Bulgaria has the lowest price level for consumer goods and services among the EU member countries, Eurostat data for 2018 show.
This country has the lowest level in 7 out of 10 sectors analyzed. For example, the price level for home maintenance in Bulgaria - lighting, heating, water and other payments - is 33, the EU average being 100. Bulgarians have the lowest expenses for travel, restaurants and hotels. Price levels for beverages and tobacco are also the lowest in the EU – 58 points, the figure is approximately the same for sport and tourism. But food expenditures are 72 points, the EU average being 100, and car expenditures - 85 points.
At the same time the country is last in per capita GDP at 7,829 euro, the per capita GDP in Germany being 30,000 euro.
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