Turkey's household natural gas price registered as the cheapest per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2017 among a list of 25 countries, according to the latest data released by the EU's statistics office Eurostat on Wednesday.
Among 21 EU member states that provided data along with 4 non-EU states including Turkey, Moldova, Serbia and Macedonia, Turkey had the lowest household price for gas at �0.0244/kWh last year.
Turkey was followed by Romania with �0.0302/kWh, Moldova with �0.0306/kWh, Serbia with �0.0342/kWh and Bulgaria with �0.0355/kWh in 2017.
In the list of 25 countries, the most expensive household gas per kWh was sold in Sweden. In 2017, the price of household gas in Sweden was �0.1197/kWh. Ireland followed with �0.0963/kWh, Portugal with �0.0931/kWh, Denmark with �0.0880/kWh and the Netherlands with �0.0790/kWh.
- Cheapest household electricity in Kosovo
Last year, Kosovo enjoyed the cheapest household electricity price per kWh out of a list of 32 countries. The list included 24 EU member states that provided data as well as Norway, Iceland, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey, Moldova and Montenegro.
Kosovo paid �0.0658/kWh for household electricity in 2017. Serbia and Macedonia followed �0.0731/kWh and �0.0812/kWh, respectively.
Turkey's household electricity user per kWh out of the list of 32 countries was the fourth cheapest at �0.0958/kWh last year. Turkey was followed by Bulgaria with �0.0970/kWh.
The most expensive household electricity price per kWh in 2017 was seen in Belgium, which paid �0.2845/kWh. Belgium was followed by Denmark with �0.2668/kWh, Portugal with �0.2357/kWh, Ireland with �0.2114/kWh and Austria with �0.1934/kWh.
According to Eurostat data, the top five countries that had the cheapest household gas and electricity per kWh last year are as follows:
Top 5 countries with lowest gas price per kWh
Country | Price (euro/kWh) |
Turkey | 0.0244 |
Romania | 0.0302 |
Moldova | 0.0306 |
Serbia | 0.0342 |
Bulgaria | 0.0355 |
Top 5 countries with lowest electricity price per kWh
Country | Price (euro/kWh) |
Kosovo | 0.0658 |
Serbia | 0.0731 |
Macedonia | 0.0812 |
Turkey | 0.0958 |
Bulgaria | 0.0970 |
By Ebru Sengul
Anadolu Agency