Denmark had the highest prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages in EU27, nearly 40% above average, whereas price levels in Croatia were 94% of the EU average.

Price levels in Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Germany and France ranged from 10 to 30% of the EU average, while Italy, Cyprus, Sweden and Greece had price levels up to 10% above average.

Price levels in the Netherlands, Spain, Great Britain, Slovenia, Malta and Portugal were up to 10% below the European average. Croatia is part of this group, with price levels at 94% of the EU average.

In Latvia, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, price levels for food and non-alcoholic beverages were 10-30% below the EU average, while in Bulgaria, Romania and Poland they ranged 30-40% below the EU average.

Broken down by category, price levels for bread and cereal were 52% of the EU average in Bulgaria, 58% in Poland, 146% in Denmark, and 132% in Ireland. In Croatia they were nearly within the European average.

Meat prices were 56% of the average in Poland, 58% in Romania, 131% in Denmark and 128% in Austria. In Croatia they were 87% of the average.

Milk, cheese and eggs prices ranged from 63% of the European average in Poland to 137% in Ireland and Cyprus, while in Croatia they were 96% of the average.

Price levels for alcoholic beverages ranged from 170% of the EU average in Finland, 167% in Ireland, 138% in Sweden and 135% in Denmark, to 70% in Romania, 77% in Bulgaria, and 84% in Spain and Hungary. In Croatia they were 10% above the EU average, close to price levels in Italy and Switzerland - 13% above the average.

Tobacco prices ranged from 217% of the EU27 average in Denmark, 166% in Great Britain, 133% in France and 130% in Sweden, to 46% in Bulgaria, 47% in Romania, and 51% in Lithuania and Hungary. In Croatia they were 67% of the EU27 average.

Eurostat compared the prices of some 500 food, beverage and tobacco products in 37 countries.