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Cyprus vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

51% dearer than — Cyprus against Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus66.92025
Bosnia and Herzegovina44.32025

On national price levels, Cyprus is 51% dearer than Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both figures use the United States as 100.

Where the difference actually sits

A single number hides the interesting part. These are the categories Eurostat prices for both countries.

CategoryCyprusBosnia and HerzegovinaDifference
Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services)63.740.0 +59%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks104.783.2 +26%
Bread and cereals109.379.5 +37%
Meat88.378.7 +12%
Fish101.883.4 +22%
Milk, cheese and eggs130.895.6 +37%
Fruit and vegetables98.471.9 +37%
Non-alcoholic drinks104.391.1 +14%
Alcoholic drinks119.290.4 +32%
Tobacco71.949.4 +46%
Clothing and footwear97.695.0 +3%
Housing, water, electricity and fuel92.131.0 +197%
Furnishings and household equipment86.772.5 +20%
Health99.556.1 +77%
Transport87.791.1 -4%
Communication101.095.4 +6%
Recreation and culture88.475.7 +17%
Education138.634.2 +305%
Restaurants and hotels89.074.6 +19%

SOURCE·Eurostat — purchasing power parities (prc_ppp_ind)·Price level indices by consumption category, published on an EU27=100 basis and rebased here to US=100. CC BY 4.0.·REVIEWED AUG 2026

Before you use this to decide anything

  • These are national averages. Comparing two capital cities is a different question and this data cannot answer it.
  • Price level is only half of the decision. What matters is prices relative to what you would earn — see what the job pays in each country on PayLens.
  • The figures are indices, not prices. Nothing here is a quote for rent or groceries.

How the price level is worked out

  1. The World Bank publishes a purchasing power parity for household consumption — how much local currency buys the same basket as one US dollar — and the official market exchange rate for the same year.
  2. The price level is simply PPP ÷ exchange rate × 100. If a basket needs 1.50 New Zealand dollars per US dollar of purchasing power but the market hands you 1.65 New Zealand dollars for that dollar, New Zealand's prices sit at 1.50 ÷ 1.65 = 91% of the US level.
  3. Nothing is modelled, smoothed or estimated. You can reproduce every number on this site from two public figures.
  4. Where Eurostat also publishes a price level for the same country and year, the two are compared and the gap is printed — including when they disagree.

Full methodology →

SOURCE·World Bank — International Comparison Program·PPP conversion factor for household final consumption, and the official market exchange rate. CC BY 4.0.·REVIEWED AUG 2026

SOURCE·World Bank ICP PPPs + Eurostat price level indices·price levels derived as PPP ÷ exchange rate, see method·REVIEWED AUG 2026

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