Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Cheapest Countries to Live In

European countries ranked by overall consumer price level — the lowest cost of living first.

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#1 Cheapest overall
Bulgaria (57)
Average index
105
Top–bottom spread
127
Countries ranked
31

The verdict

According to Eurostat, Bulgaria has the lowest cost index at 57 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Romania at 57; the Top 5 cutoff is 73, with a 127-point spread to Switzerland.

57
#1 Bulgaria
57
#2 Romania
73
Top 5 cutoff
127
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 overall Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cheapest overall 1. Bulgaria 57 2. Romania 57 3. Hungary 68 4. Poland 70 5. Croatia 73 Bar to make this Top 5 = 73 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of 31countries below.

Top 10 - Cheapest overall

Cheapest Countries to Live In (top 10)

1. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria572. 🇷🇴 Romania573. 🇭🇺 Hungary684. 🇵🇱 Poland705. 🇭🇷 Croatia736. 🇱🇻 Latvia777. 🇱🇹 Lithuania788. 🇨🇿 Czechia809. 🇸🇰 Slovakia8110. 🇬🇷 Greece83

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 31 countries

What this shows: each bar's length is this country's cost index relative to the highest value in the table (184); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Cost index
1 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
57
2 🇷🇴 Romania
57
3 🇭🇺 Hungary
68
4 🇵🇱 Poland
70
5 🇭🇷 Croatia
73
6 🇱🇻 Latvia
77
7 🇱🇹 Lithuania
78
8 🇨🇿 Czechia
80
9 🇸🇰 Slovakia
81
10 🇬🇷 Greece
83
11 🇵🇹 Portugal
85
12 🇪🇸 Spain
91
13 🇸🇮 Slovenia
91
14 🇲🇹 Malta
93
15 🇨🇾 Cyprus
95
16 🇪🇪 Estonia
97
17 🇮🇹 Italy
98
18 🇫🇷 France
108
19 🇩🇪 Germany
109
20 🇧🇪 Belgium
119
21 🇦🇹 Austria
120
22 🇳🇱 Netherlands
121
23 🇸🇪 Sweden
123
24 🇫🇮 Finland
127
25 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
129
26 🇳🇴 Norway
134
27 🇮🇪 Ireland
141
28 🇩🇰 Denmark
143
29 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
151
30 🇮🇸 Iceland
173
31 🇨🇭 Switzerland
184

Wide cheapest overall gap: Bulgaria → Switzerland

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from Bulgaria (57) to Switzerland (184) is 127 index points - a wide everyday-cost gap. Cross-check affordability on best-value .

Mid-table Estonia (97) 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

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What to do with this ranking

Bulgaria and Switzerland anchor the two ends of this cheapest overall 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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