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Friday, 29.03.2024, 07:53
Eurostat finds food prices in Lithuania among EU's lowest
The level of food prices made 78%
of the EU average in 2016 (78% in 2015), with lower prices reported in Poland
and Romania (62% of the EU average) and Bulgaria (71%).
In 2016, prices for alcoholic beverages
in Lithuania made 73% of the EU average, among the lowest rates in Europe, while
prices for clothing made 10 %, car maintenance 83% (lowest in the EU),
electronics 95% and restaurants and hotels 65% of the EU average.
Latvia's prices of food and
non-alcoholic beverages last year made 91% of the EU average, alcoholic beverages
and tobacco accounted for 84%, while the respective figures in Estonia were 90%
and 86%.
The most expensive food and
non-alcoholic beverages were reported in Denmark last year (148% of the EU
average), Sweden (126%) and Austria (123%), while alcohol and tobacco was the
most expensive in Ireland (175%), the United Kingdom (162%) and Finland (135%).