Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Cheapest Countries for Eating Out

Restaurant and hotel price levels, EU-27 = 100.

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#1 Cheapest dining
Bulgaria (53)
Average index
105
Top–bottom spread
118
Countries ranked
30

The verdict

According to Eurostat, Bulgaria has the lowest restaurant index at 53 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Romania at 69; the Top 5 cutoff is 76, with a 118-point spread to Switzerland.

53
#1 Bulgaria
69
#2 Romania
76
Top 5 cutoff
118
Top–bottom spread

Every figure is rendered live from the same Eurostat 2024 ranking query as the table below, no AI summaries, no synthetic statistics.

Top 5 - Cheapest dining Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cheapest dining 1. Bulgaria 53 2. Romania 69 3. Hungary 72 4. Czechia 74 5. Portugal 76 Bar to make this Top 5 = 76 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of 30countries below.

Top 10 - Cheapest dining

Cheapest Countries for Eating Out (top 10)

1. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria532. 🇷🇴 Romania693. 🇭🇺 Hungary724. 🇨🇿 Czechia745. 🇵🇹 Portugal766. 🇪🇸 Spain847. 🇱🇹 Lithuania868. 🇬🇷 Greece869. 🇲🇹 Malta8910. 🇨🇾 Cyprus89

Each value is the price level relative to the EU-27 average of 100. Below 100 is cheaper than the EU norm.

Full ranking, all 30 countries

What this shows: each bar's length is this country's restaurant index relative to the highest value in the table (171); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Restaurant index
1 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
53
2 🇷🇴 Romania
69
3 🇭🇺 Hungary
72
4 🇨🇿 Czechia
74
5 🇵🇹 Portugal
76
6 🇪🇸 Spain
84
7 🇱🇹 Lithuania
86
8 🇬🇷 Greece
86
9 🇲🇹 Malta
89
10 🇨🇾 Cyprus
89
11 🇸🇮 Slovenia
90
12 🇱🇻 Latvia
91
13 🇸🇰 Slovakia
91
14 🇵🇱 Poland
92
15 🇭🇷 Croatia
95
16 🇪🇪 Estonia
98
17 🇮🇹 Italy
107
18 🇦🇹 Austria
110
19 🇫🇷 France
110
20 🇩🇪 Germany
112
21 🇸🇪 Sweden
117
22 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
124
23 🇧🇪 Belgium
124
24 🇳🇱 Netherlands
125
25 🇫🇮 Finland
127
26 🇮🇪 Ireland
129
27 🇳🇴 Norway
140
28 🇩🇰 Denmark
148
29 🇮🇸 Iceland
167
30 🇨🇭 Switzerland
171

Wide cheapest dining gap: Bulgaria → Switzerland

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from Bulgaria (53) to Switzerland (171) is 118 index points - a wide everyday-cost gap. Cross-check affordability on best-value .

Mid-table Estonia (98) is far from both poles, the favourable end is a different cost world from the tail. Open any country profile for the full per-category breakdown.

Affordability companions

Best value →Most expensive →

What to do with this ranking

Bulgaria and Switzerland anchor the two ends of this cheapest dining table -- open either profile for the full per-category breakdown, or compare them side by side.

Rankings reflect national averages, not a personal budget -- a country's largest cities typically run above its national figure.

Source: Eurostat, comparative price levels (prc_ppp_ind) and median equivalised net income Price-level indices, EU-27 = 100, 2024.

Sources: Eurostat comparative price levels (prc_ppp_ind) · Eurostat median equivalised net income (ilc_di03) · 2024. Methodology

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