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Germany vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

83% dearer than — Germany against Bosnia and Herzegovina

Germany81.22025
Bosnia and Herzegovina44.32025

On national price levels, Germany is 83% 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.

CategoryGermanyBosnia and HerzegovinaDifference
Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services)73.140.0 +83%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks102.783.2 +23%
Bread and cereals105.779.5 +33%
Meat112.378.7 +43%
Fish117.083.4 +40%
Milk, cheese and eggs97.195.6 +2%
Fruit and vegetables103.071.9 +43%
Non-alcoholic drinks101.791.1 +12%
Alcoholic drinks86.790.4 -4%
Tobacco117.549.4 +138%
Clothing and footwear101.295.0 +7%
Housing, water, electricity and fuel113.131.0 +265%
Furnishings and household equipment107.172.5 +48%
Health111.956.1 +99%
Transport109.791.1 +20%
Communication136.095.4 +43%
Recreation and culture107.075.7 +41%
Education122.034.2 +257%
Restaurants and hotels112.174.6 +50%

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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