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Denmark

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.

Electricity · household
$0.377/kWh
2.477 DKK/kWh local
Electricity · business
$0.309/kWh
2.030 DKK/kWh local
Natural gas · household
$0.143/kWh
0.940 DKK/kWh local
Petrol
$2.80/L
$10.59/gal
Diesel
$2.48/L
$9.40/gal
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Adjusted for purchasing power

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
Coal2.7%
Oil3.7%
Natural gas2.4%
Hydro0.1%
Wind57.7%
Solar13.4%
Bioenergy20.1%

Energy price history

USD per kWh, all taxes included · Eurostat
Electricity · household
20132015201720192021202320250.6680.321
Electricity · business
20132015201720192021202320250.4650.191
Natural gas · household
20132015201720192021202320250.2370.085

What's tax at the pump

Pre-tax price vs duties & VAT · 20 Jul 2026 · EC Oil Bulletin
Gasoline49% tax · $1.37 of $2.80/L
Diesel46% tax · $1.14 of $2.48/L
pre-taxtax (duties + VAT)

Pump-price history

USD per liter · EC Oil Bulletin
Gasoline
2016201820202022202420262.921.45
Diesel
2016201820202022202420262.731.23

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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.
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