The same products cost on average +9.2% in the priciest euro-zone country than the cheapest — pure price divergence, after stripping every VAT difference.
how much more you pay vs the cheapest EU market · net of VAT · hover a row to find it on the relief
| CC | COUNTRY | GEO-TAX | N |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | Italy | +18.8% | 71 |
| ES | Spain | +14.7% | 70 |
| FR | France | +14.6% | 73 |
| BE | Belgium | +14.4% | 66 |
| NL | Netherlands | +13.9% | 68 |
| DE | Germany | +6.9% | 72 |
the widest single-product gaps this week · gross prices · open any product to compare every market live on checkzon ↗
| PRODUCT | CHEAPEST → DEAREST | SPREAD |
|---|---|---|
| B08CGSXZ78 ↗gaming | ES €17.99 → BE €39.49 | +119.5% |
| B0FGY5HCWG ↗electronics | DE €13.59 → IT €29.99 | +115.3% |
| B0B7NWR653 ↗photography | FR €15 → IT €25.9 | +69.8% |
| B0742BJ8H9 ↗cooking | FR €14.99 → ES €25.46 | +68.4% |
| B0C6KDQQMD ↗photography | DE €13.29 → IT €21.99 | +61.4% |
| B0CX24SVFY ↗cooking | FR €49.99 → ES €79.83 | +58.4% |
| B09X7BK27V ↗photography | DE €24.99 → FR €39.49 | +56.7% |
| B07FTPX71F ↗drones | ES €135.99 → IT €209.99 | +53.2% |
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Eurostat price level index for audio-visual, photographic & IT equipment · EU27=100 · 2024. The price gaps the single market produces, officially measured — The Price Wall is the live, product-level lens on the same reality.
| CC | PLI · EU=100 | |
|---|---|---|
| FR | 111.7 | |
| NL | 111.6 | |
| DE | 97.2 | |
| ES | 96.3 | |
| BE | 91.7 | |
| IT | 88.9 |
Source: Eurostat prc_ppp_ind · Purchasing Power Parities programme. 100 = EU average; above 100 = dearer than the EU mean. Free, official, updated annually.
Method: identical ASIN, in stock in ≥2 euro-zone stores, prices stripped of each marketplace's domestic VAT. Poland & Sweden are FX-converted at the ECB daily rate and shown separately; the UK is excluded from single-market figures (post-Brexit customs/VAT). Sample: 78 products, 2026-W43. Low-coverage categories (n<8, not headline-safe): drones. Full methodology →