The geographic spread dossier · PW-IDX-EGGS
What eggs costs, country by country.
The same 12 eggs priced across 20 countries, normalized to USD and shown as a share of the local minimum wage. This dossier leads with the geographic spread — what you pay where it is cheapest versus priciest. Every figure is a dated reading from 2026-03-01, not a live quote.
- Subject
- Eggs Index · 12 eggs
- The spread
- What the same item costs where it is cheapest vs. priciest, and the multiple between them.
- Affordability
- The USD price as a share of the local monthly minimum wage.
- Normalization
- Local prices converted to USD at a dated FX rate (2026-03-01).
- Tier
- Source-backed (read at the source, dated), not a live feed.
Figures are recorded readings from Numbeo (Community Sourced), normalized to USD at a dated FX rate and dated 2026-03-01 — not a live feed, not monitored, not promised-current. Prices move with currencies and local markets; treat this as a dated snapshot, not financial advice.
The three figures that frame it
Where it is cheapest, the middle of the pack, and where it is priciest — the two ends of the spread plus the median.
- Cheapest on file $0.89 🇮🇳 India Best price
- Median $2.76 🇦🇷 Argentina Middle of 20
- Priciest on file $7.72 🇨🇭 Switzerland High end of the gap
- Most affordable 0.14% of min wage 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Smallest share of a wage
- Countries on file 20 all with a reading Coverage
- Least affordable 3.75% of min wage 🇳🇬 Nigeria Largest share of a wage
Section · The country ledger
Every country on file, read the same way
Each country is entered with its local price, the USD-normalized reading, the time to afford it at the local median income, and its share of the local minimum wage. The cheapest row is shaded; the priciest is marked. Click a column to re-sort.
| Rank | Country | Local price | USD | Time to afford | % of min wage | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India · cheapest | INR 83.00 | $0.89 | 54 min of work | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Egypt | EGP 68.76 | $1.31 | 92 min of work | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 3 | Indonesia | IDR 25,665 | $1.52 | 89 min of work | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 4 | Nigeria | NGN 2,637 | $1.91 | 4.8 hrs of work | 3.75% | 3.75% |
| 5 | Philippines | PHP 119 | $1.98 | 105 min of work | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 6 | Japan | JPY 319 | $2.01 | 8 min of work | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | Turkey | TRY 93.00 | $2.10 | 34 min of work | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | Thailand | THB 68.88 | $2.10 | 63 min of work | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 9 | Brazil | BRL 11.44 | $2.19 | 46 min of work | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 10 | Mexico | MXN 44.24 | $2.49 | 58 min of work | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 11 | Argentina | ARS 3,802 | $2.76 | 73 min of work | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 12 | South Korea | KRW 4,197 | $2.79 | 12 min of work | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 13 | Singapore | SGD 4.47 | $3.49 | 9 min of work | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 14 | Canada | CAD 4.85 | $3.51 | 10 min of work | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 15 | Poland | PLN 13.06 | $3.53 | 31 min of work | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 16 | Germany | EUR 3.33 | $3.85 | 12 min of work | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 17 | United Kingdom | GBP 2.98 | $3.98 | 13 min of work | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 18 | United States | USD 4.38 | $4.38 | 10 min of work | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 19 | Australia | AUD 6.99 | $4.86 | 14 min of work | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 20 | Switzerland · priciest | CHF 6.11 | $7.72 | 15 min of work | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Local prices are converted to USD at the recorded FX rate (2026-03-01). Time to afford is the price ÷ the local hourly median income (8-hour day, 22 days/month), from ILOSTAT. Affordability % is the USD price ÷ the local monthly minimum wage. A country with no reading on file is listed but not ranked.
Section · How this file is built
Method & provenance
One recorded reading
Figures come from Numbeo (Community Sourced), read for this index and dated 2026-03-01. It is a point-in-time reading held as a dated reference, not a live feed.
Normalized to USD
Local prices are converted to USD at a dated FX rate (2026-03-01) so countries are comparable. Currency moves after that date are not reflected.
Affordability, not just price
The same USD price is a different burden depending on local wages. The share-of-minimum-wage column and time-to-afford put each price next to what people there actually earn.
Not advice
Prices move with currencies and local markets. Treat this as a dated snapshot for comparison, not financial advice or a guide to arbitrage across borders.
Prices and the as-read date are real values from the PriceWorld indexes dataset, read 2026-03-01 from Numbeo (Community Sourced). Nothing here is presented as live, monitored, or promised-current. Confirm the current figure with the source before relying on it.