Sweden leads in terms of gas prices. There, one cubic meter costs 46.13 lei when converted to Moldovan lei. The Netherlands is in second place at 37.29 lei. Third is Italy at 32.15 lei.
Bringing up the rear are Kazakhstan at 1.49 lei, Russia at 2.16 lei, and Belarus at 2.56 lei.
Moldova, with a rate of 15.74 lei, is in the middle of the table.
However, when taking the country’s average salary into account, the situation changes.
A Moldovan resident can purchase only 913.2 m³ with that salary, which is the lowest figure on the continent.
In Sweden, this figure is 1,501.3 m³; in the Netherlands, 2,329.9 m³; and in Italy, 1,418.5 m³.
The countries at the bottom of the ranking lead in terms of volume: in Russia, one salary can buy 9,944.2 m³—12 times more than in Moldova. In Kazakhstan, the figure is 9,734.2 m³, and in Belarus, 6,384.2 m³.
Notable examples include Luxembourg, where one monthly salary covers 4,778.9 m³; the United Kingdom, at 4,647.4 m³; and Hungary, at 3,455.2 m³.
As a reminder, this week the state-owned company Energocom announced that it had requested the National Energy Regulatory Agency (NARE) for a 45% increase in the gas tariff—from 14.42 lei to 20.93 lei per cubic meter of gas, including the current VAT rate (8%).
