Finland vs Sweden
About the same — Finland against Sweden
On national price levels, Finland is about as expensive as Sweden. 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.
| Category | Finland | Sweden | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services) | 85.3 | 82.4 | +4% |
| Food and non-alcoholic drinks | 109.8 | 106.4 | +3% |
| Bread and cereals | 114.6 | 108.6 | +6% |
| Meat | 102.1 | 106.2 | -4% |
| Fish | 106.4 | 100.9 | +5% |
| Milk, cheese and eggs | 106.4 | 100.8 | +6% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 112.4 | 115.7 | -3% |
| Non-alcoholic drinks | 123.1 | 104.7 | +18% |
| Alcoholic drinks | 210.4 | 145.8 | +44% |
| Tobacco | 157.5 | 104.0 | +51% |
| Clothing and footwear | 120.7 | 120.6 | +0% |
| Housing, water, electricity and fuel | 129.0 | 112.0 | +15% |
| Furnishings and household equipment | 109.5 | 109.4 | +0% |
| Health | 153.1 | 155.8 | -2% |
| Transport | 111.8 | 111.1 | +1% |
| Communication | 110.4 | 143.1 | -23% |
| Recreation and culture | 124.2 | 118.0 | +5% |
| Education | 123.9 | 161.8 | -23% |
| Restaurants and hotels | 126.8 | 116.7 | +9% |
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Nothing is modelled, smoothed or estimated. You can reproduce every number on this site from two public figures.
- 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.
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