Electricity price for households in Italy
Households in Italy paid €0.3142 per kWh for electricity in H1 2026.
Italy, H1 2026
€0.3142
Change from H2 2025
+5.9%
European Union, H1 2026
€0.2832 per kWh
Median of European Union (27 countries), H1 2026
€0.2440 per kWh
Position in H1 2026
5th of 39
Electricity price for households in Italy 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 | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | €0.3142 per kWh | €0.2832 per kWh |
| H2 2025 | €0.2966 per kWh | €0.2896 per kWh |
| H1 2025 | €0.3291 per kWh | €0.2879 per kWh |
| H2 2024 | €0.3111 per kWh | €0.2887 per kWh |
| H1 2024 | €0.3274 per kWh | €0.2916 per kWh |
| H2 2023 | €0.3347 per kWh | €0.2847 per kWh |
| H1 2023 | €0.3782 per kWh | €0.2887 per kWh |
| H2 2022 | €0.3641 per kWh | €0.2768 per kWh |
| H1 2022 | €0.3115 per kWh | €0.2490 per kWh |
| H2 2021 | €0.2360 per kWh | €0.2415 per kWh |
| H1 2021 | €0.2259 per kWh | €0.2203 per kWh |
| H2 2020 | €0.2153 per kWh | €0.2153 per kWh |
| H1 2020 | €0.2226 per kWh | €0.2139 per kWh |
| H2 2019 | €0.2341 per kWh | €0.2169 per kWh |
| H1 2019 | €0.2301 per kWh | €0.2168 per kWh |
| H2 2018 | €0.2161 per kWh | €0.2152 per kWh |
| H1 2018 | €0.2067 per kWh | €0.2103 per kWh |
| H2 2017 | €0.2080 per kWh | €0.2089 per kWh |
| H1 2017 | €0.2132 per kWh | €0.2089 per kWh |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +5.9% from €0.2966 per kWh in H2 2025.
- Since H1 2021, when it was €0.2259 per kWh, the figure has changed by +39.1%.
- Among the 39 countries with data for H1 2026, Italy has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in H1 2026 was €0.2832 per kWh.
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