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Denmark vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

136% dearer than — Denmark against Bosnia and Herzegovina

Denmark104.52025
Bosnia and Herzegovina44.32025

On national price levels, Denmark is 136% 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.

CategoryDenmarkBosnia and HerzegovinaDifference
Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services)95.740.0 +139%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks120.283.2 +44%
Bread and cereals136.279.5 +71%
Meat104.378.7 +33%
Fish129.783.4 +56%
Milk, cheese and eggs116.395.6 +22%
Fruit and vegetables111.571.9 +55%
Non-alcoholic drinks130.591.1 +43%
Alcoholic drinks124.690.4 +38%
Tobacco124.049.4 +151%
Clothing and footwear132.795.0 +40%
Housing, water, electricity and fuel185.531.0 +498%
Furnishings and household equipment121.172.5 +67%
Health142.056.1 +153%
Transport125.091.1 +37%
Communication108.795.4 +14%
Recreation and culture136.775.7 +81%
Education143.834.2 +320%
Restaurants and hotels147.674.6 +98%

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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