Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat HICP 2023

Cheapest Countries for Groceries

Food and non-alcoholic beverage price levels, EU-27 = 100.

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#1 Cheapest groceries
Bulgaria
Average index
106
Top–bottom spread
97
Countries ranked
31

Top 10 — Cheapest groceries

Cheapest Countries for Groceries (top 10)

1. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria702. 🇵🇱 Poland743. 🇷🇴 Romania754. 🇭🇺 Hungary825. 🇸🇰 Slovakia866. 🇱🇻 Latvia897. 🇱🇹 Lithuania908. 🇭🇷 Croatia929. 🇨🇿 Czechia9210. 🇬🇷 Greece95

Each value is the price level relative to the EU-27 average of 100. Below 100 is cheaper than the EU norm — lower is better for residents.

Full ranking — all 31 countries

Rank Country Groceries index
1 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 70
2 🇵🇱 Poland 74
3 🇷🇴 Romania 75
4 🇭🇺 Hungary 82
5 🇸🇰 Slovakia 86
6 🇱🇻 Latvia 89
7 🇱🇹 Lithuania 90
8 🇭🇷 Croatia 92
9 🇨🇿 Czechia 92
10 🇬🇷 Greece 95
11 🇸🇮 Slovenia 96
12 🇵🇹 Portugal 97
13 🇨🇾 Cyprus 99
14 🇪🇪 Estonia 99
15 🇪🇸 Spain 99
16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 102
17 🇲🇹 Malta 105
18 🇮🇹 Italy 108
19 🇧🇪 Belgium 109
20 🇳🇱 Netherlands 109
21 🇫🇷 France 117
22 🇩🇪 Germany 117
23 🇮🇪 Ireland 118
24 🇸🇪 Sweden 118
25 🇦🇹 Austria 119
26 🇫🇮 Finland 125
27 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 125
28 🇩🇰 Denmark 134
29 🇳🇴 Norway 138
30 🇮🇸 Iceland 154
31 🇨🇭 Switzerland 167

How to read this ranking

Each figure is a comparative price level: what a standardised basket of goods and services costs locally, with the EU-27 average normalised to 100. Because it is purchasing-power-comparable, it strips out exchange-rate distortion and lets you compare countries directly. The spread from Bulgaria (70) to Switzerland (167) is 97 index points — a large real difference in everyday costs. For affordability, weigh this against the best-value ranking, which combines income and cost.

The mid-table country, United Kingdom (102), is a useful reference: countries above it are cheaper than typical, those below pricier. A country can rank well on one category and poorly on another — cheap groceries do not guarantee cheap rent. Open any country profile for the full per-category breakdown.

Other rankings

Cheapest overall →Most expensive →Best value →Cheapest rent →Cheapest transport →Cheapest healthcare →

Source: Eurostat — comparative price levels (HICP) and median equivalised net income Eurostat — comparative price levels (HICP) and median equivalised net income Price-level indices, EU-27 = 100, 2023.

Read our methodology — how these indices are sourced and computed.