Second half of 2013 compared with second half of 2012Household electricity prices in the EU28 rose by 2.8% and gas prices by 1.0%
In
the EU28,
household electricity prices1
rose by 2.8% on average between the second half of 2012 and the
second half of 2013, after an increase of 6.0% between the second
half of 2011 and 2012.
Household
gas prices2
increased by 1.0% on average in the EU28
between the second half of 2012 and 2013, after a rise of 8.2%
between the second half of 2011 and 2012.
These
figures come from an article3
published by Eurostat,
the statistical office of the European Union.
Change
in electricity prices ranged from a decrease of 15% in Cyprus to an
increase of 22% in Estonia
Between
the second half of 2012 and the second half of 2013, the highest
increases in household electricity prices in national currency were
registered in Estonia
(+22%), Greece
(+20%), Romania
(+17%), France
and Lithuania
(both +10%). The highest decreases were observed in
Cyprus (-15%),
Hungary
(-14%), Spain (-9%)
and Bulgaria
(-8%), while prices remained stable or nearly stable in Latvia,
Malta and Finland.
Expressed
in euro, average household electricity prices in the second half of
2013 were lowest in Bulgaria
(€8.8 per 100
kWh), Romania
(€12.8) and Hungary
(€13.3) and highest in Denmark
(€29.4), Germany
(€29.2) Cyprus
(€24.8) and Ireland
(€24.1). The average electricity price in the EU28
was €20.1 per 100 kWh.
Average
electricity price for households per 100 kWh
in 2nd
half of 2013, in euro
When expressed in purchasing power
standards (PPS), an artificial common reference currency that
eliminates general price level differences between countries, it can
be seen that, relative to the cost of other goods and services, the
lowest household electricity prices were found in Finland
(12.8 PPS per 100
kWh), Luxembourg
(13.7), Latvia
(14.0) and France
(14.1), and the
highest in Cyprus
(28.2), Germany
(28.1),
Portugal (26.2)
and
Romania (25.9).
Change
in gas prices ranged from a decrease of 15% in Hungary to an increase
of 10% in Romania
Between
the second half of 2012 and the second half of 2013, the highest
increases in household gas prices in national currency were observed
in Romania
(+10%), Portugal
(+9%) and the United
Kingdom (+8%), and
the highest decreases in Hungary
(-15%), Greece
(-13%), Poland
(-10%), Belgium,
the Czech
Republic,
Latvia and
Slovenia (all -9%).
Expressed
in euro, average household gas prices in the second half of 2013 were
lowest in Romania
(€3.1 per 100 kWh), Hungary
(€4.2), Croatia
(€4.7) and Estonia
(€4.8), and highest in Sweden
(€12.2), Denmark
(€11.1), Italy
(€9.5) and Portugal
(€9.3). The
average gas price in the EU28
was €7.1 per 100 kWh.
Average
gas price for households per 100 kWh in 2nd
half of 2013, in euro*
*
Cyprus, Malta and Finland do not have a significant gas market for
household consumers and therefore did not report gas prices
Adjusted
for purchasing power,
it can be seen that, relative to the cost of other goods and
services, the lowest household gas prices were recorded in Luxembourg
(4.7 PPS per 100
kWh), Latvia (5.2),
the United Kingdom
(5.7), Belgium
(6.0) and Romania
(6.2), and the highest in Bulgaria
(11.6), Portugal
(11.5), Greece
(10.1), Lithuania
(10.0) and Spain
(9.8).
Household1
electricity prices including all taxes
|
|
Average
price per 100 kWh in 2nd
half of 2013
|
Price
change, in %*
|
|||
|
in
national currency
|
in
euro
|
in
PPS
|
2nd
half 2012/
2nd half 2011 |
2nd
half 2013/
2nd half 2012 |
|
|
EU284
|
-
|
20.1
|
20.1
|
6.0
|
2.8
|
|
Euro
area4
|
21.3
|
21.3
|
20.7
|
5.0
|
4.2
|
|
Belgium
|
22.2
|
22.2
|
19.8
|
4.9
|
-0.4
|
|
Bulgaria
|
17.3
|
8.8
|
19.7
|
9.2
|
-7.7
|
|
Czech
Republic
|
392.0
|
14.9
|
21.7
|
3.6
|
4.0
|
|
Denmark
|
219.0
|
29.4
|
21.5
|
0.0
|
-1.2
|
|
Germany
|
29.2
|
29.2
|
28.1
|
5.7
|
9.2
|
|
Estonia
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
18.9
|
7.8
|
21.7
|
|
Ireland
|
24.1
|
24.1
|
22.3
|
9.7
|
5.1
|
|
Greece
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
19.4
|
14.5
|
19.7
|
|
Spain
|
20.8
|
20.8
|
22.7
|
9.0
|
-8.8
|
|
France
|
15.9
|
15.9
|
14.1
|
2.0
|
9.6
|
|
Croatia
|
102.4
|
13.5
|
20.6
|
21.1
|
-1.3
|
|
Italy
|
23.2
|
23.2
|
23.2
|
11.2
|
1.1
|
|
Cyprus
|
24.8
|
24.8
|
28.2
|
20.6
|
-14.7
|
|
Latvia
|
9.5
|
13.6
|
14.0
|
0.6
|
0.1
|
|
Lithuania
|
48.0
|
13.9
|
22.6
|
3.9
|
9.7
|
|
Luxembourg
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
13.7
|
2.6
|
-3.5
|
|
Hungary
|
3
948.6
|
13.3
|
23.4
|
2.0
|
-13.8
|
|
Malta
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
23.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Netherlands
|
19.2
|
19.2
|
17.6
|
3.1
|
1.1
|
|
Austria
|
20.2
|
20.2
|
18.5
|
3.0
|
-0.3
|
|
Poland
|
60.6
|
14.4
|
24.7
|
8.9
|
-3.9
|
|
Portugal
|
21.3
|
21.3
|
26.2
|
9.7
|
3.3
|
|
Romania
|
56.9
|
12.8
|
25.9
|
4.4
|
16.8
|
|
Slovenia
|
16.6
|
16.6
|
20.2
|
3.4
|
7.5
|
|
Slovakia
|
16.8
|
16.8
|
24.4
|
0.7
|
-2.6
|
|
Finland
|
15.6
|
15.6
|
12.8
|
-0.9
|
0.0
|
|
Sweden
|
179.4
|
20.5
|
15.7
|
-4.7
|
1.0
|
|
United
Kingdom
|
15.2
|
18.0
|
17.5
|
3.9
|
6.7
|
|
Iceland
|
1
735.0
|
10.9
|
9.4
|
:
|
2.7
|
|
Norway
|
143.7
|
17.8
|
12.4
|
-9.8
|
9.7
|
|
Montenegro
|
10.5
|
10.5
|
21.3
|
18.1
|
4.8
|
|
Former
Yug. Rep. of Macedonia
|
480.3
|
7.8
|
19.4
|
:
|
-1.4
|
|
Serbia
|
694.8
|
6.1
|
13.5
|
:
|
:
|
|
Albania
|
1
620.0
|
11.5
|
:
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Bosnia
& Herzegovina
|
15.6
|
8.0
|
:
|
2.3
|
-1.0
|
* Based
on prices in national currency
- Not
applicable
: Data
not available
Household2
gas prices including all taxes
|
|
Average
price per 100 kWh in 2nd
half of 2013
|
Price
change, in %*
|
|||
|
in
national currency
|
in
euro
|
in
PPS
|
2nd
half 2012/
2nd half 2011 |
2nd
half 2013/
2nd half 2012 |
|
|
EU284
|
-
|
7.1
|
7.1
|
8.2
|
1.0
|
|
Euro
area4
|
7.9
|
7.9
|
7.7
|
8.5
|
1.8
|
|
Belgium
|
6.7
|
6.7
|
6.0
|
0.4
|
-9.0
|
|
Bulgaria
|
10.1
|
5.2
|
11.6
|
17.8
|
-6.8
|
|
Czech
Republic
|
151.1
|
5.8
|
8.4
|
12.4
|
-9.0
|
|
Denmark
|
82.9
|
11.1
|
8.2
|
0.0
|
2.7
|
|
Germany
|
6.9
|
6.9
|
6.6
|
1.2
|
6.3
|
|
Estonia
|
4.8
|
4.8
|
6.6
|
18.5
|
-8.1
|
|
Ireland
|
7.2
|
7.2
|
6.7
|
8.7
|
7.4
|
|
Greece
|
8.9
|
8.9
|
10.1
|
:
|
-12.7
|
|
Spain
|
8.9
|
8.9
|
9.8
|
59.8
|
3.4
|
|
France
|
7.3
|
7.3
|
6.5
|
5.6
|
6.9
|
|
Croatia
|
35.5
|
4.7
|
7.2
|
27.4
|
0.3
|
|
Italy
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
9.4
|
10.6
|
-2.3
|
|
Cyprus**
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
|
Latvia
|
3.5
|
5.0
|
5.2
|
21.1
|
-9.2
|
|
Lithuania
|
21.2
|
6.1
|
10.0
|
13.2
|
0.5
|
|
Luxembourg
|
5.7
|
5.7
|
4.7
|
2.6
|
-4.7
|
|
Hungary
|
1 250.3
|
4.2
|
7.4
|
-11.2
|
-14.6
|
|
Malta**
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
|
Netherlands
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
7.8
|
13.9
|
0.2
|
|
Austria
|
7.5
|
7.5
|
6.9
|
5.8
|
-1.2
|
|
Poland
|
21.5
|
5.1
|
8.7
|
10.7
|
-9.6
|
|
Portugal
|
9.3
|
9.3
|
11.5
|
15.6
|
9.4
|
|
Romania
|
13.6
|
3.1
|
6.2
|
4.4
|
9.9
|
|
Slovenia
|
6.6
|
6.6
|
8.1
|
-7.8
|
-9.3
|
|
Slovakia
|
5.2
|
5.2
|
7.6
|
0.4
|
1.0
|
|
Finland**
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
:
|
|
Sweden
|
107.4
|
12.2
|
9.4
|
1.8
|
-0.7
|
|
United
Kingdom
|
5.0
|
5.9
|
5.7
|
1.8
|
7.8
|
* Based on prices in national
currency
** Cyprus,
Malta and Finland do not have a significant gas market for household
consumers and therefore did not report gas prices.
- Not
applicable
: Data
not available
- Electricity prices refer to prices for a household with an annual consumption of between 2 500 and 5 000 kWh, and include taxes. These prices are weighted by national household consumption to give the EU averages. The final price charged to electricity customers will depend on the structure of electricity tariffs and contracts which normally contain a number of factors, including fixed charges and unit prices that vary according to the amount of electricity and the time of day it is consumed.
- Gas prices refer to prices for a household with an annual consumption of between 5 600 and 56 000 kWh of gas, and include taxes. These prices are weighted by national household consumption to give the EU averages. The final price charged to gas customers will depend on the structure of gas tariffs and contracts which normally contain a number of factors, including fixed charges and unit prices that vary according to the volume of gas consumed.
- See article in Statistics Explained on the Eurostat web site: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Electricity_and_natural_gas_price_statistics
Data
in this News Release may slightly differ from that in the article,
due to updates made after the extractions used for the Statistics
explained article.
- EU28: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Euro
area
(EA18): Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France,
Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria,
Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
