What households and businesses in Bulgaria pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.
At $0.154 per kWh, household electricity in Bulgaria is the 27th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 47% below the median of $0.291/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.074 per kWh, 19th of 25. Filling up costs $1.68 per liter of gasoline ($6.36/gal), the 25th highest of 30 — and roughly 41% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 33% of Bulgaria's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 276 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.308 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.154), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Bulgaria makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 276 gCO₂/kWh · 38 TWh · Ember
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.