The same products cost on average +9.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR | France | +20.1% | 93 |
| IT | Italy | +16.4% | 98 |
| ES | Spain | +15.9% | 96 |
| NL | Netherlands | +15.1% | 93 |
| BE | Belgium | +14.2% | 88 |
| DE | Germany | +10.5% | 99 |
the widest single-product gaps this week · gross prices · open any product to compare every market live on checkzon ↗
| PRODUCT | CHEAPEST → DEAREST | SPREAD |
|---|---|---|
| B0FHWVK4NP ↗cooking | IT €49.99 → ES €99.99 | +101.7% |
| B097F8H1MC ↗gaming | NL €26.39 → ES €49.99 | +89.4% |
| B0CX24SVFY ↗cooking | FR €49.99 → IT €96.03 | +88.9% |
| B0G6Z5SSK9 ↗audio | DE €8.49 → FR €15.99 | +86.8% |
| B0FGY5HCWG ↗electronics | ES €15.99 → IT €29.99 | +86% |
| B08CGSXZ78 ↗gaming | ES €17.99 → BE €32.49 | +80.6% |
| B0CX23H3G6 ↗cooking | IT €69.99 → FR €119.72 | +73.9% |
| B0742BJ8H9 ↗cooking | IT €13.49 → ES €23.01 | +72% |
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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: 102 products, 2026-W26. Low-coverage categories (n<8, not headline-safe): drones. Full methodology →