The price level for food and non-alcoholic drinks stood at 96% of the EU average. The country's price level indices for bread, cereal, milk, cheese and eggs stood right at the EU's average.

Meanwhile, the prices of meat were 4% below the EU's average, while the prices of alcoholic beverages were just 1% beneath the average.

Tobacco, on the other hand, proved to be quite cheap in Slovenia, as prices stood at 69% of the EU average.

The Statistics Office made a price level comparison between Slovenia and its neighbouring countries.

The report showed that Hungary's and Croatia's prices for food, beverages and tobacco were lower than Slovenia's, by 20% and 11%, respectively. Price levels in Austria and Italy, however, were higher, by 20% and 17%, respectively.

Alcoholic beverages, on the other hand, proved to be more expensive in Slovenia than in its neighbouring countries.