Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat HICP 2023

Cheapest Countries for Healthcare

Out-of-pocket healthcare price levels, EU-27 = 100.

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#1 Cheapest healthcare
Hungary
Average index
86
Top–bottom spread
118
Countries ranked
31

Top 10 — Cheapest healthcare

Cheapest Countries for Healthcare (top 10)

1. 🇭🇺 Hungary502. 🇵🇱 Poland503. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria514. 🇷🇴 Romania525. 🇸🇰 Slovakia566. 🇱🇹 Lithuania587. 🇭🇷 Croatia608. 🇨🇿 Czechia609. 🇱🇻 Latvia6410. 🇬🇷 Greece67

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 Healthcare index
1 🇭🇺 Hungary 50
2 🇵🇱 Poland 50
3 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 51
4 🇷🇴 Romania 52
5 🇸🇰 Slovakia 56
6 🇱🇹 Lithuania 58
7 🇭🇷 Croatia 60
8 🇨🇿 Czechia 60
9 🇱🇻 Latvia 64
10 🇬🇷 Greece 67
11 🇨🇾 Cyprus 71
12 🇵🇹 Portugal 71
13 🇸🇮 Slovenia 71
14 🇪🇪 Estonia 75
15 🇮🇹 Italy 76
16 🇲🇹 Malta 81
17 🇪🇸 Spain 84
18 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 87
19 🇩🇪 Germany 92
20 🇸🇪 Sweden 95
21 🇫🇷 France 103
22 🇳🇴 Norway 105
23 🇳🇱 Netherlands 107
24 🇧🇪 Belgium 108
25 🇫🇮 Finland 109
26 🇮🇸 Iceland 110
27 🇦🇹 Austria 112
28 🇮🇪 Ireland 119
29 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 119
30 🇩🇰 Denmark 138
31 🇨🇭 Switzerland 168

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 Hungary (50) to Switzerland (168) is 118 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, Malta (81), 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 groceries →Cheapest transport →

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.