The same products cost on average +8.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | Italy | +20.3% | 66 |
| FR | France | +17.2% | 69 |
| NL | Netherlands | +16.5% | 65 |
| BE | Belgium | +13% | 63 |
| ES | Spain | +12% | 66 |
| DE | Germany | +11.7% | 64 |
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 €32.49 | +80.6% |
| B0FHWVK4NP ↗cooking | ES €56.04 → FR €99.99 | +79.9% |
| B0D9MDV5L5 ↗photography | NL €18.9 → DE €29.74 | +60% |
| B07W5JKFQC ↗gaming | ES €18.14 → IT €29.14 | +59.3% |
| B0FYDLMRWD ↗photography | ES €9.54 → FR €14.99 | +58.4% |
| B0G5Y3CR46 ↗gaming | ES €22.99 → NL €35.99 | +56.5% |
| B0C6KDQQMD ↗photography | DE €13.99 → IT €21.99 | +53.3% |
| B09X7BK27V ↗photography | DE €29.99 → IT €46.83 | +52.3% |
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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: 70 products, 2026-W35. Low-coverage categories (n<8, not headline-safe): drones. Full methodology →