Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Biggest Cost Index Decreases (Year over Year)

European countries where Eurostat's overall price-level index fell most between the two latest archived releases.

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#1 Cost falling
Czechia (-4)
Average index
-1.5
Top–bottom spread
+3.4
Countries ranked
6

The verdict

According to Eurostat, Czechia has the lowest cost index change at -4 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Denmark at -1.5; the Top 5 cutoff is -0.9, with a +3.4-point spread to Estonia.

-4
#1 Czechia
-1.5
#2 Denmark
-0.9
Top 5 cutoff
+3.4
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 - Cost falling Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cost falling 1. Czechia -4 2. Denmark -1.5 3. France -1.2 4. Belgium -1 5. Finland -0.9 Bar to make this Top 5 = -0.9 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of6 countries below.

Top 10 - Cost falling

Biggest Cost Index Decreases (Year over Year) (top 10)

1. 🇨🇿 Czechia-42. 🇩🇰 Denmark-13. 🇫🇷 France-14. 🇧🇪 Belgium-15. 🇫🇮 Finland-16. 🇪🇪 Estonia-1

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 6 countries

What this shows: each bar's length is this country's cost index change relative to the highest value in the table (-0.6); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Cost index change
1 🇨🇿 Czechia
-4
2 🇩🇰 Denmark
-1.5
3 🇫🇷 France
-1.2
4 🇧🇪 Belgium
-1
5 🇫🇮 Finland
-0.9
6 🇪🇪 Estonia
-0.6

Tight cost falling pack around Belgium

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from Czechia (-4) to Estonia (-0.6) is +3.4 index points - a tight pack. Cross-check affordability on best-value .

Mid-table Belgium (-1) sits close to both poles, small moves change ranks fast. Open any country profile for the full per-category breakdown.

Affordability companions

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What to do with this ranking

Czechia and Estonia anchor the two ends of this cost falling 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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