff like sesame, olive, etc. oil. The usual stuff we buy (I think it is sunflower and Canola oil) is about $0.70 per container that is 810 grams.

Overall price in usd ($1=1652 Naira) currently on bybit p2p
Rice 69,000 ~$42(50kg), Gino Tomatoes 10,000 ~$6.1, Onions one custard rubber 15,000 ~$9.1, Chicken 30,000 ~$18.2, Groundnut oil 4 littrs (25,000 ~$15.3)/Red oil (Palm oil) 15,000 ~$9.1, Crayfish one custard rubber 10,000 ~$6.1, Full life Goat 120,000 ~$73, One crate of malt 15,000 ~$9.1

To make it easier for everyone to understand since this isn’t a local board, I suggest you include the dollar equivalent for the price, as USD is the standard currency worldwide.

Definitely, as demand increases, prices rise. However, if your country has a government agency that monitors prices, businesses won’t be able to take advantage of the holiday season. The price will remain fair although increase is inevitable.

This topic is carried out after the sudden change of food items and I want to put this together to see those who their country is less cheaper. Like I know compared to the economic crisis within our country, food Items has hike in price which even making the low/average people not to afford at least 2 square meal per/day. I went in purchase of Rice and Other food stuff and what I saw in the market isn't that pleasing neither seems amused me at all, in fact, we are totally finished due to inflation rate and almost everything changes price every single days. Do you wait till 23 DEC evening before buying all these things? Below are the prices currently, although price might differs due to location and states within my country.

Rice 69,000 (50kg), Gino Tomatoes 10,000, Onions one custard rubber 15,000, Chicken 30,000, Groundnut oil 4 littrs (25,000)/Red oil (Palm oil) 15,000, Crayfish one custard rubber 10,000, Full life Goat 120,000, One crate of malt 15,000, ect most images aren't included.



Note: image gotten google

You could list some of the price maybe to know the area that are way cheaper, especially those in Nigeria if they are more affordable at your locations, while those abroad can as well list to compare the rate of things between the both countries.

Does it mean within or during Xmas period thing are far more expensive than the usual days? let us discuss..