What is a dollar worth in your country?
By Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36988)
May 9, 2016 9:28am CST
What is a dollar worth in your country?
Last month the minimum here on Mylot was a dollar but normally 10, what is a dollar worth in your country?
Here in the UK, a dollar is worth about 67 pence, £0.67 and you can’t buy much if it, maybe a candy bar, but that all. $10 would get you a meal at Macdonald’s with some change. It would also buy a gallon a gas/petrol, with a little change too.
Maybe there are more things you could buy with a dollar in the UK but I can’t think of any right now.
So is a dollar worth a lot in your country, what could you buy with it?
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26 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
9 May 16
A dollar here is not much but you can buy a few things with it such as a candy bar, soda, or some food. There are dollar stores where everything is a dollar all sorts of household items, etc.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
10 May 16
@TiarasOceanView I use the Dollar store a lot..when we are poor it is what we have to do..
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
Yeah I know Roz, nice to see you here :)
There is the dollar store and so on there.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
9 May 16
A dollar is worthless in the US lol!
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
9 May 16
@kevin1877uk True. And the 99 Cent Store.
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
9 May 16
A dollar is worth 17.37 pesos. With this money, I can eat for the whole day, living frugally; however, no other person can, just me. In my country, a person normally needs from three to five dollars to make his/her day.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
That good going 3 to 5 dollar per person, I guess that all depends on what you buying.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
@quantum2020 That's wonderful, yo would be hard pushed to do that here in the UK.
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
9 May 16
@kevin1877uk I´m supposing, a person buys food at a small restaurant, out of the house; however, with 5 dollars (75 pesos), a person can fix food for two people at home, expending wisely.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
@LadyDuck I think a litre is is about £0.79-89 so about $1.18-1.1.30
2 litres is around £1.40 so $2.10 you may find it cheaper if a store is doing a deal or price cut.
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
9 May 16
@kevin1877uk We have plenty of milk here in Switzerland, it's inexpensive.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 May 16
lol, a dollar, hehehehe. But I would like to note I CAN eat at McD for a buck. a dollar burger and a water.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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10 May 16
I don't really know if you can or can't at McD's. Here in the UK you can get a cheeseburger for about $1.50-1.70 here
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 May 16
@Rosekitty Auntie Nana!!!! -hugs- I always worry when you poof.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 May 16
Yes one candy bar.
3 1/2 gallons of gas.
Two meals at McDonald`s .
But a penny is a penny, a dollar is a dollar. Save them and soon you`ll have more money than you know what to do with :)
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
@marlina Yeah, wow, awesome, moving to Canada lol.
So what do yo mean by meal, burger and fries?
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
9 May 16
It's about 46 Philippine peso per dollar. Yes it can buy a pack of local candies. It's a lot for a kid.
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@Yh1001 (565)
• Singapore
10 May 16
@kevin1877uk yes! Heard food prices are sky high
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@srisahara (4508)
• Indonesia
9 May 16
In my country, a dollar can for buying a bowl of rice and a piece of fried chicken in small restaurant. Yes, with a dollar I can get delicious lunch...Do you think it is worth?
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 May 16
Since I'm in the US it's worth a dollar. However, what it will buy is another thing altogether. Even taking advantage of the dollar menus at fast food places you still have to pay over for the tax. You might get a candy bar. I think those are .75. It really doesn't go very far.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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10 May 16
@just4him I'm not sure about that.
Just looked it up the UK inflation is at 0.50%
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May 16
@kevin1877uk Inflation is high everywhere.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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9 May 16
As of 10 May 2016 (12:30 am), the exchange rate is 1 USD = 47.32 Philippine Peso
It could buy a meal (1 rice, 1 veggie, and 1 meat)
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
@miniam Mac and fries is about $7.50, minimum wage is $10.80 per hour
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
Wow, that's a lot of candy, just about one here. Thank you for the photo, never seen one before.
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@Dishari (687)
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9 May 16
@kevin1877uk You are welcome. That's a note of 50 rupees.
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@Sweetsona (300)
• India
9 May 16
In india, you can have a burger with a dollar and a cold drink too
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
10 May 16
@kevin1877uk I'm in the UK same as you - we can check exchange rates on free currency converters online - the current rate is $1 = £00.69 GBP
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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10 May 16
Yeah I know and use them a lot when converting currency.
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@metastasis69 (29)
• Philippines
10 May 16
I can buy a bottle of my favorite gin(Ginebra San Miguel) here in our country the Philippines. A small bottle is good enough to make me sleep and find myself an hour of relief from the stress of hard work and family problem. I'll try to make two dollars before withdrawing to pay for PayPal fees. Lol.
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@pufitzamison (626)
• Romania
9 May 16
in my coutry with a dollar you can buy three breads, or eight egs, or a chocolate, 2 kg of potato....
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 May 16
Maybe a stamp in the UK, I think the price went up in April so not sure of the cost of a stamp.
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
10 May 16
A dollar is equivalent to P47.00 (47 pesos) and we can buy one kilo of rice, or 5 apples, or one liter of gasoline with a little change.
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