Change in electricity prices for housholds consumers in EU in 2022

Change in electricity prices for housholds consumers in EU in 2022

In the second half of 2022, average household electricity prices in the EU continued to show a sharp increase compared with the same period in 2021, from €23.5 per 100 kWh to €28.4 per 100 kWh. Average gas prices also increased compared with the same period in 2021 from €7.8 per 100 kWh to €11.4 per 100 kWh in the second half of 2022. These prices are the highest on Eurostat’s record. 

After a significant increase in prices that started before the Russian invasion of Ukraine but skyrocketed up to the second semester of 2022, electricity and natural gas prices have recently shown signs of stabilizing, partly due to policies and interventions by EU governments. EU countries opted for various measures, such as reducing taxes and fees, temporary tax waivers to consumers, price caps, providing lump sum support or allocating vouchers to final consumers, and some countries applied regulated prices. 

Compared with the second half of 2021, the share of taxes in the electricity bill dropped sharply from 36% to 16% (-18.3%) and in the gas bill from 27% to 14% (-15.8%), with all EU countries putting in place governmental allowances and subsidies or reduce taxes and levies to mitigate high-energy costs. These governmental measures, while lowering energy prices for the final consumer, have burdened governmental accounts. 

Electricity prices up in all EU countries except Malta and the Netherlands

Household electricity prices rose in all EU members, except Malta (-3%, in national currencies) and the Netherlands (-7%), in the second half of 2022, compared with the same period of 2021. Prices in Malta are regulated, while the Dutch government supports consumers with lump sums and taxes reduction. The highest increases were recorded in Romania (+112%), Czechia (+97%), Denmark (+70%), Lithuania (+65%) and Latvia (+59%), while the lowest were in Luxembourg (+3%), Austria and Germany (both +4%), and Poland and Bulgaria (both +5%). 

Expressed in euro, average household electricity prices in the second half of 2022 were lowest in Hungary (€10.8 per 100 kWh), Bulgaria (€11.5) and Malta (€12.8) and highest in Denmark (€58.7), Belgium (€44.9), and Ireland (€42.0).

Source: Eurostat

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