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Electricity prices in Netherlands

Price paid by households in Eurostat band DC (2,500 to 4,999 kWh per year), expressed in euros per kWh.

Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year
Latest price incl. taxes 0.2558 €/kWh 25.58 c€/kWh H2 2025
Latest price incl. taxes0.2558 €/kWhH2 2025
1-year change+17.5 %3.81 c€/kWh
5-year change+89.3 %12.07 c€/kWh
gap vs EU-27-11.7 %0.2896 €/kWh
Half-yearly history

Electricity price trend

Netherlands
0.41 €0.30 €0.20 €0.10 €0.00 €S1 2007S1 2010S1 2013S1 2016S1 2019S1 2022S1 2025S2 2025

Source: Eurostat · nrg_pc_204 · Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year · EUR/kWh · toutes taxes comprises.

TAX LEVELS

The three Eurostat price levels

Eurostat publishes the same price at three tax levels, making it possible to distinguish the tax-free price from the amount paid by households.

Excluding taxes and levies 0.2692 €/kWh X_TAX
Excluding VAT and recoverable taxes 0.2114 €/kWh X_VAT
Including all taxes 0.2558 €/kWh I_TAX
BENCHMARK

Comparison with the European Union

Netherlands0.2558 €/kWh
VS
UE-270.2896 €/kWh
gap vs EU-27-11.7 %
READING THE PRICE

What the electricity price in Netherlands shows

Latest trend

For H2 2025, the price including all taxes is 0.2558 €/kWh. Over one year, it rises by +17.5 %. Compared with five years earlier, the increase is 89.3 %. The level is 11.7 % below the EU-27 average of 0.2896 €/kWh for the same period.

What this indicator means

This page follows a standard Eurostat consumption band. It is useful for country and time comparisons, but it is not a personalised household bill simulation.

METHODOLOGY

How should this price be read?

EnergyBoard uses a standard consumption band to make countries comparable. This is not a commercial tariff offered by a supplier, but an average statistical price observed by Eurostat.

Band DC · 2,500–4,999 kWh/year · Source: Eurostat, nrg_pc_204.

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