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ELECTRICITY PRICES - Germany December of 2023

Germany, the country with the most expensive electricity in Europe

The average price of electricity in Germany, in December of 2023, has been 0.402€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has decreased € 0.0105 kWh, 2.55% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Germany in that period was € 0.2882 per kilowatt hour, €3.06% less than in the previous period, in which the price of electricity without taxes was €0.2973kWh.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Germany has increased by 23.53%.

From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Germany has been € 0.4125 kWh, in June of 2023, while in June of 2007, electricity price was € 0.2025 kWh, its minimum price in this period.

Germany is the country in Europe with the most expensive electricity.

Finally, if we compare the price of electricity with taxes and without taxes, we see that, in the last period, households paid € 0.1138 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 28.31% of what households pay for the electricity are taxes.

You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Germany in economy of Germany.


Germany - Household electricity prices
DateElec prices excl. tax €/kWhElec prices €/kWh
December 20230.28820.4020
June 20230.29730.4125
December 20220.23330.3357
June 20220.18990.3279
December 20210.15960.3234
June 20210.15620.3193
December 20200.14510.3006
June 20200.14300.3043
December 20190.13210.2878
June 20190.14730.3088
December 20180.13780.3000
June 20180.13790.2987
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Germany - Household electricity prices
Germany - Household electricity prices