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 $0.279 per kWh, household electricity in Latvia is the 16th most expensive of the 29 countries Voltlas tracks — about 4% below the median of $0.291/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.094 per kWh, 16th of 25. Filling up costs $2.06 per liter of gasoline ($7.81/gal), the 11th 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 $0.372 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.279), 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
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.