Countries where governments charge higher electricity taxes tend to have higher consumer prices
Breakdown of 2020 electricity prices for household consumers in €/kWh
Without taxes
Other taxes
VAT
Turkey
Turkey
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.14
Germany
0.11
0.05
0.10
Denmark
0.13
0.06
0.19
Belgium
0.04
0.05
0.20
Ireland
0.01
0.03
0.12
Spain
0.07
0.04
0.14
Italy
0.06
0.02
0.15
UK
0.06
0.01
0.15
Cyprus
0.03
0.03
0.11
Portugal
0.06
0.04
0.14
Austria
0.04
0.04
0.15
Luxembourg
0.04
0.01
0.12
France
0.04
0.03
0.13
Czech Republic
0.02
0.03
0.11
Sweden
0.03
0.04
0.12
Finland
0.02
0.03
0.11
Slovakia
0.03
0.03
0.13
Greece
0.03
0.01
0.09
Poland
0.03
0.03
0.10
Romania
0.02
0.02
0.11
Slovenia
0.01
0.03
0.14
Netherlands*
−0.02
0.02
0.11
Lithuania
0.01
0.02
0.10
Latvia
0.02
0.02
0.10
Norway
0.02
0.02
0.11
Iceland
0.00
0.03
0.10
Croatia
0.01
0.02
0.12
Malta
0.00
0.01
0.09
Estonia
0.01
0.02
0.08
Hungary
0.00
0.02
0.08
Bulgaria
0.00
0.02
0.08
Turkey
0.00
0.02
