In 2019, the market share of the largest generator in the electricity market varied across EU Member States.
The highest share was recorded:
- in Cyprus (100%), where a single electricity company dominated national electricity production
- followed by Latvia (86%)
- and Croatia (80%)
- Luxembourg (18%)
- Finland (16%)
- Poland (12%)
The decline in the market share ranged from -62.6 percentage points (pp) in Malta to -1.0 pp in Hungary.
In contrast, the share remained stable in Cyprus, while it increased in Romania and Latvia (4.3 pp and 0.3 pp respectively).
For natural gas import and production, the largest market share in 2019 (measured as a share of national indigenous EU production) was 100% in Estonia, Finland and Sweden, where only one entity dominated national production and imports.
Compared with 2007, the market share of the largest natural gas import and production company decreased in 13 Member States in 2019.
Meanwhile, the share remained stable:
- in Finland and Sweden (at 100%)
- in Ireland (1.8 pp)
- Lithuania (19.6 pp)
- Estonia (21.0 pp)