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ELECTRICITY PRICES - Germany December of 2016

The price of electricity in Germany, among the highest.

The average price of electricity in Germany, in December of 2016, has been 0.2977€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0008 kWh, 0.27% since the last semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Germany in that period was € 0.1382 per kilowatt hour, €0.43% less than in the previous period, in which the price of electricity without taxes was €0.1388kWh.

In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Germany has fallen by 3.15%.

From 2007 until now, the highest price of electricity in Germany has been € 0.2981 kWh, in June of 2014, while in June of 2007, electricity price was € 0.2025 kWh, its minimum price in this period.

Germany is the second European country 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 € 0.1595 of taxes for each kilowatt hour, which means that 53.58% 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 20160.13820.2977
June 20160.13880.2969
December 20150.14270.2946
June 20150.14310.2951
December 20140.14400.2974
June 20140.14350.2981
December 20130.14890.2921
June 20130.14930.2919
December 20120.14320.2676
June 20120.14410.2595
December 20110.13950.2531
June 20110.14060.2528
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Germany - Household electricity prices
Germany - Household electricity prices