Electricity prices in Romania have increased almost threefold over the last four years.

Omissions

• The claim does not specify the base period precisely; the most recent Eurostat data describes a one-year change (H2 2025 vs H2 2024: +58.6%), which is the largest in the EU but does not by itself amount to a tripling over four years.
• Romanian electricity prices were subject to a price-cap/compensation scheme until 1 July 2025, when the market was liberalised; the sharpest increase is concentrated in that liberalisation period rather than spread evenly across four years.
• In absolute terms Romania's household electricity price (around €0.29/kWh per Eurostat-based reporting) remains below the EU average, even though it is the highest relative to purchasing power — context omitted from the claim.
• No primary source providing the exact four-year price ratio for Romania was retrieved within the search budget.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Electricity price statistics (Statistics Explained)In the second half of 2025, compared with the second half of 2024, household electricity prices in the EU showed the highest increase in Romania (58.6%).
• SecondaryRomania Journal — Eurostat: Romanians Pay Highest Electricity Burden in EUIn Romania, the average household electricity price, as calculated by Eurostat, is 29 EUR/100 kWh, equivalent to about 1.4 RON/kWh.
• SecondaryHotNews — România are cea mai mare scumpire la energia electrică din UEÎn ciuda stabilității prețurilor în Uniunea Europeană, România a înregistrat o scumpire abruptă în a doua jumătate a anului 2025, cu +58,6% față de... (citing Eurostat).
• SecondaryEnergynomics — Eurostat: Romania, the biggest increase in electricity prices for household consumers in the EUIn the second half of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, electricity prices for household consumers increased in 25 EU Member States.