Compare cities
- What it asks for
- first city, second city
- Source
- Eurostat + World Bank + Eurostat
Compare cities here is computed against Eurostat + World Bank + Eurostat. The inputs are shown, the assumptions are written down, and the result is a range rather than a single number wherever the underlying data supports only a range.
The question here is how two places stand against each other across several measures at once rather than on one headline. That is the useful comparison and it is also where a tool most easily misleads, by lining up numbers that were collected differently and letting the layout imply they belong side by side. So each row says which measure it is, which year it describes and which institution published it, and a row that exists for one side and not the other stays visibly empty rather than being filled with the other side's figure.
Worked example: Switzerland against Türkiye. The same standard basket costs about 294 percent more in the first, on the 2024 figures.
It covers 199 countries, which is exactly the set the source measures and no more.
The figures behind this tool describe 2024 and they change when Eurostat + World Bank + Eurostat publishes, not when this page is edited. That is why the year appears next to every value rather than in the small print: a tool whose data is a year old and says so is more useful than one that looks current and is not.
Everything a household buys
| Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 46.8 | 2024 |
| North Macedonia | 49.6 | 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 56.9 | 2024 |
| Romania | 57.4 | 2024 |
| Montenegro | 57.9 | 2024 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 59.7 | 2024 |
| Serbia | 61.4 | 2024 |
| Albania | 62.9 | 2024 |
| Hungary | 68.3 | 2024 |
| Poland | 70.2 | 2024 |
| Croatia | 73.3 | 2024 |
| Latvia | 77.2 | 2024 |
Questions
Where do the numbers come from?
Compare cities computes against Eurostat + World Bank + Eurostat. Every figure it uses carries the institution that published it and the year it describes.
Is the result a quote?
No. It is an estimate from published statistics, and it says which statistics and for which year. Anything binding has to come from whoever is going to charge you.
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Sources
- Eurostat + World Bank + Eurostat