Petare Basket Week 2 2019

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These are the prices of the eight products taken in Petare, Venezuela on the second week of 2019. By Ángel Alvarado. Prices in Venezuelan currency.
  • Cooking oil: 2000
  • Sugar (kilogram): 1500
  • Rice (kilogram): 1000
  • Meat: 4000
  • Coffee: 2800
  • White cheese: 4000
  • Flour: 1100
  • Thirty eggs: 5200
Total basket value: 21,700 (an increase of 24% compared to last week)
More than one month at the new minimum wage needed to buy basket
Location: Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela

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