EU: households electricity prices 2023

In the first half of 2023, the electricity prices for household end users (including taxes, levies, and VAT) in the European Union increased by 0.5 euro cents per kilowatt-hour compared to the second half of 2022. Therefore, the electricity prices in the European Union reached a peak of approximately 28.9 euro cents per kilowatt-hour.
The prices include electricity/basic price, transmission, system services, meter rental, distribution and other services.

Electricity prices for households in the European Union (EU-27/EU-28) from 1st half 2010 to 1st half 2023 (in euro cents per kilowatt-hour)

Characteristic	Price in euro cents per kilowatt-hour
H1 2023	28.9
H2 2022	28.4
H1 2022	25.25
H2 2021	23.51
H1 2021	22.03
H2 2020	21.34
H1 2020	21.34
H2 2019	21.7
H1 2019	21.7
H2 2018	21.46
H1 2018	20.99
H2 2017	20.87
H1 2017	20.86
H2 2016	20.69
H1 2016	20.51
H2 2015	20.89
H1 2015	20.83
H2 2014	20.84
H1 2014	20.58
H2 2013	20.62
H1 2013	20.42
H2 2012	19.96
H1 2012	19.16
H2 2011	18.86
H1 2011	18.58
H2 2010	17.77
H1 2010	17.25

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October 2023

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Survey time period

H1 2010 to H1 2023

Supplementary notes

All data starting in 2020 S1 refers to the EU-27, excluding the UK.
Prices including all taxes, levies and VAT.
Band-DC (Medium): annual consumption between 2 500 and 5 000 kWh.
The published data are national average prices over a period over 6 months. Semester 1 prices are average prices between 1st January and 30th June of each year, semester 2 prices are average prices between 1st July and 31st December of each year.

Data prior to 2014 was taken from a previous dataset. Statistical Data extracted from the Eurostat Database with the code nrg_pc_204.

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