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Iceland vs Ireland

27% dearer than — Iceland against Ireland

Iceland129.72025
Ireland102.12025

On national price levels, Iceland is 27% dearer than Ireland. 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.

CategoryIcelandIrelandDifference
Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services)115.894.6 +22%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks143.9114.5 +26%
Bread and cereals150.8116.5 +29%
Meat172.599.9 +73%
Fish110.1105.2 +5%
Milk, cheese and eggs171.7111.2 +54%
Fruit and vegetables136.1109.0 +25%
Non-alcoholic drinks129.4140.4 -8%
Alcoholic drinks285.1197.6 +44%
Tobacco183.2258.6 -29%
Clothing and footwear143.4100.2 +43%
Housing, water, electricity and fuel164.0187.3 -12%
Furnishings and household equipment124.4110.8 +12%
Health233.5178.7 +31%
Transport135.7108.7 +25%
Communication154.4139.8 +10%
Recreation and culture154.2113.4 +36%
Education211.5119.5 +77%
Restaurants and hotels167.3129.3 +29%

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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