Germany has one of the highest electricity prices in the world at about 33 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour; in comparison, the price of electricity in the United States averaged 13 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour. As Germany transitions from fossil fuels to renewable sources through the country’s Renewable Electricity Energy Sources Act (EEG or Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz), electricity prices have increased via taxes and levies on commercial and residential consumers. Prices are very different across the world and can also vary within municipalities in many countries.
Global electricity prices for households averaged some 18 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour as of 2016. Europe and North America had the highest average prices, while households in sub-Saharan Africa paid the least for electricity. Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour)
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Oliver Wyman, & World Energy Council. (October 11, 2016). Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/
Oliver Wyman, und World Energy Council. "Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour)." Chart. October 11, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/
Oliver Wyman, World Energy Council. (2016). Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/
Oliver Wyman, and World Energy Council. "Household Electricity Price Worldwide in 2016, by Region (in U.S. Dollars per Kilowatt-hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/
Oliver Wyman & World Energy Council, Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Household electricity price worldwide in 2016, by region (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour) [Graph], Oliver Wyman, & World Energy Council, October 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/497410/worldwide-electricity-price-by-region/