Press release No. 236 of 24 June 2019
WIESBADEN – The price level of private consumption expenditure in Germany in 2018 was 4.3% 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 the price level was higher than in Germany also in 2018. The cost of living, including for instance private expenditure on food, housing and energy, was markedly lower only in Poland and in Czechia.
