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Ranking · 2026
Most expensive electricity in Europe
European countries ranked from most to least expensive household electricity — in US dollars per kilowatt-hour, all taxes included. Ranking 28 entries; latest period H2 2025.
- 1Ireland$0.460/kWh
- 2Germany$0.440/kWh
- 3Belgium$0.398/kWh
- 4Denmark$0.377/kWh
- 5Austria$0.372/kWh
- 6Czechia$0.366/kWh
- 7Italy$0.337/kWh
- 8Romania$0.329/kWh
- 9Cyprus$0.316/kWh
- 10Poland$0.308/kWh
- 11Sweden$0.308/kWh
- 12Spain$0.304/kWh
- 13Luxembourg$0.303/kWh
- 14Netherlands$0.291/kWh
- 15France$0.291/kWh
- 16Latvia$0.279/kWh
- 17Portugal$0.277/kWh
- 18Greece$0.271/kWh
- 19Estonia$0.262/kWh
- 20Finland$0.256/kWh
- 21Slovenia$0.241/kWh
- 22Lithuania$0.222/kWh
- 23Norway$0.219/kWh
- 24Slovakia$0.211/kWh
- 25Croatia$0.189/kWh
- 26Bulgaria$0.154/kWh
- 27Malta$0.146/kWh
- 28Hungary$0.123/kWh
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