The Top 5 Countries With the Most Expensive Big Mac Hamburgers 2011
| Country | Cost of Big Mac (U.S. dollars converted) |
Cost of Big Mac (in local currency) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Norway | $8.31 | Norwegian Kroner 45 |
2 |
Switzerland | $8..06 | Swiss Franc 6.50 |
3 |
Sweden | $7.64 | Swedish Krona 48.4 |
4 |
Brazil | $6.16 | Brazilian Real 9.50 |
5 |
Denmark | $5.48 | Danish krone 28.5 |
Sources: The Economist's Big Mac index.
List Notes: Prices are in US dollars at exchange rates for July 25th, 2011. The Big Mac Index is published by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries.
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