What households and businesses in Latvia pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H2 2025.
At $0.285 per kWh, household electricity in Latvia is the 16th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 4% below the median of $0.297/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.096 per kWh, 16th of 25. Filling up costs $2.14 per liter of gasoline ($8.10/gal), the 10th highest of 30 — and roughly 51% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 73% of Latvia's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 139 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.380 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.285), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Latvia makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 139 gCO₂/kWh · 6 TWh · Ember
Oil0.8%
Natural gas26.2%
Hydro46.7%
Wind3.5%
Solar13.1%
Bioenergy9.7%
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.