Finland was the third most expensive country in Europe to buy alcohol last year, according to the results of an international price comparison carried out by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.
The study found that only Iceland and Norway had higher prices for booze, but as neither of those nations are EU member states, Finland's alcohol prices were therefore the highest in the EU last year.
"In 2024, Finland had the highest price level for alcoholic beverages in the EU, at 110% above the EU average," Eurostat's study noted.
According to Statistics Finland, this high ranking can be explained in particular by the comparatively high level of tax placed on wine in Finland.
Eurostat's study compared price level indices from 36 European countries across four categories: food, non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
Finland was also found to be 10 percent above the EU average for the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, or 10th overall in that category. In terms of tobacco prices, Finland was the sixth most expensive nation in Europe last year.
Overall, consumer prices in Finland were about 24 percent above the EU average — which is very similar to the result from the same study last year.
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