Bulgaria electricity price per kWh against 17 European countries
Household electricity bills mix three different numbers: the regulator's approved price, the price Eurostat actually observes at the meter, and the tax and network charges layered on top. This tool keeps the three apart and lines Bulgaria up against 17 European countries using each country's own reported figures.
Open the price data Free, no sign-up. The tool has a full English mode; the underlying series come from Eurostat and the regulator.How it works
Three numbers, kept apart on purpose.
Pick household or business
Household prices cover 17 countries in Eurostat's 2,500 to 4,999 kWh consumption band; business prices cover a smaller set of 5 countries in the 20 to 499 MWh band.
See the price split into components
Energy and supply, network costs, and taxes and levies are shown separately for Bulgaria against the EU average, Germany and Romania, using Eurostat's own component breakdown.
Read the regulator's own number
KEVR's approved price decisions for the current and prior regulatory year appear alongside the Eurostat figures, labelled with their own currency and effective date.
Three numbers, never mixed
Each one answers a different question about the same bill.
Why the three numbers stay apart
Mixing a regulated price with an observed market price is the easiest way to mislead while sounding informative.
Eurostat's own household band
Prices use Eurostat's 2,500 to 4,999 kWh annual consumption band, the standard reference for a medium household, reported half yearly since 2007 for Bulgaria and 16 other countries.
Price components, broken out from the total
Eurostat's component breakdown splits the bill into energy and supply, network costs, and taxes and levies, shown for Bulgaria against the EU average, Germany and Romania. Greece is excluded because its own reported components don't add back up to its total price.
KEVR's decision, in its own currency
The regulator's approved price for the current and prior regulatory year is shown as published, in Bulgarian leva for the period before the euro changeover, rather than silently converted.
No invented wholesale price
A day-ahead exchange price would need a live feed from ENTSO-E, IBEX or a similar source. None of those returned usable data when checked, so the tool does not display a wholesale figure it cannot verify.
Three prices, three different questions
A single number labelled 'electricity price' usually hides which of these three it means.
| Regulated price (KEVR) | Observed price (Eurostat) | |
|---|---|---|
| Set by | The energy regulator, for the universal service segment | What Eurostat measures households and firms actually paying |
| Covers | The regulated supplier's approved tariff only | All suppliers, regulated and free market, blended |
| Currency | Leva before the 2026 euro changeover, published as decided | Euro for the whole series, including years before adoption |
| Best for | Checking the regulator's own approved number | Comparing Bulgaria's actual bill with another country |
The two numbers are not interchangeable, and a KEVR decision from one regulatory year should not be read against a Eurostat figure from a different period without checking both dates.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between the KEVR price and the Eurostat price?
KEVR approves the regulated tariff for the universal service segment, published in its own decisions with an effective date. Eurostat instead measures what households and businesses actually pay across all suppliers, regulated and free market together, in a standard consumption band. They answer different questions, and the tool keeps them in separate sections rather than averaging them into one figure.
Why does household coverage include 17 countries but business coverage only 5?
Eurostat's household electricity price table (nrg_pc_204) reports 17 countries or aggregates in the 2,500 to 4,999 kWh band. Its non-household table (nrg_pc_205) only has a usable series for 5 in the 20 to 499 MWh band, so business prices are shown for that smaller set rather than padded out with countries that lack the data.
Why is Greece missing from the price component breakdown?
Eurostat's component table for Greece does not add back up to its own reported total price, off by more than 5% in some years, which suggests the underlying data is inconsistent rather than a rounding difference. Rather than show a component split that contradicts its own total, Greece is left out of that specific breakdown, while it remains in the plain price comparison.
Is the wholesale, day-ahead electricity price shown here?
No. A live or historical wholesale price would need a working feed from a source like ENTSO-E's Transparency Platform, IBEX or Ember. None returned usable data when checked, so rather than estimate a number, the tool leaves that figure out entirely.
How often is the data updated?
Eurostat publishes household and business prices twice a year, and this tool follows that schedule. KEVR's regulated price decisions are added when a new regulatory year is approved, which happens roughly once a year, sometimes with a mid-year revision.
Does the price include VAT?
Eurostat publishes both a with-tax and a without-tax series, and the price component breakdown separates VAT from the other taxes and levies rather than folding it into a single tax line, so the pre-tax price and the tax load on top of it can be seen separately.
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