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 | +18.1% | 51 |
| ES | Spain | +16.7% | 47 |
| BE | Belgium | +16.5% | 41 |
| NL | Netherlands | +15.6% | 44 |
| FR | France | +15.4% | 45 |
| DE | Germany | +11.6% | 49 |
the widest single-product gaps this week · gross prices · open any product to compare every market live on checkzon ↗
| PRODUCT | CHEAPEST → DEAREST | SPREAD |
|---|---|---|
| B0G6Z5SSK9 ↗audio | FR €13.71 → ES €29.99 | +116.9% |
| B0FGY5HCWG ↗electronics | ES €15.99 → IT €29.99 | +86% |
| B0CPM45WF7 ↗electronics | DE €82.99 → NL €144.8 | +71.6% |
| B0FB91T1W2 ↗photography | DE €29.99 → ES €49.99 | +63.9% |
| B0833XLJR6 ↗photography | NL €22.99 → IT €37.99 | +63.9% |
| B0DKKH9H5V ↗cooking | BE €94 → IT €149.99 | +58.3% |
| B0CWP7M17B ↗cooking | FR €72.79 → IT €116.7 | +57.7% |
| B0G5Y3CR46 ↗gaming | ES €22.99 → NL €35.99 | +56.5% |
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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: 56 products, 2026-W27. Low-coverage categories (n<8, not headline-safe): drones. Full methodology →