Average household gas prices across the European Union fell to €0.11 per kilowatt-hour in the first half of 2026, the lowest level since 2022, according to Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency .
The figure represented a 10.2 percent decrease from the second half of 2025 and a 3.5 percent decline from the first half of 2025. Seasonal price fluctuations returned to the pattern seen before the 2022 energy crisis.
Sweden recorded the highest household gas prices at €0.22 per kilowatt-hour. The Netherlands followed at €0.16, while France and Portugal both stood at €0.13.
Hungary had the lowest prices at €0.03 per kilowatt-hour. Croatia stood at €0.05, and Romania and Slovakia both recorded €0.06.
Compared with the same period in 2025 and measured in national currencies, prices fell in 12 countries with available data, rose in seven, and stayed broadly stable in four. Bulgaria saw the largest drop at 14.5 percent, followed by Greece at 11.3 percent and Spain at 10 percent.
Romania recorded the largest increase at 9.3 percent, with Croatia up 8.9 percent and Slovakia up 6.6 percent.
Measured in purchasing power standards (PPS), Sweden again topped the list at 17.7 per 100 kilowatt-hours. Portugal reached 15.0 and the Netherlands 13.8. Hungary had the lowest PPS price at 4.3, followed by Luxembourg at 6.6 and Croatia at 6.8.
