Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat HICP 2023

Cheapest Countries for Transport

Transport price levels — fuel, fares and vehicle costs, EU-27 = 100.

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#1 Cheapest transport
Bulgaria
Average index
101
Top–bottom spread
112
Countries ranked
31

Top 10 — Cheapest transport

Cheapest Countries for Transport (top 10)

1. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria562. 🇷🇴 Romania603. 🇵🇱 Poland644. 🇸🇰 Slovakia705. 🇭🇺 Hungary726. 🇱🇹 Lithuania747. 🇱🇻 Latvia768. 🇭🇷 Croatia789. 🇪🇪 Estonia8010. 🇲🇹 Malta80

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 Transport index
1 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 56
2 🇷🇴 Romania 60
3 🇵🇱 Poland 64
4 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70
5 🇭🇺 Hungary 72
6 🇱🇹 Lithuania 74
7 🇱🇻 Latvia 76
8 🇭🇷 Croatia 78
9 🇪🇪 Estonia 80
10 🇲🇹 Malta 80
11 🇨🇾 Cyprus 84
12 🇵🇹 Portugal 84
13 🇨🇿 Czechia 86
14 🇪🇸 Spain 86
15 🇬🇷 Greece 88
16 🇸🇮 Slovenia 90
17 🇮🇹 Italy 95
18 🇫🇷 France 102
19 🇩🇪 Germany 102
20 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 110
21 🇧🇪 Belgium 115
22 🇦🇹 Austria 117
23 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 117
24 🇳🇱 Netherlands 117
25 🇫🇮 Finland 118
26 🇸🇪 Sweden 125
27 🇮🇪 Ireland 130
28 🇩🇰 Denmark 153
29 🇮🇸 Iceland 156
30 🇳🇴 Norway 165
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 Bulgaria (56) to Switzerland (168) is 112 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, Slovenia (90), 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 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.