Press release No. 224 of 22 June 2020
WIESBADEN – The price level of private consumption expenditure in Germany in 2019 was 6.8% higher than the average of the 27 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 2019. The cost of living, including for instance private expenditure on food, housing and energy, was markedly lower only in Poland and the Czech Republic.
