The average price of electricity in Latvia, in December of 2008, has been 0.1003€ per kilowatt hour. Electricity price has increased € 0.0161 kWh, 19.12% since the previous semester. Meanwhile, the average price of electricity without taxes in Latvia in that period was € 0.0955 per kilowatt hour, compared to € 0.0802 kWh in the previous semester. The price of electricity excluding taxes increased by 19.08%.
In the last twelve months the price of electricity in Latvia has increased by 37.41%.
The average price of electricity since 2007 reached its maximum, €0.1003kWh, in December of 2008 and its minimum price, €0.0729 kWh, in December of 2007.
Latvia is among the europe countries with the lowest electricity prices.
The difference between the price of electricity with and without taxes is € 0.0048 tax for each kilowatt hour, thus, 4.8% of what households pay for electricity in Latvia.
You can see the ranking of electricity price in Europe and see all the information about Latvia in economy of Latvia.