Ireland has the highest electricity prices in the European Union, according to new figures released today by the bloc’s statistical agency.
On average, the figures mean that Irish households are paying €480 more for electricity per year compared to the EU average – with costs for consumers climbing to 40% above the EU average.
Non-household electricity prices in the EU were highest in Ireland (€0.2552 per kWh) and lowest in Finland (€0.0748 per kWh) in the second half of 2025, the report from Eurostat shows. Ireland also had the highest electricity prices for household consumers.
The report outlines that for household consumers, electricity prices in the second half of last year were also highest in Ireland (€0.4042 per kWh), followed by Germany (€0.3869 per kWh), Belgium (€0.3499 per kWh), and Denmark (€0.3312 per kWh).
In contrast, the lowest prices were observed in Hungary (€0.1082 per kWh), Malta (€0.1282 per kWh) and Bulgaria (€0.1355 per kWh). For Irish household consumers, the per kWh cost was 40% above the EU average price, whereas households in Hungary, Malta and Bulgaria paid less than half the price of the EU average.
The EU average price in the second half of 2025 – a weighted average using the most recent (2024) consumption data for electricity by household consumers – was €0.2896 per kWh.
According to the report, household electricity prices increased in 17 and decreased in 10 EU countries, in the second half of 2025, compared with the second half of 2024.
In the second half of 2025, compared with the second half of 2024, household electricity prices in the EU showed the highest increase in Romania (58.6%). The largest decrease was observed in Cyprus (-14.7%).
Electricity prices for non-household consumers in the EU fell by 5.4% in the second half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 and by 3.5% from the first half of 2025.
Detailing non-household consumers, electricity prices peaked in Ireland (€0.2552 per kWh), followed by Cyprus (€0.2429 per kWh) and Germany(€0.2264 per kWh).
The lowest prices were observed in Finland (€0.0748 per kWh) and Sweden (€0.0970 per kWh). The EU average price in the second half of 2025 was €0.1837 per kWh.