Wages
It’s in Scandinavia and Luxembourg that we’re finest paid. A Dane wins like this three,270 euros web month-to-month on common. On the opposite facet of the prism, the Czech Republic is the nation with the bottom wages with much less 1,00zero euros per 30 days, like Greece and Portugal. Belgium is within the center, in eleventh place within the rating, with common web revenue of 1,920 euros per 30 days. In France and Germany, it’s round 2,500 euros per 30 days for two,155 within the Netherlands … As regards tax prices, it’s Belgium that taxes its residents probably the most, at the least for these with revenue distinctive. Essentially the most taxable two-person households are present in Turkey, Denmark and the Netherlands. The bottom taxes are to be present in Luxembourg.
Price of every day dwelling
A visit to a Dutch grocery store will price you 10% cheaper than with us. In any case, that is what the Dutch Central Statistics Workplace (CBS) has introduced. In France, Italy or Spain, the popular locations for Belgians, the value of foodstuffs is roughly the identical as with us, particularly somewhat above the European common. Then again, go north and the costs soar. In Norway and Iceland, they’re virtually one and a half occasions greater than with us. Observe that meat is (a lot) dearer in Austria (45% dearer) and in France (30%). For a drink or to eat at a restaurant, it’s higher to go to the south the place the value of a beer is about 5 occasions cheaper than in Scandinavia.
Immovable
As for housing costs, there may be an apparent distinction between cities and countryside in the identical nation. It’s usually the foremost European capitals that drive up common costs, particularly in terms of shopping for a home. Beginning with London the place the value of m² is exchanged for … 20,00zero euros. Paris is coming, slowly however absolutely, to 10,00zero euros per m². Within the Netherlands, it prices 7,00zero euros per m². In these situations, Belgium is getting away with it. If costs proceed to rise in Brussels, we’re nonetheless removed from the extent of our neighbors. And in terms of rents, it's even the very best market in Western Europe, simply above the Jap European international locations. Observe that the rental costs in Denmark are at a surprisingly intermediate degree, just like these of Spain, Austria and Eire.
