What households and businesses in Spain pay for electricity and natural gas, in US dollars, from free official sources. Figures from Eurostat, latest period H1 2026.
At $0.281 per kWh, household electricity in Spain is the 12th most expensive of the 30 countries Voltlas tracks — about 4% above the median of $0.270/kWh. Household natural gas runs $0.088 per kWh, 17th of 25. Filling up costs $1.96 per liter of gasoline ($7.43/gal), the 20th highest of 30 — and roughly 33% of that pump price is duties and VAT. Behind the meter, 56% of Spain's electricity came from renewables in 2025, with grid carbon intensity around 154 gCO₂ per kWh.
Household electricity costs about $0.331 per kWh in international dollars (nominal $0.281), reflecting local purchasing power rather than the market exchange rate. Illustrative.
How Spain makes its electricity
Share of generation, 2025 · 154 gCO₂/kWh · 288 TWh · Ember
Coal0.3%
Oil3.5%
Natural gas21.6%
Nuclear18.8%
Hydro11.4%
Wind20.4%
Solar21.8%
Bioenergy2.2%
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 · 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.