Press release No. 227 of 22 June 2018
WIESBADEN – The price level of private consumption expenditure in Germany in 2017 was 5.0% higher than the average of the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that in most of Germany's immediate neighbouring countries, however, the price level continued to be higher than in Germany. The cost of living was markedly lower only in Poland and in the Czech Republic.
