Eurostat reported a 1.8% rise from July–December 2025 but a 6.7% fall from January–June 2025, leaving the EU average lower than a year earlier despite the half-year increase.
Eurostat’s November 4 release put the European Union’s average non-household gas price at €0.06 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in January–June 2026. That was 1.8% higher than in the preceding half-year but 6.7% lower than in the same months a year earlier.
The averages cover non-household customers using between 10,000 and 100,000 gigajoules of gas annually. A gigajoule is a unit of energy. These are customer prices for that consumption band and period, rather than current wholesale-market quotations or prices for households.
Of the 25 EU countries with available data, 24 recorded lower prices than in January–June 2025. Sweden was the only country with an annual increase, at 3.1%, and also had the highest reported price.
| Country | Price per kWh |
|---|---|
| Sweden | €0.11 |
| Finland | €0.09 |
| Netherlands | €0.08 |
The average for non-household consumers using 500–2,000 MWh a year fell 2% from the previous half-year and 5.4% from a year earlier, Eurostat said on 4 November.
| Country | Decrease |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 13.1% |
| France | 13.1% |
| Lithuania | 12.5% |
| Hungary | 11.6% |
| Bulgaria | 10.8% |
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