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Industry, Construction and Energy Statistics Division
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2.1. Metadata last certified
11 December 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
11 December 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
11 December 2025
3.1. Data description
European statistics on natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers.
3.2. Classification system
Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual natural gas 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 collected in national currencies per GJ and according to different bands of consumption.
For the households sector, these bands are:
D1: Customers consuming less than 20 GJ.
D2: Customers consuming 20 GJ or more but less than 200 GJ.
D3: Customers consuming 200 GJ or more.
For the final non-households sector, the bands are:
I1: Customers consuming less than 1000 GJ.
I2: Customers consuming 1000 GJ or more but less than 10000 GJ.
I3: Customers consuming 10000 GJ or more but less than 100000 GJ.
I4: Customers consuming 100000 GJ or more but less than 1000000 GJ.
I5: Customers consuming 1000000 GJ or more but less than 4000000 GJ.
I6: Customers consuming 4000000 GJ 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: commodity price for natural gas paid by the supplier or the price of natural gas at the point of entry into the transmission system, including, if applicable, the following end-user costs: storage costs plus costs relating to the sale of natural gas to final customers.
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 strategic stockpiles, capacity payments and energy security; taxes on natural gas 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.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous four 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.
3.5. Statistical unit
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
3.6. Statistical population
Household customers: Data coming from all suppliers representing 100% of the household customers.
Final non-household customers: Data coming from all suppliers representing 100% of the final non-household customers.
3.7. Reference area
The controlled are of Georgia
3.8. Coverage - Time
Natural gas prices data for Georgia are available since 2018.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Prices are reported in national currency per GJ. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPP (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) 2017/2169 of 21 November 2017 concerning the format and arrangements for the transmission of 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).
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).
At national level:
Energy Market Monitoring and Reporting Rules” Resolution N7, approved by the National regulatory authority
Law of Georgia on Official Statistics
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) .
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.
At national level:
The Law of Georgia on Official Statistics Article 25, Article 34
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Published data should not allow identification of single consumers.
The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Law of Georgia on Official Statistics.
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided the Law of Georgia on Official Statistics - Chapter 6 Article 25. The Rights and Obligations of the Respondent; Article 34. Observing Confidentiality of Statistical Data.
To ensure the quality of the statistical processes and products Geostat follows Chapter 10 – Quality of official statistics – of the Law of Georgia on Official Statistics, as well as the European Statistics Code of Practice, the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF).
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Methodology and Quality Management Division of Geostat, along with the sectoral departments, is responsible for the quality of the produced statistical products and processes. The Division carries out quality audit, self-assessment of statistical processes and assesses the risks for the quality of statistical processes and products. Geostat has developed 5 policy documents, guidelines and standard routine descriptions. These documents ensure the standardization of statistical processes and products and the establishment of a unified quality assurance system. Quality policy is available on the following link: Quality Policy of the National Statistics Office of Georgia
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The main stakeholders are: business sector representatives, researchers and students, international organizations, state institutions, media, etc. Named stakeholders need these data to carry out different types of statistical analysis, to plan a marketing strategies or to evaluate and study the economic situation.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Information of customer service available on vebsite: Customer Service
12.3. Completeness
Data covers major statistical indicators.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
100%
13.1. Accuracy - overall
The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable
13.3. Non-sampling error
Information is included in the sub-concepts S.13.3.1-S.13.3.5.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive. Data collection and submission is monitoring by national regulatory authority GNERC. All regulated enterprises are obliged to submit the completed questionaries.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive. Data collection and submission is monitoring by national regulatory authority GNERC. All regulated enterprises are obliged to submit the completed questionnaries.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable, this questionary is exhaustive.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Natural gas providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the natural gas price data within 1 month after the reference period. The survey results are published on 80 th day after the end of the reporting period. If this date coincides with a holiday or a weekend, the data are published at the nearest working day.
These data are collected by national regulatory authority GNERC. Prices are collected twice a year, at the beginning of each six-month period (January and July). Prices are calculated on the basis of weighted average prices paid by end-users for gas over the previous six months.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
There was not time lag.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
There was not time lag.
14.2. Punctuality
100% of questionnaires delivered on time.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
The data is published according to the date specified in the statistical work program. There has not been any violation of publication dates.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The data are internationally comparable.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
The data are internationally comparable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
The data are comparable over time.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
The data are comparable over time.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
The data are coherent.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
The data are coherent.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
The data are coherent.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Annual prices are coherent with the semestrial prices.
The data are received and processed within the framework of the LEPL Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC) and Geostat budgets. Burden is not assessed
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available
18.1. Source data
These data are collected by the national regulatory authority GNERC based on the periodic reporting forms submitted by the regulated enterprises.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
For gas prices: twice a year
For gas price components: one a year
18.3. Data collection
Data on natural gas prices are collected from all enterprises which are authorized for the sale of natural gas. These data are collected by national regulatory authority GNERC. Prices are collected twice a year, at the beginning of each six-month period (January and July). Prices are calculated on the basis of weighted average prices paid by end-users for natural gas over the previous six months. Natural gas consumption is used for weights.
18.4. Data validation
Quantitative and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including cross-check with other data.
18.5. Data compilation
Not applicable.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable
18.6. Adjustment
No adjustments carried out.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Seasonable adjustments are not carried out.
No comments.
European statistics on natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers.
11 December 2025
The prices are collected in national currencies per GJ and according to different bands of consumption.
For the households sector, these bands are:
D1: Customers consuming less than 20 GJ.
D2: Customers consuming 20 GJ or more but less than 200 GJ.
D3: Customers consuming 200 GJ or more.
For the final non-households sector, the bands are:
I1: Customers consuming less than 1000 GJ.
I2: Customers consuming 1000 GJ or more but less than 10000 GJ.
I3: Customers consuming 10000 GJ or more but less than 100000 GJ.
I4: Customers consuming 100000 GJ or more but less than 1000000 GJ.
I5: Customers consuming 1000000 GJ or more but less than 4000000 GJ.
I6: Customers consuming 4000000 GJ 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: commodity price for natural gas paid by the supplier or the price of natural gas at the point of entry into the transmission system, including, if applicable, the following end-user costs: storage costs plus costs relating to the sale of natural gas to final customers.
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 strategic stockpiles, capacity payments and energy security; taxes on natural gas 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.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous four 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.
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
Household customers: Data coming from all suppliers representing 100% of the household customers.
Final non-household customers: Data coming from all suppliers representing 100% of the final non-household customers.
The controlled are of Georgia
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).
The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.
Prices are reported in national currency per GJ. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPP (purchasing power parity). Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.
Not applicable.
These data are collected by the national regulatory authority GNERC based on the periodic reporting forms submitted by the regulated enterprises.
Natural gas prices in Georgia are published on a semestrial basis on Geostat and Eurostat's website.
Natural gas providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the natural gas price data within 1 month after the reference period. The survey results are published on 80 th day after the end of the reporting period. If this date coincides with a holiday or a weekend, the data are published at the nearest working day.
These data are collected by national regulatory authority GNERC. Prices are collected twice a year, at the beginning of each six-month period (January and July). Prices are calculated on the basis of weighted average prices paid by end-users for gas over the previous six months.
