Price Levels of Food, Beverages, and Tobacco 2021: How Ireland Compares

The results show that Iceland was the most expensive of the 36 countries for Alcoholic Beverages, with drink prices 186% above the EU27 average. Alcohol was cheapest in North Macedonia where prices were 19% below the EU27 average. Within the European Union Finland was the most expensive and Hungary was the least expensive of the European Union countries.

Ireland was the 4th most expensive of the 36 countries for Alcoholic Beverages and 2nd most expensive in the European Union and Eurozone.

For Alcoholic Beverages the most expensive of the 36 countries was 3.5 times more expensive than the least expensive country. The price level for Alcoholic Beverages in Ireland was approximately 101% above the EU average and 102% above the Eurozone (99).

Table 3.1 below shows the summary results, while Figure 3.1 shows the detailed results for the 36 countries.