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Eurostat data released on October 30, 2026 shows that average gas prices for EU households decreased to €0.11 per kilowatt-hour in the first half of 2026. The figures indicate a 10.2 percent drop compared with the second half of 2025 and a 3.5 percent reduction from the first half of 2025. According to Eurostat, this marked the lowest average price recorded after the first semester of 2022 as seasonal fluctuations returned to patterns seen before the 2022 energy crisis.
Eurostat figures place the highest gas prices in Sweden at €0.22 per kWh followed by the Netherlands at €0.16 per kWh with France and Portugal both recording €0.13 per kWh. The lowest prices appeared in Hungary at €0.03 per kWh Croatia at €0.05 per kWh and Romania and Slovakia both at €0.06 per kWh. A Eurostat assessment found that when measured in national currencies against the first half of 2025 gas prices decreased in 12 countries increased in seven and remained broadly stable in four with the largest drops in Bulgaria at 14.5 percent Greece at 11.3 percent and Spain at 10.0 percent.
In purchasing power standard terms Eurostat data places the highest natural gas prices for households in Sweden at 17.7 PPS per 100 kWh followed by Portugal at 15.0 PPS and the Netherlands at 13.8 PPS. The lowest PPS prices were recorded in Hungary at 4.3 Luxembourg at 6.6 and Croatia at 6.8. These variations according to the Eurostat breakdown reflect differing affordability levels across member states even as the overall EU average declined.
Separate Eurostat statistics show that average household electricity prices in the EU eased by 2.2 percent to €0.28 per kWh in the first half of 2026 down from €0.29 per kWh in the second half of 2025. The share of taxes and levies in the final electricity bill fell slightly from 28.9 percent to 28.4 percent according to Eurostat. Eurostat noted that despite the reduction prices stayed well above levels observed prior to the 2022 energy crisis.
Eurostat data identifies Ireland as having the highest household electricity prices at €0.39 per kWh followed by Germany and Belgium both at €0.36 per kWh. The lowest prices were seen in Hungary at €0.11 per kWh with Malta and Bulgaria both at €0.13 per kWh. Compared with the first half of 2025 national currency figures from Eurostat show sharp rises in Romania at 51.6 percent Ireland at 19.8 percent and Finland at 18.4 percent alongside notable decreases in Denmark at 31.7 percent and Luxembourg at 24.1 percent.
Eurostat statistics further indicate that non-household gas prices fell in all but one EU country during the period. The agency’s release highlighted wide disparities in electricity prices with six countries above €0.30 per kWh and five below €0.20 per kWh. According to Eurostat the combined trends for gas and electricity reflect ongoing adjustments in the bloc’s energy markets following earlier volatility.
