economic2022

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

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

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Key Insights

Global Average
$1.3
Median: $1.1
Countries Covered
171
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)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low ($0.5)High ($4.9)

Regional Comparison

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

Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
Other (91)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

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).

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

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

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Data Source

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

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