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Average retail price of 1 kg of bread (white), largest city (US$)

Name: Average retail price of 1 kg of bread (white), largest city (US$)
Creator: World Bank (World Development Indicators / International Comparison Program)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, cost of living, food prices, inflation, bread, urban prices, ICP, WDI

Average retail price of 1 kg of white bread in each country’s largest city, in current US dollars (latest available year, 2019–2024).

Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators / International Comparison Program)•172 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

$1.3

Median: $1.1

Countries Covered

172

with available data

Highest

Iceland

$4.9

Lowest

Pakistan

$0.5

Top 5 Countries

1Iceland$4.9

2Norway$3.6

3Denmark$3.5

4Switzerland$3.4

5Cayman Islands$3.3

By Region

Oceania$2.8(2 countries)

North America$2.1(4 countries)

Europe$2.0(32 countries)

South America$1.4(7 countries)

Asia$1.2(26 countries)

Key Findings

•Bread prices vary widely across countries even for a basic staple, reflecting differences in wages, rents, energy costs, and import dependence.
•Exchange-rate movements can change the US$ price sharply without the local-currency price changing much.
•Small island states and high-income economies often show higher US$ prices due to transport and retail cost structures.
•In many low-income countries, US$ prices can still be relatively high where wheat is imported and logistics are costly.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low ($0.4)High ($8.5)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: $1.3)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

Other (92)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic reports the average retail price of 1 kilogram of white bread in the largest city of each country, expressed in current US dollars. It’s a simple, widely understood “cost-of-living” item that often tracks broader food-price pressures, import dependence (wheat and fuel), currency movements, and local competition/market structure.

The data come from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP) price surveys (as disseminated in the World Development Indicators). Prices are collected for a tightly specified item (white bread, per kilogram) in the country’s largest city, then published in local currency and converted to US dollars using market exchange rates for the reference period. Because this is a single-item, largest-city measure, it is best interpreted as an urban retail benchmark rather than a national average food affordability measure.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Iceland	$4.9
2	Norway	$3.6
3	Denmark	$3.5
4	Switzerland	$3.4
5	Cayman Islands	$3.3
6	Luxembourg	$3.2
7	Sweden	$3.1
8	Bahamas	$3.1
9	Country 532	$3.0
10	Barbados	$3.0
11	Trinidad and Tobago	$2.9
12	France	$2.9
13	New Zealand	$2.9
14	Finland	$2.8
15	Australia	$2.8
16	South Korea	$2.7
17	Singapore	$2.7
18	Belgium	$2.7
19	Canada	$2.6
20	United States of America	$2.6
21	Germany	$2.5
22	Netherlands	$2.5
23	Italy	$2.4
24	Japan	$2.3
25	Ireland	$2.2
26	Austria	$2.2
27	Angola	$2.1
28	Costa Rica	$2.0
29	Suriname	$2.0
30	Cyprus	$1.9
31	Israel	$1.9
32	Chile	$1.9
33	Guatemala	$1.9
34	Botswana	$1.9
35	United Kingdom	$1.8
36	Argentina	$1.8
37	Taiwan, Province of China	$1.8
38	Gabon	$1.7
39	El Salvador	$1.7
40	Malta	$1.7
41	Panama	$1.7
42	Republic of the Congo	$1.6
43	Greece	$1.6
44	Guyana	$1.6
45	New Caledonia	$1.6
46	Dominican Republic	$1.6
47	Jamaica	$1.6
48	Portugal	$1.6
49	Spain	$1.6
50	Uruguay	$1.6
51	Belize	$1.6
52	Cameroon	$1.5
53	Armenia	$1.5
54	Mexico	$1.4
55	Solomon Islands	$1.4
56	Croatia	$1.4
57	Haiti	$1.4
58	Cote d'Ivoire	$1.4
59	Mauritius	$1.4
60	Brunei Darussalam	$1.4
61	Cape Verde	$1.3
62	People's Republic of China	$1.3
63	Maldives	$1.3
64	Peru	$1.3
65	United Arab Emirates	$1.3
66	Andorra	$1.3
67	Estonia	$1.2
68	Honduras	$1.2
69	Lebanon	$1.2
70	Puerto Rico	$1.2
71	South Africa	$1.2
72	Brazil	$1.2
73	Benin	$1.2
74	Republic of The Gambia	$1.2
75	Liberia	$1.2
76	Albania	$1.2
77	Bulgaria	$1.1
78	Colombia	$1.1
79	Ecuador	$1.1
80	Fiji	$1.1
81	Hungary	$1.1
82	Lesotho	$1.1
83	Lithuania	$1.1
84	Malaysia	$1.1
85	Montenegro	$1.1
86	Namibia	$1.1
87	Nicaragua	$1.1
88	Poland	$1.1
89	Thailand	$1.1
90	Türkiye	$1.1
91	Samoa	$1.1
92	Bahrain	$1.1
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$1.1
94	Cambodia	$1.1
95	Chad	$1.1
96	Czech Republic	$1.1
97	Ghana	$1.1
98	Indonesia	$1.1
99	Latvia	$1.1
100	Philippines	$1.1
101	Qatar	$1.1
102	Slovenia	$1.1
103	Afghanistan	$1.1
104	Kuwait	$1.0
105	Slovakia	$1.0
106	Sri Lanka	$1.0
107	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$1.0
108	Cuba	$1.0
109	Georgia	$1.0
110	Iraq	$1.0
111	Mali	$1.0
112	Mauritania	$1.0
113	Nigeria	$1.0
114	Papua New Guinea	$1.0
115	Romania	$1.0
116	Senegal	$1.0
117	Somalia	$1.0
118	Togo	$1.0
119	Burundi	$0.9
120	Faroe Islands	$0.9
121	Oman	$0.9
122	South Sudan	$0.9
123	Eritrea	$0.9
124	Kenya	$0.9
125	Mongolia	$0.9
126	Niger	$0.9
127	Paraguay	$0.9
128	Russian Federation	$0.9
129	Saudi Arabia	$0.9
130	Vietnam	$0.9
131	Eswatini	$0.9
132	Algeria	$0.9
133	Belarus	$0.8
134	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	$0.8
135	Djibouti	$0.8
136	Islamic Republic of Iran	$0.8
137	Madagascar	$0.8
138	Serbia	$0.8
139	Uganda	$0.8
140	Myanmar	$0.8
141	Jordan	$0.8
142	Sierra Leone	$0.8
143	Sudan	$0.8
144	Ukraine	$0.8
145	Zambia	$0.8
146	Central African Republic	$0.7
147	Guinea	$0.7
148	Lao People's Democratic Republic	$0.7
149	Malawi	$0.7
150	Moldova, Republic of	$0.7
151	Rwanda	$0.7
152	Zimbabwe	$0.7
153	The Republic of North Macedonia	$0.7
154	India	$0.7
155	Kazakhstan	$0.7
156	Syrian Arab Republic	$0.7
157	Tunisia	$0.7
158	United Republic of Tanzania	$0.7
159	Yemen	$0.7
160	Bolivia	$0.7
161	Egypt	$0.6
162	Kyrgyzstan	$0.6
163	Libya	$0.6
164	Morocco	$0.6
165	Nepal	$0.6
166	Turkmenistan	$0.6
167	Venezuela	$0.6
168	Bangladesh	$0.6
169	Tajikistan	$0.5
170	Uzbekistan	$0.5
171	Ethiopia	$0.5
172	Pakistan	$0.5

Showing 172 of 172 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #cost of living #food prices #inflation #bread #urban prices #ICP #WDI

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank (World Development Indicators / International Comparison Program) (2022).

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