The average price of electricity in Belgium, in June of 2011, has been 0.2136€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0162 kWh, 8.21% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Belgium in that period was € 0.1572 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.146 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 7.67%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Belgium has increased by 8.49%.
From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Belgium has been € 0.2152 kWh, in December of 2008, while in December of 2007, electricity price was € 0.1683 kWh, its minimum price in this period.
Belgium is the third country with the most expensive electricity in Europe.
Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.0564 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 26.4% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Belgium in economy of Belgium.