Electricity prices by country

What households pay for a kilowatt-hour of electricity, in US dollars, across 134 countries. The spread is enormous: Ethiopia sits near $0.006 a kWh where power is often subsidised, while Bermuda pays around $0.465. The business rate is shown under each country.

  1. 1
    Ethiopia

    business: $0.018/kWh

    $0.006/kWh
  2. 2
    Kyrgyzstan

    business: $0.040/kWh

    $0.015/kWh
  3. 3
    Bhutan

    business: $0.019/kWh

    $0.015/kWh
  4. 4
    Iraq

    business: $0.045/kWh

    $0.015/kWh
  5. 5
    Angola

    business: $0.013/kWh

    $0.016/kWh
  6. 6
    Sudan

    business: $0.041/kWh

    $0.017/kWh
  7. 7
    🇪🇬Egypt

    business: $0.038/kWh

    $0.023/kWh
  8. 8
    Zambia

    business: $0.040/kWh

    $0.023/kWh
  9. 9
    Burma

    business: $0.109/kWh

    $0.025/kWh
  10. 10
    🇴🇲Oman

    business: $0.188/kWh

    $0.030/kWh
  11. 11
    🇶🇦Qatar

    business: $0.036/kWh

    $0.032/kWh
  12. 12
    Nigeria

    business: $0.050/kWh

    $0.036/kWh
  13. 13
    Uzbekistan

    business: $0.068/kWh

    $0.039/kWh
  14. 14
    🇰🇼Kuwait

    business: $0.070/kWh

    $0.040/kWh
  15. 15
    Algeria

    business: $0.035/kWh

    $0.041/kWh
  16. 16
    Nepal

    business: $0.067/kWh

    $0.042/kWh
  17. 17
    🇦🇿Azerbaijan

    business: $0.064/kWh

    $0.048/kWh
  18. 18
    🇧🇭Bahrain

    business: $0.078/kWh

    $0.048/kWh
  19. 19
    🇲🇾Malaysia

    business: $0.129/kWh

    $0.050/kWh
  20. 20
    Afghanistan

    business: $0.094/kWh

    $0.052/kWh
  21. 21
    🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

    business: $0.070/kWh

    $0.052/kWh
  22. 22
    Paraguay

    business: $0.046/kWh

    $0.055/kWh
  23. 23
    Kazakhstan

    business: $0.076/kWh

    $0.057/kWh
  24. 24
    Trinidad & Tobago

    business: $0.053/kWh

    $0.057/kWh
  25. 25
    Bangladesh

    business: $0.101/kWh

    $0.063/kWh
  26. 26
    🇵🇰Pakistan

    business: $0.153/kWh

    $0.063/kWh
  27. 27
    DR Congo

    business: $0.076/kWh

    $0.066/kWh
  28. 28
    Georgia

    business: $0.105/kWh

    $0.066/kWh
  29. 29
    🇹🇷Turkey

    business: $0.137/kWh

    $0.067/kWh
  30. 30
    Tunisia

    business: $0.116/kWh

    $0.067/kWh
  31. 31
    🇻🇪Venezuela

    business: $0.081/kWh

    $0.069/kWh
  32. 32
    Russia

    business: $0.103/kWh

    $0.069/kWh
  33. 33
    🇨🇳China

    business: $0.108/kWh

    $0.076/kWh
  34. 34
    🇮🇳India

    business: $0.122/kWh

    $0.077/kWh
  35. 35
    🇻🇳Vietnam

    business: $0.078/kWh

    $0.078/kWh
  36. 36
    🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

    business: $0.110/kWh

    $0.080/kWh
  37. 37
    Cameroon

    business: $0.179/kWh

    $0.084/kWh
  38. 38
    🇺🇦Ukraine

    business: $0.164/kWh

    $0.084/kWh
  39. 39
    🇦🇷Argentina

    business: $0.095/kWh

    $0.087/kWh
  40. 40
    Belarus

    business: $0.114/kWh

    $0.087/kWh
  41. 41
    Malawi

    business: $0.154/kWh

    $0.088/kWh
  42. 42
    🇮🇩Indonesia

    business: $0.070/kWh

    $0.090/kWh
  43. 43
    🇯🇴Jordan

    business: $0.139/kWh

    $0.090/kWh
  44. 44
    Tanzania

    business: $0.093/kWh

    $0.091/kWh
  45. 45
    Botswana

    business: $0.123/kWh

    $0.094/kWh
  46. 46
    Ecuador

    business: $0.094/kWh

    $0.097/kWh
  47. 47
    🇹🇼Taiwan

    business: $0.189/kWh

    $0.098/kWh
  48. 48
    Bosnia & Herz.

    business: $0.119/kWh

    $0.108/kWh
  49. 49
    Lesotho

    business: $0.022/kWh

    $0.108/kWh
  50. 50
    🇲🇽Mexico

    business: $0.213/kWh

    $0.109/kWh
  51. 51
    🇭🇺Hungary

    business: $0.369/kWh

    $0.111/kWh
  52. 52
    Armenia

    business: $0.110/kWh

    $0.113/kWh
  53. 53
    Sri Lanka

    business: $0.089/kWh

    $0.114/kWh
  54. 54
    Dom. Rep.

    business: $0.171/kWh

    $0.115/kWh
  55. 55
    Albania

    business: $0.141/kWh

    $0.119/kWh
  56. 56
    Morocco

    business: $0.110/kWh

    $0.121/kWh
  57. 57
    🇨🇦Canada

    business: $0.109/kWh

    $0.123/kWh
  58. 58
    Mozambique

    business: $0.080/kWh

    $0.127/kWh
  59. 59
    🇹🇭Thailand

    business: $0.128/kWh

    $0.127/kWh
  60. 60
    🇰🇷South Korea

    business: $0.118/kWh

    $0.127/kWh
  61. 61
    N. Maced.

    business: $0.260/kWh

    $0.129/kWh
  62. 62
    Swaziland

    business: $0.091/kWh

    $0.129/kWh
  63. 63
    Serbia

    business: $0.144/kWh

    $0.130/kWh
  64. 64
    Madagascar

    business: $0.195/kWh

    $0.130/kWh
  65. 65
    Ivory Coast

    business: $0.235/kWh

    $0.132/kWh
  66. 66
    Mauritius

    business: $0.137/kWh

    $0.135/kWh
  67. 67
    Ghana

    business: $0.137/kWh

    $0.147/kWh
  68. 68
    Malta

    business: $0.165/kWh

    $0.148/kWh
  69. 69
    Cambodia

    business: $0.000/kWh

    $0.150/kWh
  70. 70
    Bulgaria

    business: $0.153/kWh

    $0.155/kWh
  71. 71
    🇧🇷Brazil

    business: $0.133/kWh

    $0.164/kWh
  72. 72
    🇳🇴Norway

    business: $0.112/kWh

    $0.165/kWh
  73. 73
    🇨🇷Costa Rica

    business: $0.229/kWh

    $0.170/kWh
  74. 74
    Uganda

    business: $0.116/kWh

    $0.171/kWh
  75. 75
    Finland

    business: $0.122/kWh

    $0.175/kWh
  76. 76
    🇳🇮Nicaragua

    business: $0.216/kWh

    $0.176/kWh
  77. 77
    Panama

    business: $0.198/kWh

    $0.176/kWh
  78. 78
    🇲🇩Moldova

    business: $0.159/kWh

    $0.179/kWh
  79. 79
    Iceland

    business: $0.087/kWh

    $0.179/kWh
  80. 80
    Croatia

    business: $0.175/kWh

    $0.181/kWh
  81. 81
    🇭🇰Hong Kong

    business: $0.174/kWh

    $0.184/kWh
  82. 82
    🇮🇱Israel

    business: $0.113/kWh

    $0.185/kWh
  83. 83
    🇵🇪Peru

    business: $0.162/kWh

    $0.186/kWh
  84. 84
    🇺🇸United States

    business: $0.149/kWh

    $0.188/kWh
  85. 85
    Andorra

    business: $0.177/kWh

    $0.196/kWh
  86. 86
    Togo

    business: $0.181/kWh

    $0.199/kWh
  87. 87
    🇨🇴Colombia

    business: $0.204/kWh

    $0.207/kWh
  88. 88
    Gabon

    business: $0.175/kWh

    $0.208/kWh
  89. 89
    🇵🇭Philippines

    business: $0.156/kWh

    $0.209/kWh
  90. 90
    Burkina Faso

    business: $0.217/kWh

    $0.209/kWh
  91. 91
    🇿🇦South Africa

    business: $0.105/kWh

    $0.209/kWh
  92. 92
    Rwanda

    business: $0.078/kWh

    $0.211/kWh
  93. 93
    Aruba

    business: $0.314/kWh

    $0.211/kWh
  94. 94
    Slovakia

    business: $0.287/kWh

    $0.215/kWh
  95. 95
    Belize

    business: $0.173/kWh

    $0.219/kWh
  96. 96
    Kenya

    business: $0.175/kWh

    $0.219/kWh
  97. 97
    🇷🇴Romania

    business: $0.242/kWh

    $0.222/kWh
  98. 98
    Mali

    business: $0.160/kWh

    $0.223/kWh
  99. 99
    🇯🇵Japan

    business: $0.201/kWh

    $0.227/kWh
  100. 100
    Slovenia

    business: $0.191/kWh

    $0.228/kWh
  101. 101
    🇨🇱Chile

    business: $0.169/kWh

    $0.228/kWh
  102. 102
    🇭🇳Honduras

    business: $0.230/kWh

    $0.231/kWh
  103. 103
    Sierra Leone

    business: $0.306/kWh

    $0.232/kWh
  104. 104
    🇸🇬Singapore

    business: $0.262/kWh

    $0.233/kWh
  105. 105
    🇵🇱Poland

    business: $0.334/kWh

    $0.236/kWh
  106. 106
    Portugal

    business: $0.159/kWh

    $0.239/kWh
  107. 107
    El Salvador

    business: $0.224/kWh

    $0.254/kWh
  108. 108
    Greece

    business: $0.236/kWh

    $0.254/kWh
  109. 109
    Spain

    business: $0.134/kWh

    $0.255/kWh
  110. 110
    🇺🇾Uruguay

    business: $0.126/kWh

    $0.255/kWh
  111. 111
    🇦🇺Australia

    business: $0.242/kWh

    $0.259/kWh
  112. 112
    Luxembourg

    business: $0.219/kWh

    $0.261/kWh
  113. 113
    France

    business: $0.185/kWh

    $0.276/kWh
  114. 114
    Latvia

    business: $0.166/kWh

    $0.280/kWh
  115. 115
    Lithuania

    business: $0.184/kWh

    $0.285/kWh
  116. 116
    Netherlands

    business: $0.220/kWh

    $0.286/kWh
  117. 117
    Jamaica

    business: $0.242/kWh

    $0.290/kWh
  118. 118
    Estonia

    business: $0.165/kWh

    $0.292/kWh
  119. 119
    🇬🇹Guatemala

    business: $0.189/kWh

    $0.299/kWh
  120. 120
    Barbados

    business: $0.326/kWh

    $0.314/kWh
  121. 121
    Cape Verde

    business: $0.203/kWh

    $0.329/kWh
  122. 122
    Cyprus

    business: $0.307/kWh

    $0.343/kWh
  123. 123
    Bahamas

    business: $0.370/kWh

    $0.348/kWh
  124. 124
    🇨🇿Czech Republic

    business: $0.228/kWh

    $0.351/kWh
  125. 125
    Austria

    business: $0.292/kWh

    $0.353/kWh
  126. 126
    🇩🇰Denmark

    business: $0.230/kWh

    $0.355/kWh
  127. 127
    🇨🇭Switzerland

    business: $0.285/kWh

    $0.367/kWh
  128. 128
    Liechtenstein

    business: $0.273/kWh

    $0.399/kWh
  129. 129
    🇬🇧United Kingdom

    business: $0.442/kWh

    $0.402/kWh
  130. 130
    🇩🇪Germany

    business: $0.283/kWh

    $0.406/kWh
  131. 131
    Belgium

    business: $0.263/kWh

    $0.406/kWh
  132. 132
    Cayman Islands

    business: $0.367/kWh

    $0.410/kWh
  133. 133
    Italy

    business: $0.411/kWh

    $0.414/kWh
  134. 134
    Bermuda

    business: $0.264/kWh

    $0.465/kWh

Source: GlobalPetrolPrices.com, retrieved 2026-08-09. Converted at current exchange rates.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the cheapest electricity?

In this snapshot household electricity is cheapest in Ethiopia at about $0.006 per kWh, typically because generation is subsidised.

Why is electricity so expensive in some countries?

High prices usually reflect reliance on imported fuel, heavy taxes and levies, or the cost of transitioning the grid. In several European countries taxes make up a large share of the bill.

Is this the household or business price?

The headline figure is the household price per kWh. We also show the business rate under each country; the two often differ because of different tax treatment and demand charges.