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Expensive German electricity

Verivox analysis: Germany will be one of the countries with the highest electricity prices worldwide in 2025 - despite a stable supply

20.06.2025

Source: E & M powernews

Stability comes at a price: according to the comparison portal Verivox, electricity in Germany is more expensive than in almost any other country in the world.

Iran currently has the cheapest electricity in the world in nominal terms. A kilowatt hour here costs the equivalent of 0.35 euro cents, followed by Sudan at 0.53 cents. Electricity also costs less than one cent per kWh in Ethiopia (0.56 cents) and Cuba (0.57 cents). This is the result of a price analysis carried out by the comparison portal Verivox using data from the energy service Global Petrol Prices.

The analysis looked at prices in 143 countries worldwide in the first quarter of 2025. The most expensive kWh of electricity is in Bermuda at 41.97 cents, followed by Denmark at 40.62 cents, followed by Ireland (39.4 cents) and Belgium (38.2 cents).

At 38 cents/kWh, Germany is in fifth place in the ranking, and in first place compared to the G20 countries. On a global average, electricity currently costs 15 cents per kWh, 29% more than in 2021 (11.62 cents).

Adjusted for purchasing power, the ranking looks different: Here, Germany is in 22nd place, but is still the country with the second most expensive consumer electricity prices among the G20 countries after Italy. In terms of purchasing power, electricity is most expensive worldwide in Sierra Leone and Kenya, followed by Guatemala and Mali. Adjusted for purchasing power, Sudan, Ethiopia and Iran also have the lowest electricity costs.

According to Verivox, the high grid fees, taxes and levies are responsible for the fact that Germany has some of the highest electricity prices in the world. However, according to the annual availability statistics published by the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE), Germany is also one of the countries with the most secure and stable electricity supply worldwide.

The "Consumer Atlas - Global Electricity Prices" from Verivox is available on the Internet.

Author: Katia Meyer-Tien