page_title: Big Mac Index
hierarchical_section_title: Big Mac Index
caption_attribution_description: English: Visualizing how many Big Mac -burgers you get for $50 USD in different countries. Data based on the Big Mac index by The Economist -magazine January 2012.
context_page_description: The Big Mac Index is published by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. It "seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible."
  The index, created in 1986, takes its name from the Big Mac, a hamburger sold at McDonald's restaurants.
context_section_description: 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. It "seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible."
  The index, created in 1986, takes its name from the Big Mac, a hamburger sold at McDonald's restaurants.
caption: How many burgers do you get for US$50? (Jan 2012)
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