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What households and businesses in Italy pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.

At $0.337 per kWh, household electricity in Italy is the 7th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 16% above the median of $0.291/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.168 per kWh, 3rd of 25. Filling up costs $2.17 per liter of gasoline ($8.23/gal), the 8th highest of 30 — and roughly 53% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 49% of Italy's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 285 gCO₂ per kWh.

Electricity · household
$0.337/kWh
0.296 €/kWh local
Electricity · business
$0.289/kWh
0.254 €/kWh local
Natural gas · household
$0.168/kWh
0.148 €/kWh local
Petrol
$2.17/L
$8.23/gal
Diesel
$2.32/L
$8.78/gal
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Adjusted for purchasing power

Household electricity costs about $0.355 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.337), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.

How Italy makes its electricity

Share of generation, 2025 · 285 gCO₂/kWh · 265 TWh · Ember
Coal1.4%
Oil2.6%
Natural gas47.2%
Hydro15.8%
Wind8.1%
Solar16.9%
Bioenergy5.9%
Other renewables2.2%

Energy price history

USD per kWh, all taxes included · Eurostat
Electricity · household
20132015201720192021202320250.430.235
Electricity · business
20132015201720192021202320250.4470.187
Natural gas · household
20132015201720192021202320250.180.08

What's tax at the pump

Pre-tax price vs duties & VAT · 20 Jul 2026 · EC Oil Bulletin
Gasoline53% tax · $1.16 of $2.17/L
Diesel51% tax · $1.18 of $2.32/L
pre-taxtax (duties + VAT)

Pump-price history

USD per liter · EC Oil Bulletin
Gasoline
2016201820202022202420262.511.56
Diesel
2016201820202022202420262.471.43

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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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