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ELECTRICITY PRICES - Ireland December of 2021

The price of electricity in Ireland, among the highest.

The average price of electricity in Ireland, in December of 2021, has been 0.2974€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0419 kWh, 16.4% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Ireland in that period was € 0.242 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.2069 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 16.96%.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Ireland has increased by 11.06%.

From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Ireland has been € 0.2974 kWh, in December of 2021, while in June of 2008, electricity price was € 0.1769 kWh, its minimum price in this period.

Ireland is in fourth place on the list of countries 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 € 0.0554 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 18.63% 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 Ireland in economy of Ireland.


Ireland - Household electricity prices
DateElec prices excl. tax €/kWhElec prices €/kWh
December 20210.24200.2974
June 20210.20690.2555
December 20200.21790.2616
June 20200.20430.2413
December 20190.21300.2546
June 20190.20270.2423
December 20180.20060.2539
June 20180.18460.2369
December 20170.18650.2355
June 20170.18460.2305
December 20160.18780.2338
June 20160.18950.2320
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Ireland - Household electricity prices
Ireland - Household electricity prices