The average annual expenditure on electricity in Portugal was 751 euros per dwelling in 2020, compared to 523 euros in 2010, which represents an increase of 228 euros, according to INE data.
The average annual expenditure on electricity in Portugal was 751 euros per dwelling in 2020, compared to 523 euros in 2010, representing 69.9% of the total spent on energy, the National Statistics Institute (INE) announced.
According to the final results of the Household Energy Consumption Survey (ICESD 2020), electricity expenditure represented 69.9% of the total spent on energy in households, compared to 62.2% in 2010.
INE said that electricity continued to be the main source of energy consumed in housing, reaching a weight of 43.1% in 2020, compared to 42.6% in 2010.
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