Data released by the EU statistical office, Eurostat, shows that in the first six months of this year, gas prices for households in the EU fell by 8.1% to €11.43 per 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh), compared to €12.44 in the second half of 2024.

“This decrease marks a return to the seasonal fluctuations in gas prices, typical of the period before the 2022 energy crisis,” Eurostat notes.

In the year-on-year variation, in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, there was an increase of approximately 3.5%, since at that time domestic gas prices averaged €11.04 per 100 kWh.

In a chain comparison, in the first six months of this year compared to the last six months of 2024, the percentage of taxes and fees in the final price of gas increased from 30.0% to 31.1%, according to Eurostat, which attributes this to the “gradual reduction of subsidies, mainly in the form of tax cuts, applied in previous semesters”.

By EU country, regarding prices expressed in purchasing power parity (PPS), the highest natural gas prices for households were observed in Sweden (17.55), Portugal (15.34) and the Netherlands (13.80).

The lowest prices in PPS were recorded in Hungary (4.43), Croatia (6.47) and Luxembourg (7.04).

Also released were the figures on the average price of electricity for households in the EU, which remained at €28.72 per 100 kWh in the first half of 2025, after a 0.5% decrease compared to the €28.87 recorded in the second half of 2024.

“This trend prolongs the period of price stability, although prices remain well above pre-2022 energy crisis levels,” notes Eurostat.

The statistical office points out that the proportion of taxes and fees in electricity bills increased from 24.7% in the second half of 2024 to 27.6% in the first half of 2025 and that, therefore, the reduction in pre-tax prices has not yet been reflected in the final prices paid by consumers.

In a year-on-year comparison, in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, there was a decrease of 1.53%, after prices of €29.16.

The price expressed in PPS (price per share) of electricity for Portuguese households was €28.99.