

McDonald’s is a worldwide operating fast food restaurant chain with headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Big Mac, as the top-selling McDonald’s burger, is used for comparison because it is available in almost every country and manufactured in a standardized size, composition and quality.


As many countries have different currencies, the standardized Big Mac prices are calculated by converting the average national Big Mac prices with the latest exchange rate to U.S. The Bic Mac index has been published annually by The Economist since 1986 and is rated as a simplified indicator of a country’s individual purchasing power. dollars in January 2021, one of the lowest in Latin America. The average price for a Big Mac burger in Mexico was estimated at 2.68 U.S. The so-called Big Mac index is regarded as an indicator for the purchasing power of an economy.
