What households and businesses in Malta pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H1 2026.
At $0.142 per kWh, household electricity in Malta is the 29th most expensive of the 30 countries Voltlas tracks — about 47% below the median of $0.270/kWh. Filling up costs $1.50 per liter of gasoline ($5.69/gal), the 27th highest of 30 — and roughly 56% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 16% of Malta's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 484 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.167 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.142), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Malta makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 484 gCO₂/kWh · 2 TWh · Ember
Oil0.9%
Natural gas83.1%
Solar15.5%
Bioenergy0.5%
Energy price history
USD per kWh, all taxes included · Eurostat
Electricity · household
Electricity · business
What's tax at the pump
Pre-tax price vs duties & VAT · 26 Oct 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.