Electricity in the EU: Bulgaria pays 13 cents per kWh, Germany 36
According to Eurostat, household electricity in the first half of 2026 was cheapest in Hungary, with Bulgaria tied with Malta in second place. Ireland was the most expensive, followed by Germany and Belgium.
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Households in Bulgaria pay some of the lowest electricity prices in the EU. According to Eurostat data published on Oct. 30, 2026, a kilowatt-hour in Bulgaria cost 0.13 euros on average in the first half of the year, the same as in Malta. Only Hungary was cheaper, at 0.11 euros. Electricity was most expensive in Ireland at 0.39 euros, followed by Germany and Belgium at 0.36 euros per kWh each.
That means household electricity in Germany costs almost three times as much as in Bulgaria. The EU average was 0.28 euros per kWh, 2.2% less than in the second half of 2025 (0.29 euros). The share of taxes and levies in the bill fell from 28.9% to 28.4%. According to Eurostat, however, prices remain well above levels from before the 2022 energy crisis.
Taking purchasing power into account (purchasing power standard, PPS) changes the picture: electricity is then most expensive for households in Romania, Poland and Czechia. Compared with a year earlier, prices rose by 51.6% in Romania and 19.8% in Ireland, while they fell by 31.7% in Denmark.
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