The same products cost on average +6.9% 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 | +18.9% | 73 |
| NL | Netherlands | +14.3% | 69 |
| ES | Spain | +13.3% | 74 |
| BE | Belgium | +13.2% | 70 |
| FR | France | +12.9% | 72 |
| DE | Germany | +8.3% | 69 |
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% |
| B0G5Y3CR46 ↗gaming | ES €20.99 → NL €35.99 | +71.5% |
| B0CX24SVFY ↗cooking | FR €49.99 → ES €83.41 | +65.5% |
| B00NBR70DO ↗audio | ES €9.2 → NL €14.86 | +61.5% |
| B0FHWVK4NP ↗cooking | BE €62.34 → FR €98.46 | +59.3% |
| B0F4WZ3Q2J ↗drones | ES €329 → IT €516.12 | +55.6% |
| B0742BJ8H9 ↗cooking | BE €14.95 → ES €23 | +53.8% |
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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-W42. Low-coverage categories (n<8, not headline-safe): drones. Full methodology →