The Bread Collection

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This table contains prices of similar loaves of French/Italian bread that I have eaten in various places.

They are listed in increasing order of equivalent value in U.S. dollars.

 

The Price of Bread

In U.S. dollars

Capital City

367

guaranies

$0.10

Asuncion, Paraguay

100

West African Francs/CFA

$0.20

Bamako, Mali

1.8

dirham

$0.21

Rabat, Morocco

150,000

Lira

$0.23

Ankara, Turkey

500

Meticais

$0.23

Maputo, Mozambique

2000

Kip

$0.24

Vientiane, Laos

150

West African Franc/CFA

$0.30

Dakar, Senegal

5

Lempira

$0.30

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

300

Shillings

$0.30

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
450 Tugrik $0.30 Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia

3.5

Namibian dollars

$0.33

Windhoek, Namibia
12 Som $0.35 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

0.62

Fiji dollar

$0.37

Suva, Fiji

100

Ouguiya

$0.40

Nouakchott, Mauritania

43

Pacifique francs

$0.43

Pape'ete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

160

Colones

$0.50

San Jose, Costa Rica

6.43

Pesos

$0.50

Montevideo, Uruguay

4

French francs

$0.53

Marigot, French St. Martin

55

U.S. cents

$0.55

Panama City, Panama

1.5

Eastern Caribbean dollars

$0.56

Kingstown, St. Vincent

44

Shillings

$0.56

Nairobi, Kenya

0.60

Pesos

$0.60

Buenos Aires, Argentina
180 Dram $0.60 Yerevan, Armenia

60

U.S. cents

$0.60

Quito, Ecuador

110

Pesetas

$0.60

Andorra, Andorra
35 Dinar $0.63 Belgrade, Serbia

1.30

Reais

$0.65

Sao Paulo, Brazil

65

U.S. cents

$0.65

Havana, Cuba

5

French francs

$0.70

Paris, France (benchmark for French bread?)

2

Eastern Caribbean dollars

$0.74

Castries, St. Lucia
0.7 New Manat $0.82 Baku, Azerbaijan

1.19

U.S. dollars

$1.19

Denver, Colorado
190 Forint $1.20 Budapest, Hungary

1.95

New Zealand dollars

$1.20

Wellington, New Zealand

1.5

Euro

$1.35

Dublin, Ireland

2

Australian dollars

$1.50

Canberra, Australia

231

Yen

$2.12

Tokyo, Japan

Note that all above exchange rates and prices are time dependent. Also, the above breads are not identical in quality nor in quality of dining experience offered by bread merchant (supermarket vs. restaurant vs. street stand). Finally, the listed price for bread in Tahiti (French Polynesia) is definitely not indicative of the expensive costs of other goods in that location.

 

...and these pics are not french bread...

Naan in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Naan in Gilgit, Kashmir (Pakistan)

Tortilla Factory, Monterrey, Mexico

Bread in the Western Sahara

Naan in Kashgar, Xinjiang (Western China)

Naan merchant in Urumuqi, Western China