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Here’s What You Could Get For Around 50,000LL In Lebanon
With the exchange rate changing every other week, it’s been hard to keep up with the prices of daily goods and products. And honestly, some of us are still stuck on ayem el 1500. To put things into perspective, we thought we’d curate a list of things you could get for 50,000LL now that the lira is no longer b alf kher.
Note that some of these prices may vary depending on the source, but you get the idea.
In 2022, a meager 50,000LL (which is a little over a dollar at the current rate) can buy you:
– A Milka Chocolate Oreo bar 100g (and change)
Current price: 44,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: around 25 Milka Bars, 1,500LL/piece
– A chocolate muffin from McDonald’s
Current price: 50,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: 5 Big Macs, 9,500/piece
– 5 bottles of water from your local supermarket
Current price: 10,000/bottle
What it could have bought you in 2018: 10 regular sized water bottles, 1,000/bottle or 50 bottles for 50,000LL
– 2 Fitness cereal bars (barely)
Current price: 26,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: a lot more Fitness cereal bars
– 1.25L Pepsi bottle
Current price: 45,000LL/bottle
What it could have bought you in 2018: 33 1.25L Pepsi bottles, 1500LL/bottle
– 3 Trident chewing gum (and change)
Current price: 15,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: 90 Trident chewing gum, 500LL/piece
– Around 1.5L of fuel for your car (lol)
Current price: over 700,000LL for 20 Liters
What it could have bought you in 2018: 560+ Liters worth of fuel
– A Zaatar manouche from Wooden Bakery
Current price: 47,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: 26 Zaatar manouche, 1750LL/piece
– Masters caramelized onion-flavored chips 200g
Current price: 50,000LL/piece
What it could have bought you in 2018: we don’t think this flavor existed lol
We also have a Beirut.com Inflation Index, in case you want more clarification as to how bad the situation really is (if that wasn’t clear enough already).
