What households and businesses in Denmark pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.
At $0.377 per kWh, household electricity in Denmark is the 4th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 30% above the median of $0.291/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.143 per kWh, 7th of 25. Filling up costs $2.80 per liter of gasoline ($10.59/gal), the highest of 30 — and roughly 49% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 91% of Denmark's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 114 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.302 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.377), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Denmark makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 114 gCO₂/kWh · 33 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.