Malta enjoyed the most noticeable drop in household electricity prices among EU countries between the second half of 2013 and the second half of last year, according to Eurostat.

It said that household electricity prices in the European Union rose by 2.9 per cent on average during the period, to reach €20.8 per 100 kWh.

Since 2008, electricity prices in the EU have increased by more than 30 per cent. Across the EU states, household electricity prices in the second half of 2014 ranged from €9 per 100 kWh in Bulgaria to more than €30 per 100 kWh in Denmark. Malta's prices (€12.50 per 100 kWh) were the third lowest, at par with Romania's.

Household gas prices increased by two per cent on average to hit €7.2 per 100 kWh.

Since 2008, gas prices in the EU rose by 35 per cent. Among member states, household gas prices in the second half of 2014 ranged from just over €3 per 100 kWh in Romania to above €11 per 100 kWh in Sweden.

Figures for Malta were not available.

Taxes and levies made up an average 32 per cent of the electricity price charged to households in the second half of 2014, and 23 per cent of the gas price.

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