Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Cheapest Countries for Utilities

Electricity, gas, water and heating price levels, EU-27 = 100.

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#1 Cheapest utilities
Hungary (+37.9)
Average index
88
Top–bottom spread
89
Countries ranked
30

The verdict

According to Eurostat, Hungary has the lowest utilities index at +37.9 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Bulgaria at 52; the Top 5 cutoff is 60, with a 89-point spread to Switzerland.

+37.9
#1 Hungary
52
#2 Bulgaria
60
Top 5 cutoff
89
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 utilities Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cheapest utilities 1. Hungary +37.9 2. Bulgaria 52 3. Norway 54 4. Croatia 55 5. Malta 60 Bar to make this Top 5 = 60 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of 30countries below.

Top 10 - Cheapest utilities

Cheapest Countries for Utilities (top 10)

1. 🇭🇺 Hungary382. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria523. 🇳🇴 Norway544. 🇭🇷 Croatia555. 🇲🇹 Malta606. 🇷🇴 Romania627. 🇮🇸 Iceland648. 🇸🇰 Slovakia709. 🇱🇹 Lithuania7310. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg76

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 utilities index relative to the highest value in the table (127); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Utilities index
1 🇭🇺 Hungary
+37.9
2 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
52
3 🇳🇴 Norway
54
4 🇭🇷 Croatia
55
5 🇲🇹 Malta
60
6 🇷🇴 Romania
62
7 🇮🇸 Iceland
64
8 🇸🇰 Slovakia
70
9 🇱🇹 Lithuania
73
10 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
76
11 🇪🇪 Estonia
78
12 🇸🇮 Slovenia
82
13 🇵🇱 Poland
84
14 🇬🇷 Greece
88
15 🇪🇸 Spain
89
16 🇫🇮 Finland
90
17 🇱🇻 Latvia
91
18 🇸🇪 Sweden
97
19 🇧🇪 Belgium
101
20 🇫🇷 France
102
21 🇵🇹 Portugal
103
22 🇨🇿 Czechia
106
23 🇦🇹 Austria
107
24 🇨🇾 Cyprus
108
25 🇳🇱 Netherlands
111
26 🇩🇰 Denmark
115
27 🇮🇪 Ireland
117
28 🇮🇹 Italy
118
29 🇩🇪 Germany
122
30 🇨🇭 Switzerland
127

Wide cheapest utilities gap: Hungary → Switzerland

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from Hungary (+37.9) to Switzerland (127) is 89 index points - a wide everyday-cost gap. Cross-check affordability on best-value .

Mid-table Finland (90) 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

Hungary and Switzerland anchor the two ends of this cheapest utilities 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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