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)
2022	15.00	70.00	9.00
2021	15.00	60.00	9.00
2020	15.00	60.00	9.00
2019	15.00	60.00	9.00
2018	15.00	65.00	8.00
2017	15.00	62.50	8.00
2016	15.00	60.00	8.00
2015	15.00	60.00	8.00
2014	14.00	65.00	7.80
2013	12.00	60.00	7.50
2012	15.00	60.00	7.75
2011	14.00	55.00	7.00
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)
2022	5.00	5.00	2.24	2.25	3.37
2021	4.29	4.29	2.48	1.90	3.05
2020	4.00	4.00	2.34	2.26	3.02
2019	4.00	4.00	2.54	2.20	3.23
2018	4.00	3.75	2.19	2.28	2.85
2017	4.00	4.00	2.15	1.91	2.81
2016	4.00	3.00	2.10	1.77	2.74
2015	3.00	3.50	2.08	1.66	2.65
2014	4.00	3.50	2.27	1.96	2.67
2013	3.00	3.00	1.89	1.71	2.60
2012	3.70	3.80	2.16	1.96	2.64
2011	3.79	3.50	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)
2022	1.19	2.18	3.09	0.92	2.39	3.56
2021	0.98	1.70	2.97	0.97	1.88	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	1.12	1.89	3.41	0.90	1.16	2.28
2017	1.06	1.66	2.29	0.76	1.38	-
2016	0.99	1.76	2.70	0.99	1.42	1.60
2015	1.06	1.71	2.99	0.93	1.45	1.87
2014	1.07	1.58	3.15	1.43	-	1.77
2013	0.95	1.57	2.21	1.16	1.34	1.50
2012	1.03	1.70	2.31	1.02	1.17	1.53
2011	0.95	1.66	3.66	1.25	1.43	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)
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	2.12	2.08	1.27	1.62	2.67	2.28	1.73	1.38
2017	1.99	-	1.30	1.26	1.77	2.14	1.84	1.19
2016	1.72	1.62	1.23	1.02	1.56	2.11	1.57	1.04
2015	1.61	1.96	1.14	0.98	1.89	2.54	1.54	-
2014	1.81	2.50	-	1.23	2.17	2.39	-	-
2013	2.38	2.24	1.30	1.42	2.25	2.08	-	-
2012	1.76	2.59	1.22	1.19	1.50	1.62	-	-
2011	2.00	2.54	1.10	1.25	-	-	-	-
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)
2022	15.13	8.00	8.00	8.95	17.12
2021	12.39	7.00	7.50	10.18	13.88
2020	12.39	7.00	6.50	8.78	13.10
2019	12.90	7.00	6.70	8.89	13.62
2018	15.25	7.00	6.70	10.62	13.67
2017	-	7.25	6.00	7.27	11.67
2016	16.88	7.00	6.00	9.00	14.60
2015	13.80	8.00	5.80	11.22	19.33
2014	14.00	7.00	5.50	11.94	-
2013	13.88	6.00	5.35	9.94	-
2012	12.44	5.00	5.00	9.58	-
2011	9.98	6.00	4.67	8.53	-
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
2022	943.55	817.62	1657.69	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	816.46	700.62	1410.79	1156.58
2017	779.67	694.62	1497.06	1208.82
2016	760.12	641.53	1510.34	1195.00
2015	769.04	646.74	1428.95	1165.87
2014	760.42	652.73	1445.00	1218.18
2013	751.51	624.62	1518.18	1197.00
2012	744.44	625.00	1340.00	1033.33
2011	750.00	550.00	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
2022	3950.00	3383.33
2021	3990.50	3250.00
2020	3724.29	3096.67
2019	3358.82	2537.50
2018	3034.38	2605.00
2017	-	-
2016	3265.00	2660.00
2015	3253.25	2805.40
2014	3449.00	2850.00
2013	2707.00	1941.67
2012	2900.00	2333.33
2011	2850.00	2200.00
2010	2441.12	-

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2022	2.45	1.87
2021	2.45	1.53
2020	2.40	1.38
2019	2.10	1.44
2018	2.10	1.44
2017	2.10	1.36
2016	2.10	1.25
2015	2.10	1.33
2014	2.10	1.51
2013	2.00	1.60
2012	2.00	1.62
2011	2.00	1.52
2010	1.70	-

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)
2022	229.70	49.38
2021	164.87	46.00
2020	123.32	43.88
2019	129.94	44.50
2018	138.16	43.49
2017	119.27	42.91
2016	129.83	39.78
2015	149.80	36.17
2014	161.49	38.38
2013	137.01	36.36
2012	127.51	34.21
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
2022	28.10	-	11.50
2021	46.08	-	11.85
2020	30.22	21.50	12.00
2019	26.91	20.88	11.00
2018	26.20	16.91	10.90
2017	24.16	17.00	10.00
2016	30.55	17.32	10.00
2015	25.99	14.80	10.00
2014	46.69	-	9.75
2013	46.12	10.00	9.00
2012	64.76	15.00	9.00
2011	61.80	-	9.25
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
2022	80.62	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	90.69	36.27	82.13	114.70
2017	81.64	34.15	87.50	123.57
2016	87.52	37.05	86.86	134.23
2015	76.63	40.93	84.08	113.93
2014	91.00	38.33	90.80	142.00
2013	71.67	49.00	67.50	92.00
2012	75.71	48.75	98.33	104.00
2011	90.00	40.00	60.00	100.00
2010	115.00	40.00	80.00	110.00

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