Cost-of-living rankings · Eurostat PLI 2024

Biggest Cost Index Increases (Year over Year)

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

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#1 Cost rising
United Kingdom (+6.2)
Average index
+2.3
Top–bottom spread
+5.6
Countries ranked
12

The verdict

According to Eurostat, United Kingdom leads on cost index change at +6.2 (EU-27 = 100), ahead of Poland at +4.9; the Top 5 cutoff is +2.1, with a +5.6-point spread down to Switzerland.

+6.2
#1 United Kingdom
+4.9
#2 Poland
+2.1
Top 5 cutoff
+5.6
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 rising Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (index). Top 5 - Cost rising 1. United Kingdom +6.2 2. Poland +4.9 3. Iceland +4.6 4. Romania +2.7 5. Croatia +2.1 Bar to make this Top 5 = +2.1 (EU-27 = 100). Full list of12 countries below.

Top 10 - Cost rising

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

1. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom62. 🇵🇱 Poland53. 🇮🇸 Iceland54. 🇷🇴 Romania35. 🇭🇷 Croatia26. 🇦🇹 Austria27. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria18. 🇸🇮 Slovenia19. 🇲🇹 Malta110. 🇸🇰 Slovakia1

Each value is the price level relative to the EU-27 average of 100. Above 100 is pricier than the EU norm.

Full ranking, all 12 countries

What this shows: each bar's length is this country's cost index change relative to the highest value in the table (+6.2); hover or tap a bar for its share of the #1 leader and exact rank.

Rank Country Cost index change
1 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
+6.2
2 🇵🇱 Poland
+4.9
3 🇮🇸 Iceland
+4.6
4 🇷🇴 Romania
+2.7
5 🇭🇷 Croatia
+2.1
6 🇦🇹 Austria
+1.8
7 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
+1.1
8 🇸🇮 Slovenia
+1.1
9 🇲🇹 Malta
+0.9
10 🇸🇰 Slovakia
+0.8
11 🇸🇪 Sweden
+0.8
12 🇨🇭 Switzerland
+0.6

Tight cost rising pack around Bulgaria

Comparative price levels, EU-27 = 100. Spread from United Kingdom (+6.2) to Switzerland (+0.6) is +5.6 index points - a tight pack. Cross-check affordability on best-value .

Mid-table Bulgaria (+1.1) 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

United Kingdom and Switzerland anchor the two ends of this cost rising 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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