What households and businesses in Austria pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.
At $0.380 per kWh, household electricity in Austria is the 5th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 28% above the median of $0.297/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.142 per kWh, 8th of 25. Filling up costs $2.07 per liter of gasoline ($7.85/gal), the 15th highest of 30 — and roughly 50% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 84% of Austria's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 117 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.362 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.380), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Austria makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 117 gCO₂/kWh · 73 TWh · Ember
Oil4.5%
Natural gas11.9%
Hydro51.8%
Wind11.3%
Solar14.1%
Bioenergy6.4%
Energy price history
USD per kWh, all taxes included · Eurostat
Electricity · household
Electricity · business
Natural gas · household
What's tax at the pump
Pre-tax price vs duties & VAT · 31 Aug 2026 · EC Oil Bulletin
Methodology. Prices are all-taxes-included, sourced from Eurostat and converted to USD at recent reference rates. Electricity and gas are end-user retail prices per kWh. Voltlas aggregates only freely republishable official data; coverage and update frequency vary by country.