Price level of household consumption (EU = 100)
Price level index for actual individual consumption, comparing the cost of the same basket of consumer goods and services between countries, with the EU average set to 100. A value above 100 means the country is more expensive than the EU average.
39 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Index, EU27 (from 2020) = 100. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 91 (EU = 100) |
| 2023 | 100 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 91 (EU = 100) |
| 2022 | 100 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 93 (EU = 100) |
| 2021 | 100 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 95 (EU = 100) |
| 2020 | 100 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 99 (EU = 100) |
| 2019 | 100 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 96 (EU = 100) |
| 2018 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 97 (EU = 100) |
| 2017 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 96 (EU = 100) |
| 2016 | 100 (EU = 100) | 107 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 96 (EU = 100) |
| 2015 | 100 (EU = 100) | 107 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 96 (EU = 100) |
| 2014 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 97 (EU = 100) |
| 2013 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 98 (EU = 100) |
| 2012 | 100 (EU = 100) | 105 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 99 (EU = 100) |
| 2011 | 100 (EU = 100) | 104 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 100 (EU = 100) |
| 2010 | 100 (EU = 100) | 105 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 101 (EU = 100) |
| 2009 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 113 (EU = 100) | 99 (EU = 100) |
| 2008 | 100 (EU = 100) | 105 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 97 (EU = 100) |
| 2007 | 100 (EU = 100) | 105 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 96 (EU = 100) |
| 2006 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 94 (EU = 100) |
| 2005 | 100 (EU = 100) | 106 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 93 (EU = 100) |
| 2004 | 100 (EU = 100) | 107 (EU = 100) | 113 (EU = 100) | 93 (EU = 100) |
| 2003 | 100 (EU = 100) | 109 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 92 (EU = 100) |
| 2002 | 100 (EU = 100) | 111 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 90 (EU = 100) |
| 2001 | 100 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 108 (EU = 100) | 90 (EU = 100) |
| 2000 | 100 (EU = 100) | 112 (EU = 100) | 110 (EU = 100) | 90 (EU = 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 39 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Switzerland (184 (EU = 100)) and the lowest Türkiye (47 (EU = 100)).
- Half of the countries are above 91 (EU = 100) and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 24 countries and fell in 12.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 100 (EU = 100).
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Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Switzerland 184 (EU = 100)
- 2 Iceland 173 (EU = 100)
- 3 Luxembourg 151 (EU = 100)
- 4 United States 149 (EU = 100)
- 5 Denmark 143 (EU = 100)
- 6 Ireland 141 (EU = 100)
- 7 Norway 134 (EU = 100)
- 8 United Kingdom 129 (EU = 100)
- 9 Finland 127 (EU = 100)
- 10 Sweden 123 (EU = 100)
- 11 Netherlands 121 (EU = 100)
- 12 Austria 120 (EU = 100)
- 13 Belgium 119 (EU = 100)
- 14 Germany 109 (EU = 100)
- 15 France 108 (EU = 100)
- 16 Italy 98 (EU = 100)
- 17 Estonia 97 (EU = 100)
- 18 Cyprus 95 (EU = 100)
- 19 Malta 93 (EU = 100)
- 20 Slovenia 91 (EU = 100)
- 21 Spain 91 (EU = 100)
- 22 Japan 89 (EU = 100)
- 23 Portugal 85 (EU = 100)
- 24 Greece 83 (EU = 100)
- 25 Slovakia 81 (EU = 100)
- 26 Czechia 80 (EU = 100)
- 27 Lithuania 78 (EU = 100)
- 28 Latvia 77 (EU = 100)
- 29 Croatia 73 (EU = 100)
- 30 Poland 70 (EU = 100)
- 31 Hungary 68 (EU = 100)
- 32 Albania 63 (EU = 100)
- 33 Serbia 61 (EU = 100)
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60 (EU = 100)
- 35 Montenegro 58 (EU = 100)
- 36 Romania 57 (EU = 100)
- 37 Bulgaria 57 (EU = 100)
- 38 North Macedonia 50 (EU = 100)
- 39 Türkiye 47 (EU = 100)
- European Union 100 (EU = 100)
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