Gas prices in Belgium
Belgian households choose their gas supplier freely, on fixed or variable contracts; most customers pay no regulated price. Regulation is split between the federal regulator CREG, which monitors prices and sets the social tariff, and the regional regulators VREG in Flanders, CWaPE in Wallonia and Brugel in Brussels, which supervise distribution and the retail market.
Natural gas heats a large share of Belgian homes, especially in Flanders and Brussels, while heating oil is still common in rural Wallonia. Many homes also use gas for hot water and cooking.
Belgium produces no gas of its own but is a gas crossroads: the LNG terminal at Zeebrugge and pipelines from Norway and the Netherlands bring gas in, and much of it travels on to neighbouring countries. The bill adds distribution and transmission charges, federal levies, excise duty and VAT, which has been 6% on gas since 2022.
Sources: Eurostat, World Bank, ECB
Household prices half-year by half-year
Eurostat's household price per kWh in Belgium, all taxes included. The full history in the app ›
Source: Eurostat (nrg_pc_202).
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Gas prices in Belgium explained
What makes up the price
A Belgian gas bill splits into the energy cost set by the supplier, the network costs of the distribution operator (Fluvius in Flanders, ORES or RESA in Wallonia, Sibelga in Brussels) and of the transmission operator Fluxys, and taxes: federal levies, excise duty and 6% VAT. Network costs differ by region and by distributor, so the same contract costs a different amount in Ghent and in Liège.
The 2022 crisis in Belgium
As prices soared in 2022, Belgium cut VAT on gas and electricity from 21% to 6%, a cut it later made permanent, gave households a monthly discount on their gas bills over the winter of 2022–2023 (the basic energy package) and temporarily extended the social tariff to more households.
Fixed or variable, and switching
Variable contracts follow the wholesale market, often month by month, while fixed contracts lock the energy price for one to three years. Switching is free and takes a few weeks, and the regulators' comparison tools, such as the V-test in Flanders, list the current offers. If you are entitled to it, the social tariff, which CREG sets every quarter, is usually the cheapest price available.
Reading the Belgian figures
Belgium publishes no official household gas price that this page may show, so the figures are Eurostat's half-yearly averages with all taxes; CREG publishes its own analyses of household bills on its website.
Compared with neighbouring countries
| Belgium | 0.0846 €/kWh |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0.1622 €/kWh |
| France | 0.1347 €/kWh |
| Luxembourg | 0.0859 €/kWh |
| EU average | 0.1103 €/kWh |
Eurostat, H1 2026, € per kWh with all taxes.
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Questions about the gas price
- What does gas cost in Belgium?
- Eurostat's average household price in Belgium was 0.0846 €/kWh in H1 2026, all taxes included.
- Is gas cheaper in Belgium than in neighbouring countries?
- In H1 2026 households in Belgium paid 0.0846 €/kWh, against 0.1622 €/kWh in the Netherlands, 0.1347 €/kWh in France and 0.0859 €/kWh in Luxembourg (Eurostat, in euros). The EU average was 0.1103 €/kWh.
- How has the gas price changed in Belgium?
- From H1 2025 to H1 2026 the household price fell by 7.9%, from 0.0919 €/kWh to 0.0846 €/kWh. Over the last three years it ranged from 0.0801 €/kWh to 0.0994 €/kWh.
- What is the social tariff for gas in Belgium?
- A reduced price that CREG sets every quarter for households entitled to it, mainly people receiving certain social benefits. Suppliers apply it automatically once the household is identified as entitled.
- Why is Zeebrugge important for gas?
- Zeebrugge has one of Europe's largest LNG terminals and is where Norwegian gas lands through the Zeepipe, so it supplies not only Belgium but also neighbouring countries. Its trading point, ZTP, is one of north-western Europe's gas hubs.
- What VAT is charged on gas in Belgium?
- 6%. Belgium cut VAT on gas and electricity from 21% in 2022 and made the reduced rate permanent in 2023, replacing part of the lost revenue with excise duties that can be raised when prices fall.