In the first half of 2026, the average gas price for non-household consumers in the EU was €0.06 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), up by 1.8% compared with the second half of 2025, but down 6.7% compared with the same period of 2025. Tax levels within the overall prices amounted to 16.4% in the first half of 2025 and 15.9% in the second half of 2025 before increasing to 17.5% in the first half of 2026.
This data relates to average gas prices for non-household consumers with an annual consumption between 10 000 gigajoules (GJ) and 100 000 GJ.
Source dataset: nrg_pc_203
The highest gas prices for non-household consumers in the EU were recorded in Sweden (€0.11 per kWh), Finland (€0.09) and the Netherlands (€0.08), and the lowest in Bulgaria and Belgium (both €0.04).
Prices drop in 24 EU countries
In the first half of 2026, 24 of the 25 EU countries with available data reported decreases in average gas prices for non-household consumers compared with the same period of 2025. The largest decreases in prices were in Belgium and France (-13.1%), Lithuania (-12.5%), Hungary (-11.6%) and Bulgaria (-10.8%), while Sweden was the only country to record a price increase (+3.1%).
Source dataset: nrg_pc_203
