Apparel and footwear are on an average, eight per cent cheaper in Spain than elsewhere in Europe. Only Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are cheaper than the Spanish market. Garment prices are 9.4 per cent lower in Spain than in the rest of the continent. Footwear prices are 3.2 per cent lower. The strong presence of operators like Decathlon or Primark has forced down prices of the fashion sector in the Spanish market.

Fashion isn’t the only sector where Spain is cheaper compared to the European average. In fact, the differences are even bigger in transportation (20 per cent cheaper), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (15 per cent cheaper), restaurants and hotels (14 per cent cheaper) and transport equipment (12 per cent cheaper). Spain is more expensive only in two categories: communication (40.2 per cent higher) and furniture (4.7 per cent higher).

Away from Span, are the Nordic countries, with Iceland in the lead, where buying clothes is 50 per cent more expensive than the European average. Denmark is 39 per cent more expensive, Norway is 31 per cent more expensive and Sweden is 26 per cent. In France prices are 9.9 per cent higher. Italy and Germany are very close to the average.