Natural gas price for households in Ireland

Households in Ireland paid €0.1183 per kWh for natural gas in H1 2026. The value for H1 2026 is the lowest since H1 2022.

Measure: Natural gas price for households Unit: Euro per kWh, all taxes included Data: H2 2007 to H1 2026 Source: Eurostat
Ireland, H1 2026 €0.1183 Euro per kWh, all taxes included
Change from H2 2025 −9.0% H2 2025: €0.1300 per kWh
European Union, H1 2026 €0.1103 per kWh Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), H1 2026 €0.0859 per kWh Middle value of 23 countries
Position in H1 2026 8th of 30 See the full ranking

Natural gas price for households in Ireland 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.

Natural gas price for households (euro per kWh, all taxes included), H1 2017 to H1 2026
Period IrelandEuropean Union
H1 2026 €0.1183 per kWh €0.1103 per kWh
H2 2025 €0.1300 per kWh €0.1228 per kWh
H1 2025 €0.1195 per kWh €0.1143 per kWh
H2 2024 €0.1347 per kWh €0.1244 per kWh
H1 2024 €0.1271 per kWh €0.1104 per kWh
H2 2023 €0.1638 per kWh €0.1141 per kWh
H1 2023 €0.1465 per kWh €0.1163 per kWh
H2 2022 €0.1544 per kWh €0.1125 per kWh
H1 2022 €0.0847 per kWh €0.0847 per kWh
H2 2021 €0.0783 per kWh €0.0784 per kWh
H1 2021 €0.0620 per kWh €0.0640 per kWh
H2 2020 €0.0702 per kWh €0.0701 per kWh
H1 2020 €0.0669 per kWh €0.0646 per kWh
H2 2019 €0.0764 per kWh €0.0728 per kWh
H1 2019 €0.0683 per kWh €0.0674 per kWh
H2 2018 €0.0761 per kWh €0.0719 per kWh
H1 2018 €0.0632 per kWh €0.0631 per kWh
H2 2017 €0.0649 per kWh €0.0682 per kWh
H1 2017 €0.0632 per kWh €0.0619 per kWh

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −9.0% from €0.1300 per kWh in H2 2025.
  • Since H1 2021, when it was €0.0620 per kWh, the figure has changed by +90.8%.
  • Among the 30 countries with data for H1 2026, Ireland has the 8th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in H1 2026 was €0.1103 per kWh.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
nrg_pc_202 · dataset details · view at source
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freq=S siec=G3000 nrg_cons=GJ20-199 unit=KWH tax=I_TAX currency=EUR
Observation period
H2 2007 to H1 2026 for Ireland
Provider update
19 October 2026
Retrieved
15 November 2026
Published here
15 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat