Spain was the eighth country in the EU in which the most was paid for natural gas between January and JuneThe price per kilowatt hour stood at 8.97 cents, 17% lower than the 10.82 cents in the second half of 2021En Compared to the same period last year, the price of gas for retail consumers has increased by almost 30% Spain was the European Union country in which the prices of natural gas bills for retail consumers fell the most ( households) in the first half of 2022 compared to the second half of 2021, according to data published by Eurostat on Monday. Specifically, in Spain the price that households paid for natural gas in the first half of 2021 was 8.97 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), including all applicable taxes, which represents a drop of 17.10%. compared to 10.82 cents in the second half of 2021. Only three other countries in the European Union as a whole registered a decrease in their natural gas prices compared to the period from July to December. Behind Spain were Greece (-12.43%), Hungary (-4.59%) and Italy (-1.89%). On the contrary, the largest increases occurred in the Czech Republic (+82.31%), Estonia (+47.47%) and Lithuania (+43.17%). Year-on-year increase of almost 30% Compared to the first In the first half of 2021, only Hungary registered lower prices, with a decrease of 5.21%. Spain, on the other hand, was the eighth country in which gas prices rose the least in bills, with an increase of 29.81%. On the opposite side, citizens of four countries saw their bill more than double: Estonia (+154.25%), Lithuania (+110.39%), Bulgaria (+107.61%) and Belgium (+100.64%). In absolute terms, Spain was the eighth country in which the most was paid for natural gas between January and June. It was behind Sweden (22.16 cents per kWh), Denmark (16 cents), the Netherlands (12.93 cents), Estonia (11.06 cents), the Czech Republic (10.10 cents), Italy (9 .86 cents) and Belgium (9.39 cents).