The Big Mac index is way off for Mexico. The last time I was in a McDonald's here, the prices for every menu item were about 20% higher than in the US, making McDonald's a place where only the wealthy go to eat.
Considering that the average wage here is probably 30% of that of the US, a couple bucks for a big mac is a hell of a lot of money.
But, Rolo's point is valid. I see very few Latin American conversions from trial. 29.95 a month is prohibitive to all but the upper classes here. I'm sure that that is the same for many, many other countries.
This McDonald's anamoly isn't rare, though. Here a refrigerator, television or other electronics can cost up to a month's wages for the average worker, and I'm not talking about the desperately poor. All electronics here are considerably more expensive than the US..makes zip sense to me, since most of the time when I look at the box, the item says, "Made in Mexico"..and it's a Sony or whatever.
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