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Norway vs Slovenia

44% dearer than — Norway against Slovenia

Norway96.22025
Slovenia67.02025

On national price levels, Norway is 44% dearer than Slovenia. 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.

CategoryNorwaySloveniaDifference
Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services)89.961.0 +47%
Food and non-alcoholic drinks131.2100.0 +31%
Bread and cereals128.8107.0 +20%
Meat140.095.1 +47%
Fish103.394.6 +9%
Milk, cheese and eggs132.0106.1 +24%
Fruit and vegetables136.188.3 +54%
Non-alcoholic drinks139.1106.7 +30%
Alcoholic drinks225.8108.6 +108%
Tobacco210.576.2 +176%
Clothing and footwear117.697.8 +20%
Housing, water, electricity and fuel99.977.8 +28%
Furnishings and household equipment111.498.2 +13%
Health173.698.4 +76%
Transport117.587.6 +34%
Communication178.7110.0 +62%
Recreation and culture138.595.4 +45%
Education176.999.6 +78%
Restaurants and hotels140.090.1 +55%

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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