WHAT LIFE COSTS

Living costs in United Kingdom

The same basket of shopping costs 29% more in United Kingdom than it does on average across the 27 European Union countries.

Explore this country's official figures. Each one tells you what it covers and when it was measured.

Yearly spending per person

Total spending divided by everyone who lives here, including children and people who spend nothing on this category. Your own costs may be very different.

We don't have yearly spending figures for this country yet.

How prices compare

See how much more or less the same goods and services cost here. These comparisons don't give you an amount to budget for.

The average across the 27 EU countries is the starting point. Each number shows how far prices are above or below it.

Everything, taken together

29% more expensive

Price level 129.1 · Reference year 2024 · Published index

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Sources and licences

  • Eurostat · dataset prc_ppp_ind · CC BY 4.0; credit and changes required
  • World Bank · dataset NE.CON.PRVT.CD + SP.POP.TOTL + PA.NUS.FCRF · World Development Indicators: CC BY 4.0