{"slug":"highest-eu-price-levels","question":"Which EU countries have the highest consumer prices?","code":"EUROSTAT","category":"Economy & living","unit":"index, EU27 = 100","decimals":1,"direction":"desc","kind":"prices","title":"Which EU countries have the highest consumer prices? (2026 Ranking)","year":2024,"rows":[{"slug":"denmark","name":"Denmark","iso3":"DNK","value":140.7,"rawValue":140.7,"rank":1},{"slug":"ireland","name":"Ireland","iso3":"IRL","value":136.8,"rawValue":136.8,"rank":2},{"slug":"luxembourg","name":"Luxembourg","iso3":"LUX","value":131.1,"rawValue":131.1,"rank":3},{"slug":"finland","name":"Finland","iso3":"FIN","value":122.2,"rawValue":122.2,"rank":4},{"slug":"belgium","name":"Belgium","iso3":"BEL","value":116.7,"rawValue":116.7,"rank":5},{"slug":"sweden","name":"Sweden","iso3":"SWE","value":116.4,"rawValue":116.4,"rank":6},{"slug":"netherlands","name":"Netherlands","iso3":"NLD","value":115.1,"rawValue":115.1,"rank":7},{"slug":"austria","name":"Austria","iso3":"AUT","value":111.7,"rawValue":111.7,"rank":8},{"slug":"france","name":"France","iso3":"FRA","value":111.2,"rawValue":111.2,"rank":9},{"slug":"germany","name":"Germany","iso3":"DEU","value":108.8,"rawValue":108.8,"rank":10},{"slug":"estonia","name":"Estonia","iso3":"EST","value":100.2,"rawValue":100.2,"rank":11},{"slug":"italy","name":"Italy","iso3":"ITA","value":97,"rawValue":97,"rank":12},{"slug":"cyprus","name":"Cyprus","iso3":"CYP","value":91.6,"rawValue":91.6,"rank":13},{"slug":"spain","name":"Spain","iso3":"ESP","value":91.3,"rawValue":91.3,"rank":14},{"slug":"malta","name":"Malta","iso3":"MLT","value":90.6,"rawValue":90.6,"rank":15},{"slug":"slovenia","name":"Slovenia","iso3":"SVN","value":89.5,"rawValue":89.5,"rank":16},{"slug":"czechia","name":"Czechia","iso3":"CZE","value":88.5,"rawValue":88.5,"rank":17},{"slug":"portugal","name":"Portugal","iso3":"PRT","value":86.7,"rawValue":86.7,"rank":18},{"slug":"greece","name":"Greece","iso3":"GRC","value":86.5,"rawValue":86.5,"rank":19},{"slug":"slovakia","name":"Slovakia","iso3":"SVK","value":84.6,"rawValue":84.6,"rank":20},{"slug":"latvia","name":"Latvia","iso3":"LVA","value":82.7,"rawValue":82.7,"rank":21},{"slug":"lithuania","name":"Lithuania","iso3":"LTU","value":81.6,"rawValue":81.6,"rank":22},{"slug":"croatia","name":"Croatia","iso3":"HRV","value":76.6,"rawValue":76.6,"rank":23},{"slug":"hungary","name":"Hungary","iso3":"HUN","value":74.3,"rawValue":74.3,"rank":24},{"slug":"poland","name":"Poland","iso3":"POL","value":72.3,"rawValue":72.3,"rank":25},{"slug":"romania","name":"Romania","iso3":"ROU","value":64.1,"rawValue":64.1,"rank":26},{"slug":"bulgaria","name":"Bulgaria","iso3":"BGR","value":60.5,"rawValue":60.5,"rank":27}],"coverage":{"countries":27,"universe":27,"populationPercent":100,"denominator":"population of the 27 EU member states; all 27 have observations"},"methodology":"EU member states only. Household final consumption expenditure, COICOP18 category E011; price level index PLI_EU27_2020, EU27 = 100. A common 2024 observation year is used for all countries. Values are price-level comparisons, not inflation rates or a relocation budget.","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tec00120?lang=en&time=2024","sourceName":"Eurostat — prc_ppp_ind_1 / tec00120","sourceNote":"Household final consumption expenditure price level index (EU27_2020=100).","sourceOrganization":"Eurostat / European Comparison Programme","license":"Eurostat reuse with attribution","licenseUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice","snapshot":"data/rankings/eurostat-price-levels/2026-10-18.json","retrievedAt":"2026-10-18","explanation":"The highest covered price level is 2.33 times the lowest. An index of 100 is the EU-wide reference, not the unweighted average of the country rows. Price levels cover a representative consumption basket; a visitor's rent, travel and spending mix can differ substantially.","firstParagraph":"Denmark (140.7 index, EU27 = 100), Ireland (136.8 index, EU27 = 100), and Luxembourg (131.1 index, EU27 = 100) lead this 2024 comparison among countries with existing GooferPlaces guides.","description":"Denmark leads this sourced 2024 comparison. See the full country table, coverage, methods and charts in the 2026 ranking.","shareImage":"/rankings-assets/highest-eu-price-levels.png","verticalImage":"/rankings-assets/highest-eu-price-levels-vertical.png"}