Comparative Price Levels for Food, Beverages and Tobacco 2018

The picture with respect to the price level for Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco was slightly different. In both cases the gap between the most expensive and the least expensive country was significantly wider, Tobacco prices showing the greatest variation across the countries.

 

The results show that Iceland was the most expensive, of the 37 countries, for Alcoholic Beverages, prices were 168% above the EU28 average. The least expensive countries were Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia where prices were 28% below the EU28 average.  Within the European Union Finland was the most expensive country while Romania along with Bulgaria had the lowest price levels. Spain was the least expensive of the Eurozone countries. 

 

Of the 37 countries Ireland was the 4th most expensive while Ireland was the 2nd most expensive of the European Union countries. 

 

For Alcoholic Beverages the most expensive country was nearly 4 times more expensive than the least expensive country.  The price level for Alcoholic Beverages in Ireland was 77% above the EU average and approximately 82% above the Eurozone 19 average (97).

 

Table 3.1 below shows the summary results while figure 3.1 shows the detailed results for the 37 countries.