Price levels of food ranged from 66% of the EU average in Romania to 130%

In 2018, the pricelevel of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across the European Union(EU) was twice as highin the most expensive Member State than in the cheapest one.
Denmark had the highest price level for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the EU in 2018, at 130% of the EUa verage, followed by Luxembourg and Austria (both 125%), Ireland and Finland(both 120%) and Sweden (117%). At the opposite end of the scale, the lowest price levels were observed in Romania(66%), Poland(69%), Bulgaria(76%), Lithuania(82%), Czechia (84%) and Hungary(85%).