Electricity price for households in European Union
Households in the European Union paid €0.2832 per kWh for electricity in H1 2026. The value for H1 2026 is the lowest since H2 2022.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, H1 2026
€0.2832
Change from H2 2025
−2.2%
Electricity price for households in European Union over time
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Euro per kWh, all taxes included. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| H1 2026 | €0.2832 per kWh |
| H2 2025 | €0.2896 per kWh |
| H1 2025 | €0.2879 per kWh |
| H2 2024 | €0.2887 per kWh |
| H1 2024 | €0.2916 per kWh |
| H2 2023 | €0.2847 per kWh |
| H1 2023 | €0.2887 per kWh |
| H2 2022 | €0.2768 per kWh |
| H1 2022 | €0.2490 per kWh |
| H2 2021 | €0.2415 per kWh |
| H1 2021 | €0.2203 per kWh |
| H2 2020 | €0.2153 per kWh |
| H1 2020 | €0.2139 per kWh |
| H2 2019 | €0.2169 per kWh |
| H1 2019 | €0.2168 per kWh |
| H2 2018 | €0.2152 per kWh |
| H1 2018 | €0.2103 per kWh |
| H2 2017 | €0.2089 per kWh |
| H1 2017 | €0.2089 per kWh |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.2% from €0.2896 per kWh in H2 2025.
- Since H1 2021, when it was €0.2203 per kWh, the figure has changed by +28.6%.
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