Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Cheapest Countries for Rent & Housing

Ranked by housing price level — usually the largest single share of a household budget.

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#1 Cheapest rent
Bulgaria (+38.1)
Average index
104
Top–bottom spread
176
Countries ranked
30

The verdict

According to Eurostat, Bulgaria has the lowest rent index at +38.1 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Croatia at 44; the Top 5 cutoff is 55, with a 176-point spread to Switzerland.

+38.1
#1 Bulgaria
44
#2 Croatia
55
Top 5 cutoff
176
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 rent Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cheapest rent 1. Bulgaria +38.1 2. Croatia 44 3. Poland +49.2 4. Romania 52 5. Latvia 55 Bar to make this Top 5 = 55 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of 30countries below.

Top 10 - Cheapest rent

Cheapest Countries for Rent & Housing (top 10)

1. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria382. 🇭🇷 Croatia443. 🇵🇱 Poland494. 🇷🇴 Romania525. 🇱🇻 Latvia556. 🇱🇹 Lithuania607. 🇭🇺 Hungary618. 🇬🇷 Greece719. 🇸🇮 Slovenia7810. 🇲🇹 Malta80

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 rent index relative to the highest value in the table (214); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Rent index
1 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
+38.1
2 🇭🇷 Croatia
44
3 🇵🇱 Poland
+49.2
4 🇷🇴 Romania
52
5 🇱🇻 Latvia
55
6 🇱🇹 Lithuania
60
7 🇭🇺 Hungary
61
8 🇬🇷 Greece
71
9 🇸🇮 Slovenia
78
10 🇲🇹 Malta
80
11 🇵🇹 Portugal
80
12 🇸🇰 Slovakia
81
13 🇨🇾 Cyprus
92
14 🇮🇹 Italy
93
15 🇪🇸 Spain
97
16 🇪🇪 Estonia
97
17 🇳🇴 Norway
100
18 🇨🇿 Czechia
103
19 🇸🇪 Sweden
112
20 🇩🇪 Germany
113
21 🇦🇹 Austria
113
22 🇫🇷 France
123
23 🇫🇮 Finland
129
24 🇳🇱 Netherlands
130
25 🇧🇪 Belgium
131
26 🇮🇸 Iceland
164
27 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
178
28 🇩🇰 Denmark
186
29 🇮🇪 Ireland
187
30 🇨🇭 Switzerland
214

Wide cheapest rent gap: Bulgaria → Switzerland

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from Bulgaria (+38.1) to Switzerland (214) is 176 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 rent 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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