German households paid the most for electricity in the European Union (EU) at €31.93 per 100 kilowatt-hours in the first half of this year, according to the EU's statistical office Eurostat on Wednesday.
Germany's bill is much higher than the average EU household payment of €21.92 per 100 kilowatt-hours in the first half of the year, marking a small increase from €21.34 for the same period last year.
After Germany, Denmark recorded the second-highest power bill at €29, followed by Belgium with €27.02, Ireland with €25.55, Spain with €23.23 and Italy with €22.59.
The cheapest bill among EU member states was in Hungary at €10.03 for 100 kilowatt-hours. Bulgaria followed with €10.24, Malta with €12.79 and the Netherlands with €12.81.
The average natural gas price per 100 kilowatt-hours in EU residences in the first half of the year was calculated as €6.39, down from €6.45 for the same period last year.
The highest payment for natural gas consumed in households in the EU was in the Netherlands at €9.61 per 100 kilowatt-hours.
Denmark paid €8.95 per 100 kilowatt-hours of natural gas and it cost €7.62 in Portugal. In Italy €7.03 was paid for the same amount of natural gas, €6.91 in Spain, €6.78 in France and €6.47 in Germany.
During the first six months of the year, the most affordable natural gas consumption among EU member countries was in Lithuania, which paid an average of €2.79 per 100 kilowatt-hours. Latvia followed paying €2.97, Hungary with €3.07, Romania with €3.17 and Bulgaria with €3.68.
The data in question covers the period before the rapid gas and electricity price increases in the EU.
Reporting by Ata Ufuk Seker in Brussels
Writing by Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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