Historical Prices in Brussels

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Restaurants

Year	Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)
2023	19.68	78.33	11.22
2022	15.50	68.75	9.34
2021	15.28	61.96	8.80
2020	16.52	63.07	9.11
2019	15.83	57.83	8.80
2018	15.77	64.05	8.16
2017	15.26	65.61	8.49
2016	15.34	64.05	8.15
2015	15.04	59.08	8.04
2014	14.15	66.00	8.07
2013	13.00	58.71	7.92
2012	13.84	64.91	7.70
2011	14.73	56.98	7.17
2010	18.00	77.00	-

Year	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	Water (0.33 liter bottle)	Cappuccino (regular)
2023	5.08	5.30	2.67	2.38	3.66
2022	4.91	4.71	2.24	2.25	3.37
2021	4.13	4.27	2.48	1.90	3.05
2020	4.12	3.62	2.34	2.26	3.02
2019	4.05	3.88	2.54	2.20	3.23
2018	4.14	3.67	2.24	2.33	2.86
2017	3.82	3.66	2.20	1.95	2.86
2016	3.72	3.39	2.12	1.81	2.77
2015	3.07	3.50	2.12	1.73	2.68
2014	3.74	3.53	2.27	2.05	2.70
2013	3.35	3.51	1.93	1.76	2.63
2012	3.72	3.70	2.23	2.00	2.70
2011	3.66	3.82	1.86	1.27	2.67
2010	3.30	-	1.70	2.00	-

Markets

Year	Milk (regular), (1 liter)	Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	Eggs (regular) (12)	Water (1.5 liter bottle)	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)
2023	1.51	2.40	3.80	1.41	2.33	3.50
2022	1.19	2.18	3.09	0.92	2.39	3.56
2021	0.98	1.70	2.97	0.97	1.81	2.91
2020	1.07	1.71	2.72	1.28	1.77	2.25
2019	1.01	1.65	2.58	1.04	1.30	1.82
2018	1.15	1.94	3.51	0.99	1.16	2.28
2017	1.12	1.71	2.29	0.88	1.38	-
2016	1.03	1.83	2.75	1.03	1.54	1.71
2015	1.08	1.74	3.06	0.95	1.51	1.87
2014	1.11	1.58	3.15	1.43	-	1.77
2013	1.01	1.61	2.31	1.16	1.34	1.62
2012	1.06	1.70	2.39	1.10	1.17	1.53
2011	0.99	1.71	3.66	1.25	1.45	2.00
2010	1.25	2.00	2.50	2.60	-	-

Year	Apples (1kg)	Oranges (1kg)	Potato (1kg)	Lettuce (1 head)	Rice (white), (1kg)	Tomato (1kg)	Banana (1kg)	Onion (1kg)
2023	2.62	2.64	2.02	1.76	3.01	2.63	2.08	1.73
2022	2.25	2.58	1.50	1.43	1.97	2.64	1.56	1.12
2021	2.10	2.20	1.22	1.48	1.74	2.19	1.49	1.18
2020	2.36	2.68	1.41	1.36	1.89	2.61	1.95	1.48
2019	2.20	2.36	1.67	1.16	2.17	2.07	1.65	1.33
2018	2.31	2.40	1.27	1.62	2.67	2.40	1.89	1.38
2017	1.99	2.25	1.40	1.38	1.77	2.25	1.86	1.19
2016	1.74	1.72	1.23	1.02	1.61	2.18	1.61	1.09
2015	1.71	2.09	1.14	1.17	2.00	2.97	1.58	-
2014	1.81	2.88	1.33	1.23	2.62	2.39	-	-
2013	2.38	2.38	1.42	1.49	2.38	2.23	-	-
2012	1.79	2.59	1.22	1.19	1.50	1.62	-	-
2011	2.21	2.54	1.17	1.50	-	-	-	-
2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Local Cheese (1kg)	Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	Chicken Fillets (1kg)	Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)
2023	13.61	9.50	8.39	11.09	16.54
2022	15.13	7.90	7.97	8.95	17.12
2021	12.39	7.33	7.37	10.18	13.88
2020	12.39	7.71	6.60	8.78	13.10
2019	12.90	7.19	6.57	8.89	13.62
2018	15.25	7.62	6.70	10.89	14.29
2017	12.50	7.56	6.25	7.27	11.67
2016	16.88	7.14	5.98	9.20	14.91
2015	14.83	7.83	5.85	11.50	19.33
2014	14.00	6.63	5.53	11.94	-
2013	16.07	6.68	5.28	10.38	-
2012	12.44	6.09	5.16	9.99	-
2011	12.48	7.17	4.61	9.47	-
2010	13.00	14.00	-	9.88	-

Rent Per Month

Year	Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre
2023	1061.11	892.11	1988.46	1555.33
2022	943.55	817.62	1637.50	1490.00
2021	910.91	746.67	1599.17	1435.00
2020	850.00	688.75	1560.71	1212.14
2019	844.31	695.71	1447.92	1153.65
2018	827.40	712.12	1452.75	1186.90
2017	796.67	705.52	1550.00	1239.47
2016	773.37	653.72	1529.03	1219.73
2015	783.33	665.00	1464.29	1197.70
2014	775.00	660.83	1480.00	1241.67
2013	773.39	630.00	1537.50	1206.36
2012	760.00	678.57	1366.67	1033.33
2011	766.67	562.50	1320.00	991.67
2010	1100.00	-	-	-

Buy Apartment Price

Year	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre
2023	4250.00	3437.50
2022	3950.00	3383.33
2021	3990.50	3250.00
2020	3724.29	3096.67
2019	3358.82	2537.50
2018	3052.78	2740.00
2017	-	2575.00
2016	3313.64	2690.91
2015	3376.78	3004.50
2014	3517.88	2871.43
2013	2755.83	1978.57
2012	2933.33	2333.33
2011	3711.67	2200.00
2010	2441.12	-

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2023	2.39	1.72
2022	2.32	1.87
2021	2.32	1.53
2020	2.27	1.38
2019	2.06	1.44
2018	2.14	1.45
2017	2.21	1.37
2016	2.20	1.27
2015	2.22	1.34
2014	2.15	1.54
2013	2.23	1.60
2012	1.96	1.64
2011	1.93	1.52
2010	1.93	-

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data
2023	208.83	52.70	22.18
2022	229.70	49.38	-
2021	164.87	46.00	-
2020	123.32	43.88	-
2019	129.94	44.50	-
2018	144.26	44.29	-
2017	123.41	44.54	-
2016	136.25	40.50	-
2015	153.81	38.20	-
2014	161.49	39.67	-
2013	143.20	37.50	-
2012	127.51	36.19	-
2011	133.33	34.75	-
2010	150.00	-	-

Sports And Leisure

Year	Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat
2023	32.94	-	13.39
2022	28.10	-	11.07
2021	46.08	-	11.48
2020	30.22	21.50	11.19
2019	26.91	20.88	10.89
2018	27.05	17.17	10.83
2017	25.77	17.00	10.57
2016	32.10	17.54	10.61
2015	29.16	15.67	9.99
2014	49.47	21.67	9.92
2013	46.12	12.25	9.00
2012	75.42	16.25	8.88
2011	61.80	-	9.44
2010	65.00	20.00	8.50

Clothing And Shoes

Year	1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes
2023	95.56	52.50	113.12	138.57
2022	83.75	29.17	93.33	121.67
2021	-	27.75	79.83	112.75
2020	90.00	41.67	80.45	133.12
2019	69.76	31.15	79.77	114.47
2018	92.26	37.54	84.34	117.64
2017	86.44	35.29	89.67	128.75
2016	89.47	38.09	89.30	137.50
2015	80.80	41.87	85.93	116.81
2014	92.50	42.29	94.00	160.00
2013	71.67	52.50	67.50	93.33
2012	78.75	48.75	98.33	104.00
2011	93.75	46.33	60.00	106.67
2010	115.00	40.00	80.00	110.00

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