Household electricity prices in 1st half of 2025: -0.5%

In the first half of 2025, the average electricity price for households in the EU remained largely stable at €28.72 per 100 kWh, following a -0.5% decrease from €28.87 in the second half of 2024. This continues the period of price stability, although the prices are still well above pre-2022 energy crisis levels.

The share of taxes and levies in electricity bills increased from 24.7% in the second half of 2024 to 27.6% in the first half of 2025. As a result, the decrease in the pre-tax electricity prices has not yet been reflected in the final prices for consumers.

Source dataset: nrg_pc_204

This information comes from data on electricity prices published recently by Eurostat. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained articles on electricity prices.

Wide disparities in household electricity prices in the EU

Germany reported the highest electricity prices in the first semester of 2025, at €38.35 per 100 kWh, followed by Belgium (€35.71) and Denmark (€34.85). In contrast, the lowest prices were recorded in Hungary (€10.40), Malta (€12.44) and Bulgaria (€13.00).

Compared with the first semester of 2024, there were significant price increases in Luxembourg (+31.3%), Ireland (+25.9%) and Poland (+20.0%). Meanwhile, the largest price reductions were recorded in Slovenia (-13.1%), Finland (-9.8%) and Cyprus (-9.5%).

Expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS), electricity prices were the highest for households in Czechia (39.16), Poland (34.96) and Italy (34.40). The lowest prices based on PPS were observed in Malta (13.68), Hungary (15.01) and Finland (18.70).

Source dataset: nrg_pc_204

Marginal decrease in non-household electricity prices

In the first half of 2025, non-household electricity prices in the EU showed a marginal decrease to €19.02 per 100 kWh, down from €19.41 in the second half of 2024. The number of countries with price increases was nearly equal to those with decreases.