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European statistics on electricity prices for household and final non-household customers.
3.2. Classification system
Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual electricity consumption bands and tax levels.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Household sector and final non-household sector (industry, services, offices, agriculture, etc).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The prices are reported in national currencies per kWh and according to different bands of consumption.
For the household sector, these bands are:
DA: customers consuming less than 1000 kWh.
DB: customers consuming 1000 kWh or more but less than 2500 kWh.
DC: customers consuming 2500 kWh or more but less than 5000 kWh.
DD: customers consuming 5000 kWh or more but less than 15000 kWh.
DE: customers consuming 15000 kWh or more.
For the final non-household sector, the bands are:
IA: customers consuming less than 20 MWh.
IB: customers consuming 20 MWh or more but less than 500 MWh.
IC: customers consuming 500 MWh or more but less than 2000 MWh.
ID: customers consuming 2000 MWh or more but less than 20000 MWh.
IE: customers consuming 20000 MWh or more but less than 70000 MWh.
IF: customers consuming 70000 MWh or more but less than 150000 MWh.
IG: customers consuming 150000 MWh or more.
There exist 2 different levels of disagregation for semestrial and annual prices:
1- Semestrial prices:
These prices are reported twice a year and are divided in 3 levels:
Level 1 prices: prices excluding taxes and levies.
Level 2 prices: prices excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies.
Level 3 prices: prices including all taxes and levies.
2- Annual prices:
These prices are reported once a year together with the data for the second semester and are divided into the following components and taxes:
Energy and supply: generation, aggregation, balancing energy, supplied energy costs, customer services, after-sales management and other supply costs.
Network cost: transmission and distribution tariffs, transmission and distribution losses, network costs, after-sale service costs, system service costs, and meter rental and metering costs.
Value added taxes (VAT): as defined in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Renewable taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and CHP generation.
Capacity taxes: Taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to capacity payments, energy security and generation adequacy; taxes on coal industry restructuring; taxes on electricity distribution; stranded costs and levies on financing energy regulatory authorities or market and system operators.
Environmental taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to air quality and for other environmental purposes; taxes on emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gases. This component includes the excise duties.
Nuclear taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the nuclear sector, including nuclear decommissioning, inspections and fees for nuclear installations.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous five categories: support for district heating; local or regional fiscal charges; island compensation; concession fees relating to licences and fees for the occupation of land and public or private property by networks or other devices.
In addition to these elements, the network cost is split into the respective shares of transmission and distribution. The relative share of consumption in the different consumption bands is reported by the countries and used to calculated the single national electricity prices (weighted averages for consumer bands IA-IF and DA-DE) but not published because it could be used to re-calculate some confidential values.
Some of the taxes are refundable. Here is a description of them:
Band
Name of the tax
component in which it is reported
Recoverable portion of the component
IA-IG
VAT
VAT
100%
In the table below are the taxes reported in "All other taxes" :
Band
Name of the tax
DA-DE
Public interest services levies
IA-IG
Public interest services levies
In the table below are the taxes reported in "enviromental taxes" :
Band
Name of the tax
IA-IG
Excise duties
3.5. Statistical unit
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
3.6. Statistical population
Enterprises supplying electricity to final household and non-households consumers.
3.7. Reference area
The whole country.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Electricity prices data for Lithuania are available since 2003.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Prices are reported in national currency per kWh. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity). Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.
For semestrial prices, the reference periods are from January to June for semester 1 and from July to December for semester 2.
For annual prices, the reference period is the whole calendar year (from January to December).
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
At EU level:
Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices and repealing Directive 2008/92/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/803 concerning the content of quality reports on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
There is no national legilsation.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
At EU level:
Eurostat does not share the data collected with other organisation appart from its usual dissemination chanel (Eurostat's database, statistic explained articles and press or news release) .
At national level:
Data is sent to Eurostat and Internationa Energy Agency.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
At EU level:
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 March 2009, on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
Published data should not allow identification of single consumers. Confidential data are not published.
In the process of statistical data collection, processing and analysis and dissemination of statistical information, the State Data Agency fully guarantees confidentiality of the data submitted by respondents (households, enterprises, institutions, organisations and other statistical units), as defined in the Confidentiality policy guidelines of the State Data Agency.
Statistical Disclosure Control Manual, approved by Order No DĮ-26 of 19 January 2024 of the Director General of the State Data Agency;
8.1. Release calendar
Statistical information is published in accordance with an Official Statistics Calendar.
Electricity prices in Lithuania are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website and on Nationnal Official Statistics Portal.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Lithuania does not publish any news release.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Lithuania does not publish any publications.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Database of Indicators (Economy and finance -> Price indices and prices -> Electricity prices)
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Lithuania does not record the number of views on the online database.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
The State Data Agency may, on the basis of contracts concluded with higher education institutions or research institutes, provide statistical data to researchers of these higher education institutions and research institutes to carry out specific statistical analyses for research purposes. Statistical data are provided in accordance with the provisions specified in the Description of Procedure for Data Depersonalisation and Pseudonymisation (only in Lithuanian). More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, in the section Data Provision.
A complete description of the methodology used to compile the Electricity prices is published on the Official Statistics Portal: Methodological documentation.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
73.1 per cent.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Lithuania does not have any documentation on the datasets.
In 2007, a quality management system, conforming to the requirements of the international quality management system standard ISO 9001, was introduced at Statistics Lithuania. The main trends in activity of Statistics Lithuania aimed at quality management and continuous development in the institution are established in the Quality Policy. Monitoring of the quality indicators of statistical processes and their results and self-evaluation of statistical survey managers is regularly carried out in order to identify the areas which need improvement and to promptly eliminate the shortcomings.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Statistical data on average electricity prices for end-users are compiled in accordance with the requirements set in Regulation (EU) 2016/1952. To assess statistical survey quality, a self-assessment of the survey leader and statistical questionnaire control testing is performed regularly.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The publication of average electricity prices for end-users helps to ensure the transparency of information on electricity prices. The main users of statistical information are the European Commission, national authorities, enterprises, International Energy Agency, other international organisations.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
From 2005, user opinion surveys have been conducted on a regular basis. Official Statistics Portal traffic is monitored, website visitor opinion polls, general opinion poll on the products and services of Statistics Lithuania, target user group opinion polls and other surveys are conducted. In 2007, the compilation of a user satisfaction index was launched. The said surveys are aimed at the assessment of the overall demand for and necessity of statistical information in general and specific statistical indicators in particular.
For more information on user surveys and their results, see User surveys.
12.3. Completeness
Statistical information on 1 kWh electricity prices for end-users – enterprises and households – for the reference calendar half-year is calculated and presented according to standard consumer groups at the national level.
Due to the high percentage of the population represented by the suppliers responding to the surveys and the absence of errors, the accuracy of the data is deemed very high.
13.2. Sampling error
Due to the high percentage of the population represented, the error is considered minimum.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Negligible.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Non-sampling error is not calculated.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Lithuania is not aware of any coverage issues in the samples.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Lithuania is not aware of any over-coverage issues in the samples.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
100% of the data is covered by the survey.
13.3.2. Measurement error
No measurement errors were found. The questionnaire was tested with the respondents to avoid any programmig mistakes.
13.3.3. Non response error
All respondents included in the statistical survey reported on-time and provided all the required statics data and information. This was achieved through collaboration with respondents, and a working group was set up to implement the provisions of the new regulation, which included experts from key reporting companies.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
The response rate is 100 per cent.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Respondents provide all required data.
13.3.4. Processing error
No processing errors were found. State Data Agency consults on final aggregates with National Commision for Energy Control and Prices.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Electricity providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the electricity price data within 1 month and 15 days after the reference period. After arrival, the statistical office checks the micro-data for correctness, consistency and completeness and national averages are calculated and reported to Eurostat during the third month after the reference period.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 92 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 91 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 92 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 76 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 78 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 66 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 92 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2019 was sent 91 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2020 was sent 92 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 76 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2021 was sent 78 days after the reference period.
The first version of the electricity price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 66 days after the reference period.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
First results are final.
14.2. Punctuality
The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the third month after the reference period. All questionnaires are delivered on time.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Statistical information is published in accordance with an Official Statistics Calendar. In case of delay, users are notified in advance by indicating the reason and a new date of publication.
Percentage of statistical information released on time is 100 per cent.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
All statistical information is compared with the prices of electricity supplied to end users calculated by other EU countries.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable
15.2. Comparability - over time
Since 1 January 2008
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Electricity prices as of 1 January and 1 July – for medium and large users from 1 January 2003 to 1 January 2008, for small users – from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2008. Average electricity prices for the reference calendar half-year by all standard consumer groups – from 1 January 2008.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not applicable
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable
15.4. Coherence - internal
Annual prices are coherent with the semestrial prices.
Time spent by respondents on the filling in of questionnaire KA-07 makes, on average, 6 hours.
In 2024 the costs of the NSI where 310 hours per year, burden of respondents – 31 hours per year.
The results published are final and not revised later.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
The average size of revisions is not calculated.
18.1. Source data
The main statistical data source – statistical data on electricity prices (statistical questionnaire on enterprises supplying electricity to final household and non-household consumers KA-07 (biannual).
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Respondents submit the filled-in statistical questionnaire on a biannual basis: by August 15 – for the first half-year of the reference year, by February 15 – for the second half-year of the previous year.
18.3. Data collection
Statistical data are provided in a statistical questionnaire KA-07. Reporting methods: electronic statistical data preparation and transfer system e-Statistics.
18.4. Data validation
The statistical data on electricity prices collected are compared with statistical data from the previous period and respective period of the previous year; reasons for price changes are analysed. Questionable prices and reasons for their changes are clarified with the responsible company personnel.
18.5. Data compilation
Average electricity prices for household consumers are provided according to five, for non-household consumers – according to seven consumer groups. Each electricity consumer group is defined in relation to the lowest and the highest amount of electricity consumed per year. The arithmetic weighted mean formula is used to calculate the average electricity price for each consumer group; electricity consumption in kWh (for household consumers) or MWh (for non-household consumers) during the reference calendar half-year is used as weights.
The average 1 kWh electricity price expressed in national currency is calculated: price excluding taxes, fees, levies and charges; price excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes; price including all taxes, fees, levies and charges.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Imputations are not performed.
18.6. Adjustment
Adjustments are not performed.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Seasonable adjustments are not carried out.
No comment
European statistics on electricity prices for household and final non-household customers.
30 June 2025
The prices are reported in national currencies per kWh and according to different bands of consumption.
For the household sector, these bands are:
DA: customers consuming less than 1000 kWh.
DB: customers consuming 1000 kWh or more but less than 2500 kWh.
DC: customers consuming 2500 kWh or more but less than 5000 kWh.
DD: customers consuming 5000 kWh or more but less than 15000 kWh.
DE: customers consuming 15000 kWh or more.
For the final non-household sector, the bands are:
IA: customers consuming less than 20 MWh.
IB: customers consuming 20 MWh or more but less than 500 MWh.
IC: customers consuming 500 MWh or more but less than 2000 MWh.
ID: customers consuming 2000 MWh or more but less than 20000 MWh.
IE: customers consuming 20000 MWh or more but less than 70000 MWh.
IF: customers consuming 70000 MWh or more but less than 150000 MWh.
IG: customers consuming 150000 MWh or more.
There exist 2 different levels of disagregation for semestrial and annual prices:
1- Semestrial prices:
These prices are reported twice a year and are divided in 3 levels:
Level 1 prices: prices excluding taxes and levies.
Level 2 prices: prices excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies.
Level 3 prices: prices including all taxes and levies.
2- Annual prices:
These prices are reported once a year together with the data for the second semester and are divided into the following components and taxes:
Energy and supply: generation, aggregation, balancing energy, supplied energy costs, customer services, after-sales management and other supply costs.
Network cost: transmission and distribution tariffs, transmission and distribution losses, network costs, after-sale service costs, system service costs, and meter rental and metering costs.
Value added taxes (VAT): as defined in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Renewable taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and CHP generation.
Capacity taxes: Taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to capacity payments, energy security and generation adequacy; taxes on coal industry restructuring; taxes on electricity distribution; stranded costs and levies on financing energy regulatory authorities or market and system operators.
Environmental taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to air quality and for other environmental purposes; taxes on emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gases. This component includes the excise duties.
Nuclear taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the nuclear sector, including nuclear decommissioning, inspections and fees for nuclear installations.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous five categories: support for district heating; local or regional fiscal charges; island compensation; concession fees relating to licences and fees for the occupation of land and public or private property by networks or other devices.
In addition to these elements, the network cost is split into the respective shares of transmission and distribution. The relative share of consumption in the different consumption bands is reported by the countries and used to calculated the single national electricity prices (weighted averages for consumer bands IA-IF and DA-DE) but not published because it could be used to re-calculate some confidential values.
Some of the taxes are refundable. Here is a description of them:
Band
Name of the tax
component in which it is reported
Recoverable portion of the component
IA-IG
VAT
VAT
100%
In the table below are the taxes reported in "All other taxes" :
Band
Name of the tax
DA-DE
Public interest services levies
IA-IG
Public interest services levies
In the table below are the taxes reported in "enviromental taxes" :
Band
Name of the tax
IA-IG
Excise duties
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
Enterprises supplying electricity to final household and non-households consumers.
The whole country.
For semestrial prices, the reference periods are from January to June for semester 1 and from July to December for semester 2.
For annual prices, the reference period is the whole calendar year (from January to December).
Due to the high percentage of the population represented by the suppliers responding to the surveys and the absence of errors, the accuracy of the data is deemed very high.
Prices are reported in national currency per kWh. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity). Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.
Average electricity prices for household consumers are provided according to five, for non-household consumers – according to seven consumer groups. Each electricity consumer group is defined in relation to the lowest and the highest amount of electricity consumed per year. The arithmetic weighted mean formula is used to calculate the average electricity price for each consumer group; electricity consumption in kWh (for household consumers) or MWh (for non-household consumers) during the reference calendar half-year is used as weights.
The average 1 kWh electricity price expressed in national currency is calculated: price excluding taxes, fees, levies and charges; price excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes; price including all taxes, fees, levies and charges.
The main statistical data source – statistical data on electricity prices (statistical questionnaire on enterprises supplying electricity to final household and non-household consumers KA-07 (biannual).
Electricity prices in Lithuania are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website and on Nationnal Official Statistics Portal.
Electricity providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the electricity price data within 1 month and 15 days after the reference period. After arrival, the statistical office checks the micro-data for correctness, consistency and completeness and national averages are calculated and reported to Eurostat during the third month after the reference period.
All statistical information is compared with the prices of electricity supplied to end users calculated by other EU countries.
