Bulgarian households paid some of the cheapest electricity in the EU in the first half of 2026. Eurostat data published today show a kilowatt hour cost an average of €0.13 in Bulgaria, against €0.28 across the EU.

Malta pays the same. Only Hungary is cheaper, at €0.11 per kilowatt hour.

Ireland is the most expensive at €0.39 per kilowatt hour, followed by Germany and Belgium at €0.36 each. The price is above €0.30 in six countries and below €0.20 in five.

The EU price fell 2.2% from the second half of 2025, from €0.29 to €0.28. Taxes and charges make up 28.4% of the final bill, down from 28.9% six months earlier, a drop of 0.5 percentage points. The price is still well above its level before the 2022 energy crisis.

Measured in national currencies, electricity rose most over the year in Romania (51.6%), followed by Ireland (19.8%) and Finland (18.4%). It fell most in Denmark (31.7%) and Luxembourg (24.1%).

Eurostat also compares prices by purchasing power in each country, using purchasing power standards (PPS). On this measure, 100 kilowatt hours cost most in Romania (46.9), Poland (41.1) and Czechia (34.3), and least in Malta (13.8), Hungary (14.7) and Luxembourg (15.5).