Electricity price for households
The average price households pay for electricity, including all taxes and levies, for a household using 2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year (Eurostat consumption band DC). Prices are reported every six months.
39 countries have a value for H1 2026, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | €0.2832 per kWh | €0.3618 per kWh | €0.2485 per kWh | €0.2509 per kWh |
| H2 2025 | €0.2896 per kWh | €0.3869 per kWh | €0.2561 per kWh | €0.2669 per kWh |
| H1 2025 | €0.2879 per kWh | €0.3835 per kWh | €0.2671 per kWh | €0.2612 per kWh |
| H2 2024 | €0.2887 per kWh | €0.3943 per kWh | €0.2926 per kWh | €0.2408 per kWh |
| H1 2024 | €0.2916 per kWh | €0.3951 per kWh | €0.2847 per kWh | €0.2436 per kWh |
| H2 2023 | €0.2847 per kWh | €0.4020 per kWh | €0.2591 per kWh | €0.2347 per kWh |
| H1 2023 | €0.2887 per kWh | €0.4125 per kWh | €0.2300 per kWh | €0.2454 per kWh |
| H2 2022 | €0.2768 per kWh | €0.3357 per kWh | €0.2204 per kWh | €0.3350 per kWh |
| H1 2022 | €0.2490 per kWh | €0.3279 per kWh | €0.2092 per kWh | €0.3071 per kWh |
| H2 2021 | €0.2415 per kWh | €0.3234 per kWh | €0.2022 per kWh | €0.2816 per kWh |
| H1 2021 | €0.2203 per kWh | €0.3193 per kWh | €0.1946 per kWh | €0.2323 per kWh |
| H2 2020 | €0.2153 per kWh | €0.3006 per kWh | €0.1958 per kWh | €0.2298 per kWh |
| H1 2020 | €0.2139 per kWh | €0.3043 per kWh | €0.1893 per kWh | €0.2239 per kWh |
| H2 2019 | €0.2169 per kWh | €0.2878 per kWh | €0.1913 per kWh | €0.2394 per kWh |
| H1 2019 | €0.2168 per kWh | €0.3088 per kWh | €0.1778 per kWh | €0.2403 per kWh |
| H2 2018 | €0.2152 per kWh | €0.3000 per kWh | €0.1799 per kWh | €0.2477 per kWh |
| H1 2018 | €0.2103 per kWh | €0.2987 per kWh | €0.1748 per kWh | €0.2383 per kWh |
| H2 2017 | €0.2089 per kWh | €0.3048 per kWh | €0.1756 per kWh | €0.2177 per kWh |
| H1 2017 | €0.2089 per kWh | €0.3048 per kWh | €0.1704 per kWh | €0.2296 per kWh |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 39 countries with a value for H1 2026, the highest is Ireland (€0.3871 per kWh) and the lowest Türkiye (€0.0657 per kWh).
- Half of the countries are above €0.2162 per kWh and half below.
- From H2 2025 to H1 2026 the value rose in 17 countries and fell in 21.
- The figure for the European Union was €0.2832 per kWh in H1 2026, against €0.2203 per kWh in H1 2021 (+28.6%).
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Source and dates
All countries in H1 2026 Every value is for H1 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Ireland €0.3871 per kWh
- 2 Germany €0.3618 per kWh
- 3 Belgium €0.3575 per kWh
- 4 Austria €0.3260 per kWh
- 5 Italy €0.3142 per kWh
- 6 Sweden €0.3062 per kWh
- 7 Poland €0.2999 per kWhp (provisional)
- 8 Liechtenstein €0.2988 per kWh
- 9 Czechia €0.2884 per kWh
- 10 Romania €0.2836 per kWh
- 11 Finland €0.2694 per kWh
- 12 Cyprus €0.2688 per kWh
- 13 Spain €0.2509 per kWh
- 14 France €0.2485 per kWh
- 15 Netherlands €0.2440 per kWh
- 16 Latvia €0.2415 per kWh
- 17 Greece €0.2401 per kWh
- 18 Denmark €0.2375 per kWh
- 19 Portugal €0.2367 per kWh
- 20 Lithuania €0.2162 per kWh
- 21 Estonia €0.2118 per kWh
- 22 Slovenia €0.2118 per kWh
- 23 Iceland €0.2076 per kWh
- 24 Luxembourg €0.2023 per kWh
- 25 Norway €0.1993 per kWh
- 26 Slovakia €0.1985 per kWh
- 27 Moldova €0.1872 per kWh
- 28 Croatia €0.1816 per kWh
- 29 Bulgaria €0.1341 per kWh
- 30 Malta €0.1268 per kWhp (provisional)
- 31 Serbia €0.1197 per kWh
- 32 Albania €0.1190 per kWhe (estimated)
- 33 North Macedonia €0.1168 per kWh
- 34 Hungary €0.1139 per kWh
- 35 Montenegro €0.1039 per kWh
- 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina €0.0995 per kWh
- 37 Kosovo €0.0869 per kWh
- 38 Georgia €0.0731 per kWh
- 39 Türkiye €0.0657 per kWh
- European Union €0.2832 per kWh
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Grey: no value for H1 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.