Electricity price inflation by country: latest official figures

Latest official electricity price inflation for 21 countries in one table, as of 2026-10, with each country's period, change and source.

Updated when a new official figure arrives.

These figures are the 12-month change in a price index (how fast prices rose), not the price level or the size of a bill.

Rank	Country	Latest	Period	Change	Definition	Source
1	Italy	20.4%	2026-09	+3.5pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
2	Sweden	16.9%	2026-09	+12.2pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
3	Belgium	13.1%	2026-09	+5.3pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
4	Australia	12.8%	2026-09	-0.4pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	Australian Bureau of Statistics
5	Spain	11.4%	2026-09	+2.2pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
6	Ireland	8.1%	2026-09	0pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
7	U.S.	4.4%	2026-09	+0.6pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
8	Poland	4.2%	2026-09	0pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
9	Canada	3.6%	2026-09	+0.12pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	Statistics Canada
10	Norway	3.2%	2026-09	-3.2pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
11	UK	3%	2026-09	+0.5pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	Office for National Statistics (UK)
12	France	1.4%	2026-09	+0.3pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
13	Netherlands	0.8%	2026-09	+0.9pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
14	Portugal	0.4%	2026-09	0pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
15	South Korea	0%	2026-10	0pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	Statistics Korea (KOSIS)
16	Japan	-2.3%	2026-09	+0.1pp	Electricity component of the national CPI	Statistics Bureau of Japan
17	Switzerland	-3%	2026-09	0pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
18	Finland	-4%	2026-09	-2.1pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
19	Germany	-5.5%	2026-09	+0.1pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
20	Austria	-9.3%	2026-09	+1.4pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
21	Denmark	-10.2%	2026-09	+7.7pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)
Regional average (not ranked)	Euro area	4.4%	2026-09	+1.6pp	HICP electricity	Eurostat (European Commission)

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How to read this

Each value is the most recent figure the official statistics agency has published. Countries publish on different days, so periods can differ; the period column shows which month each value refers to.
Change is the difference from the previous period of the same series, in percentage points.
Definitions are not identical across countries (see the definition column). The table compares published headline figures; it is not a ranking of living standards.

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Source

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — license
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — license
Source: Statistics Canada. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada — license
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0) — license
Source: Statistics Korea (KOSIS), Consumer Price Survey / Economically Active Population Survey, 2026-10 — license
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, Consumer Price Index, accessed 2026-10 — license
Source: Eurostat, accessed 2026-10 — license