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Electricity Prices in Denmark

In the first half of 2026, households in Denmark paid 23.75 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical household using 2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year. The household price in Denmark ranks 14th dearest of 30 European countries with a Eurostat price for the first half of 2026. Taxes and levies made up 20.5% of the household price in Denmark in the first half of 2026: 18.89 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 4.86 euro cents/kWh on top. In the first half of 2026, medium sized businesses in Denmark paid 16.29 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical medium sized business using 500 to 1,999 MWh a year.

Retail prices from Eurostat, a typical consumption band and not for everyone. They are not wholesale prices.

Key Facts, H1 2026

  • In the first half of 2026, households in Denmark paid 23.75 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical household using 2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year.
  • Taxes and levies made up 20.5% of the household price in Denmark in the first half of 2026: 18.89 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 4.86 euro cents/kWh on top.
  • The household price in Denmark ranks 14th dearest of 30 European countries with a Eurostat price for the first half of 2026.
  • In the second half of 2025, the household price in Denmark was 33.12 euro cents/kWh, 14.4% higher than the European Union average of 28.96 euro cents/kWh, the latest Eurostat publishes.
  • The household price in Denmark is 31.9% lower than a year earlier and 18.1% lower than five years earlier, in nominal euros, before inflation.
  • In the first half of 2026, medium sized businesses in Denmark paid 16.29 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical medium sized business using 500 to 1,999 MWh a year.
  • Taxes and levies made up 20.7% of the medium sized business price in Denmark in the first half of 2026: 12.92 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 3.37 euro cents/kWh on top.
  • The medium sized business price in Denmark ranks 23rd dearest of 34 European countries with a Eurostat price for the first half of 2026.
  • In the second half of 2025, the medium sized business price in Denmark was 27.12 euro cents/kWh, 22.9% higher than the European Union average of 22.06 euro cents/kWh, the latest Eurostat publishes.
  • The medium sized business price in Denmark is 40.5% lower than a year earlier and 34.9% lower than five years earlier, in nominal euros, before inflation.
  • These are retail prices paid by customers, from Eurostat. They are not the wholesale day-ahead prices, which are a different measure and are shown separately.

Households: H1 2026

Eurostat nrg_pc_204, band DC, 2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year
Electricity price for households in Denmark, the first half of 2026, at each tax level, with rank and change.
MeasureValueAs of
All taxes and levies included23.75 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes19.00 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Excluding all taxes and levies18.89 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Taxes and levies, share of the price20.5%H1 2026
Rank, dearest first14 of 30H1 2026
European Union average, all taxes in28.96 euro cents/kWhH2 2025
Change on a year earlier-31.9%to H1 2026
Change on five years earlier-18.1%to H1 2026

Taxes and levies made up 20.5% of the price in the first half of 2026: 18.89 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 4.86 euro cents/kWh on top. Changes are in nominal euros, before inflation.

Denmark: households electricity price since the second half of 2007, before and after taxes and levies Electricity price for households in Denmark from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2026, in euro cents per kWh, split into the price before taxes and levies and the taxes and levies on top. The total is the all taxes price, 23.75 euro cents/kWh in the first half of 2026. 0.00 15.00 30.00 45.00 60.00 H2 2007H2 2011H2 2015H2 2019H2 2023
Electricity price for households in Denmark from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2026, in euro cents per kWh, split into the price before taxes and levies and the taxes and levies on top. The total is the all taxes price, 23.75 euro cents/kWh in the first half of 2026.
Eurostat nrg_pc_204, euro cents/kWh, through H1 2026
Denmark: households electricity price since the second half of 2007, before and after taxes and levies
Half yearPrice before taxes and leviesTaxes and leviesAll taxes and levies
H2 200710.27 euro cents/kWh13.74 euro cents/kWh24.01 euro cents/kWh
H1 200811.24 euro cents/kWh15.11 euro cents/kWh26.35 euro cents/kWh
H2 200812.62 euro cents/kWh15.23 euro cents/kWh27.85 euro cents/kWh
H1 200911.15 euro cents/kWh15.84 euro cents/kWh26.99 euro cents/kWh
H2 20099.63 euro cents/kWh15.92 euro cents/kWh25.55 euro cents/kWh
H1 201010.41 euro cents/kWh16.29 euro cents/kWh26.70 euro cents/kWh
H2 201010.96 euro cents/kWh16.12 euro cents/kWh27.08 euro cents/kWh
H1 201111.73 euro cents/kWh17.35 euro cents/kWh29.08 euro cents/kWh
H2 201112.01 euro cents/kWh17.75 euro cents/kWh29.76 euro cents/kWh
H1 201211.30 euro cents/kWh18.67 euro cents/kWh29.97 euro cents/kWh
H2 201210.63 euro cents/kWh19.09 euro cents/kWh29.72 euro cents/kWh
H1 201310.64 euro cents/kWh19.36 euro cents/kWh30.00 euro cents/kWh
H2 201310.20 euro cents/kWh19.16 euro cents/kWh29.36 euro cents/kWh
H1 201410.38 euro cents/kWh20.04 euro cents/kWh30.42 euro cents/kWh
H2 201410.10 euro cents/kWh20.25 euro cents/kWh30.35 euro cents/kWh
H1 20159.35 euro cents/kWh21.33 euro cents/kWh30.68 euro cents/kWh
H2 20158.83 euro cents/kWh21.59 euro cents/kWh30.42 euro cents/kWh
H1 20168.97 euro cents/kWh21.91 euro cents/kWh30.88 euro cents/kWh
H2 20169.48 euro cents/kWh21.36 euro cents/kWh30.84 euro cents/kWh
H1 20179.40 euro cents/kWh21.09 euro cents/kWh30.49 euro cents/kWh
H2 20179.22 euro cents/kWh20.88 euro cents/kWh30.10 euro cents/kWh
H1 201810.11 euro cents/kWh21.15 euro cents/kWh31.26 euro cents/kWh
H2 201811.16 euro cents/kWh20.07 euro cents/kWh31.23 euro cents/kWh
H1 201910.84 euro cents/kWh19.00 euro cents/kWh29.84 euro cents/kWh
H2 201910.42 euro cents/kWh18.82 euro cents/kWh29.24 euro cents/kWh
H1 20209.51 euro cents/kWh18.82 euro cents/kWh28.33 euro cents/kWh
H2 20209.08 euro cents/kWh19.11 euro cents/kWh28.19 euro cents/kWh
H1 202110.40 euro cents/kWh18.60 euro cents/kWh29.00 euro cents/kWh
H2 202114.85 euro cents/kWh19.63 euro cents/kWh34.48 euro cents/kWh
H1 202223.71 euro cents/kWh21.88 euro cents/kWh45.59 euro cents/kWh
H2 202236.36 euro cents/kWh22.35 euro cents/kWh58.71 euro cents/kWh
H1 202329.76 euro cents/kWh8.35 euro cents/kWh38.11 euro cents/kWh
H2 202318.46 euro cents/kWh17.08 euro cents/kWh35.54 euro cents/kWh
H1 202418.83 euro cents/kWh18.25 euro cents/kWh37.08 euro cents/kWh
H2 202419.28 euro cents/kWh18.35 euro cents/kWh37.63 euro cents/kWh
H1 202518.23 euro cents/kWh16.62 euro cents/kWh34.85 euro cents/kWh
H2 202516.85 euro cents/kWh16.27 euro cents/kWh33.12 euro cents/kWh
H1 202618.89 euro cents/kWh4.86 euro cents/kWh23.75 euro cents/kWh

Source: Eurostat (ec.europa.eu/eurostat), datasets nrg_pc_204 and nrg_pc_205, electricity prices for household and non household consumers, bi-annual data. Selected and charted by World Power Monitor. (Eurostat reuse policy) Data as of the first half of 2026. Prices for households in consumption band DC (2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year), in euros.

Medium Sized Businesses: H1 2026

Eurostat nrg_pc_205, band IC, 500 to 1,999 MWh a year
Electricity price for medium sized businesses in Denmark, the first half of 2026, at each tax level, with rank and change.
MeasureValueAs of
All taxes and levies included16.29 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes13.03 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Excluding all taxes and levies12.92 euro cents/kWhH1 2026
Taxes and levies, share of the price20.7%H1 2026
Rank, dearest first23 of 34H1 2026
European Union average, all taxes in22.06 euro cents/kWhH2 2025
Change on a year earlier-40.5%to H1 2026
Change on five years earlier-34.9%to H1 2026

Taxes and levies made up 20.7% of the price in the first half of 2026: 12.92 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 3.37 euro cents/kWh on top. Changes are in nominal euros, before inflation.

Denmark: medium sized businesses electricity price since the second half of 2007, before and after taxes and levies Electricity price for medium sized businesses in Denmark from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2026, in euro cents per kWh, split into the price before taxes and levies and the taxes and levies on top. The total is the all taxes price, 16.29 euro cents/kWh in the first half of 2026. 0.00 12.50 25.00 37.50 50.00 H2 2007H2 2011H2 2015H2 2019H2 2023
Electricity price for medium sized businesses in Denmark from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2026, in euro cents per kWh, split into the price before taxes and levies and the taxes and levies on top. The total is the all taxes price, 16.29 euro cents/kWh in the first half of 2026.
Eurostat nrg_pc_205, euro cents/kWh, through H1 2026
Denmark: medium sized businesses electricity price since the second half of 2007, before and after taxes and levies
Half yearPrice before taxes and leviesTaxes and leviesAll taxes and levies
H2 20077.65 euro cents/kWh13.09 euro cents/kWh20.74 euro cents/kWh
H1 20087.07 euro cents/kWh14.06 euro cents/kWh21.13 euro cents/kWh
H2 20088.31 euro cents/kWh14.14 euro cents/kWh22.45 euro cents/kWh
H1 20096.10 euro cents/kWh14.57 euro cents/kWh20.67 euro cents/kWh
H2 20096.30 euro cents/kWh15.10 euro cents/kWh21.40 euro cents/kWh
H1 20107.21 euro cents/kWh15.49 euro cents/kWh22.70 euro cents/kWh
H2 20107.64 euro cents/kWh15.29 euro cents/kWh22.93 euro cents/kWh
H1 20117.84 euro cents/kWh16.39 euro cents/kWh24.23 euro cents/kWh
H2 20116.95 euro cents/kWh16.48 euro cents/kWh23.43 euro cents/kWh
H1 20126.45 euro cents/kWh17.46 euro cents/kWh23.91 euro cents/kWh
H2 20126.22 euro cents/kWh17.99 euro cents/kWh24.21 euro cents/kWh
H1 20136.61 euro cents/kWh18.35 euro cents/kWh24.96 euro cents/kWh
H2 20136.42 euro cents/kWh18.21 euro cents/kWh24.63 euro cents/kWh
H1 20146.54 euro cents/kWh19.08 euro cents/kWh25.62 euro cents/kWh
H2 20146.66 euro cents/kWh19.40 euro cents/kWh26.06 euro cents/kWh
H1 20155.91 euro cents/kWh19.98 euro cents/kWh25.89 euro cents/kWh
H2 20155.67 euro cents/kWh20.20 euro cents/kWh25.87 euro cents/kWh
H1 20165.88 euro cents/kWh20.76 euro cents/kWh26.64 euro cents/kWh
H2 20166.33 euro cents/kWh20.18 euro cents/kWh26.51 euro cents/kWh
H1 20176.16 euro cents/kWh19.63 euro cents/kWh25.79 euro cents/kWh
H2 20176.29 euro cents/kWh19.50 euro cents/kWh25.79 euro cents/kWh
H1 20185.93 euro cents/kWh19.44 euro cents/kWh25.37 euro cents/kWh
H2 20186.51 euro cents/kWh18.59 euro cents/kWh25.10 euro cents/kWh
H1 20196.35 euro cents/kWh17.23 euro cents/kWh23.58 euro cents/kWh
H2 20196.17 euro cents/kWh17.07 euro cents/kWh23.24 euro cents/kWh
H1 20205.40 euro cents/kWh17.12 euro cents/kWh22.52 euro cents/kWh
H2 20206.15 euro cents/kWh17.34 euro cents/kWh23.49 euro cents/kWh
H1 20217.25 euro cents/kWh17.78 euro cents/kWh25.03 euro cents/kWh
H2 202111.50 euro cents/kWh18.11 euro cents/kWh29.61 euro cents/kWh
H1 202215.95 euro cents/kWh19.26 euro cents/kWh35.21 euro cents/kWh
H2 202222.64 euro cents/kWh18.25 euro cents/kWh40.89 euro cents/kWh
H1 202313.25 euro cents/kWh3.55 euro cents/kWh16.80 euro cents/kWh
H2 202311.57 euro cents/kWh14.68 euro cents/kWh26.25 euro cents/kWh
H1 202410.42 euro cents/kWh15.46 euro cents/kWh25.88 euro cents/kWh
H2 202412.65 euro cents/kWh16.02 euro cents/kWh28.67 euro cents/kWh
H1 202512.26 euro cents/kWh15.12 euro cents/kWh27.38 euro cents/kWh
H2 202512.05 euro cents/kWh15.07 euro cents/kWh27.12 euro cents/kWh
H1 202612.92 euro cents/kWh3.37 euro cents/kWh16.29 euro cents/kWh

Source: Eurostat (ec.europa.eu/eurostat), datasets nrg_pc_204 and nrg_pc_205, electricity prices for household and non household consumers, bi-annual data. Selected and charted by World Power Monitor. (Eurostat reuse policy) Data as of the first half of 2026. Prices for medium sized businesses in consumption band IC (500 to 1,999 MWh a year), in euros.

Electricity Prices in Denmark: Questions

How much does electricity cost for a household in Denmark?

In the first half of 2026, households in Denmark paid 23.75 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical household using 2,500 to 4,999 kWh a year. Taxes and levies made up 20.5% of the household price in Denmark in the first half of 2026: 18.89 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 4.86 euro cents/kWh on top. The household price in Denmark ranks 14th dearest of 30 European countries with a Eurostat price for the first half of 2026.

How much does electricity cost for a business in Denmark?

In the first half of 2026, medium sized businesses in Denmark paid 16.29 euro cents/kWh with all taxes and levies included, for a typical medium sized business using 500 to 1,999 MWh a year. Taxes and levies made up 20.7% of the medium sized business price in Denmark in the first half of 2026: 12.92 euro cents/kWh before taxes and levies, 3.37 euro cents/kWh on top. The medium sized business price in Denmark ranks 23rd dearest of 34 European countries with a Eurostat price for the first half of 2026.

Is electricity in Denmark dearer than the European Union average?

In the second half of 2025, the household price in Denmark was 33.12 euro cents/kWh, 14.4% higher than the European Union average of 28.96 euro cents/kWh, the latest Eurostat publishes.