Poland vs Romania
13% dearer than — Poland against Romania
On national price levels, Poland is 13% dearer than Romania. 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 | Poland | Romania | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall consumption (incl. government-funded services) | 47.1 | 38.5 | +22% |
| Food and non-alcoholic drinks | 86.8 | 75.5 | +15% |
| Bread and cereals | 88.7 | 56.0 | +58% |
| Meat | 77.4 | 72.9 | +6% |
| Fish | 94.9 | 83.0 | +14% |
| Milk, cheese and eggs | 89.8 | 106.5 | -16% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 88.7 | 69.9 | +27% |
| Non-alcoholic drinks | 99.0 | 88.2 | +12% |
| Alcoholic drinks | 106.0 | 95.4 | +11% |
| Tobacco | 66.5 | 84.2 | -21% |
| Clothing and footwear | 103.1 | 87.4 | +18% |
| Housing, water, electricity and fuel | 49.2 | 52.0 | -5% |
| Furnishings and household equipment | 87.5 | 76.7 | +14% |
| Health | 68.2 | 34.2 | +99% |
| Transport | 79.6 | 78.5 | +1% |
| Communication | 56.1 | 52.6 | +7% |
| Recreation and culture | 69.3 | 66.5 | +4% |
| Education | 65.1 | 39.1 | +66% |
| Restaurants and hotels | 91.7 | 68.5 | +34% |
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