Portugal had third highest gas prices in EU H1 2021
In the EU, electricity prices increased from €21.3 per 100kWh in the first half of 2020 to €21.9/100kWh in the first six months of the year.
Average domestic electricity prices in the European Union (EU) increased to €21.9/100kWh and gas prices retreated to €6.4/100kWh in the first half of this year compared to the same period a year earlier, Eurostat reports Wednesday.
In the EU, electricity prices increased from €21.3 per 100kWh in the first half of 2020 to €21.9/100kWh in the first six months of the year.
Household gas prices, meanwhile, fell from €6.5/100kWh to €6.4/100kWh.
Portugal ranks eighth in the table of electricity prices (€20.8/100kWh) for domestic use and third in gas prices (€7.6), having in both cases retreated from €21.2 and €7.8 recorded in the same period of 2020.
According to the European statistical office, the price of electricity fell in Portugal from €21.2/100kWh to €20.8/100kWh and gas from €7.8/100kwh to €7.6/100kwh, in both cases including taxes and fees.
Between January and June, compared to the same period in 2020, household electricity prices increased in 16 Member States, with Germany showing the highest (€31.9/100kWh), followed by Denmark (€29), Belgium (€27) and Ireland (€25.6).
On the other hand, Hungary (€10/100kWh) recorded the lowest price for domestic electricity, followed by Bulgaria (€10.2) and Malta (€12.8).
As regards prices for domestic natural gas, these fell in 20 of the 23 Member States that send data to Eurostat, with Lithuania (€2.8/100kWh), Latvia (€3) and Hungary (€3.1) charging the lowest prices to consumers and the Netherlands (€9.6), Denmark (€9) and Portugal (€7.6) having the highest costs among Member States.
Eurostat will release data for the second quarter of 2021 in April 2022.
