In the fiscal year 2022, the electricity costs for homes amounted to ** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The electricity costs increased multiple times since fiscal year 2016, when the figure stood at ***** yen per kilowatt hours.  Competition in the electricity market remains limited The competition in the Japanese electricity market remains limited as it continues to be dominated by ten regional electric utilities. Retailers of low voltage electricity mainly sell their electricity locally to homes or small shops. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., also known as TEPCO, continued to rank as the largest electric power company in Japan in terms of total assets. The electric company is known for the nuclear accident at its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011.  Causes for rising electricity costs After the nuclear disaster, nuclear energy was replaced by fossil fuels. Since Japan lacks domestic reserves of fossil fuels, it heavily depends on imports. Consequently, the self-sufficiency rate of primary energy decreased shortly after the disaster, causing electricity costs to rise. Additionally, in recent years, a short supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reinforced the price increase.

Japan JP: Residential Electricity Price: USD per kWh data was reported at 0.330 USD/kWh in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.260 USD/kWh for 2021. Japan JP: Residential Electricity Price: USD per kWh data is updated yearly, averaging 0.220 USD/kWh from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.330 USD/kWh in 2022 and a record low of 0.190 USD/kWh in 2002. Japan JP: Residential Electricity Price: USD per kWh data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.OECD.GGI: Environmental: Environmental Policy, Taxes and Transfers: OECD Member: Annual.

In the fiscal year 2022, the electricity costs for the industry in Japan amounted to approximately ***** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. Figures peaked in fiscal 2014, reaching ***** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. In comparison, electricity costs for homes in Japan remained higher throughout the past decade.

As of the end of 2022, the cost for nuclear power generation per kilowatt hour amounted to around **** Japanese yen, making up the energy source with the highest generation cost. In contrast, the generation cost of coal power per kilowatt hour stood at **** yen.

In July 2023, the average retail price of high voltage electricity in Japan that was supplied by incumbent utilities amounted to **** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour, while the average retail price of new entrants amounted to **** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. Figures for both utilities indicated an upward trend in recent months.

Ireland, Italy, and Germany had some of the highest household electricity prices worldwide, as of March 2025. At the time, Irish households were charged around 0.45 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour, while in Italy, the price stood at 0.43 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. By comparison, in Russia, residents paid almost 10 times less. What is behind electricity prices? Electricity prices vary widely across the world and sometimes even within a country itself, depending on factors like infrastructure, geography, and politically determined taxes and levies. For example, in Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden, taxes constitute a significant portion of residential end-user electricity prices. Reliance on fossil fuel imports Meanwhile, thanks to their great crude oil and natural gas production output, countries like Iran, Qatar, and Russia enjoy some of the cheapest electricity prices in the world. Here, the average household pays less than 0.1 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. In contrast, countries heavily reliant on fossil fuel imports for electricity generation are more vulnerable to market price fluctuations.

This dataset provides values for ELECTRICITY PRICE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

In July 2023, the regulated tariff of the average retail price of low voltage electricity in Japan amounted to **** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The average retail price of low voltage electricity supplied by incumbent utilities was lower, reaching **** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour in that month.

For fiscal year 2024, the FIT purchase price for offshore wind electricity from floating-type offshore wind turbines was set at ** Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The price stayed at around the same level for floating turbines, while the price for fixed-bottom turbines indicated a decrease in recent fiscal years. The feed-in tariff (FIT) system is a national system under which the unit price of electricity is fixed by the country. It is designed to increase investments in renewable energy systems by providing price certainty and long-term contracts to renewable energy producers.

As of the second quarter of 2025, Australia had the highest average electricity price for households in the Asia-Pacific region, at about **** U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. Singapore had the second-highest average electricity price, with households paying around **** U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour.

For fiscal year 2025, the FIT price of electricity that is generated from solar energy in Japan was set at ten Japanese yen per kilowatt hour.The feed-in tariff (FIT) system is a national system under which the unit price of electricity is fixed by the country. It is designed to increase investments in renewable energy systems by providing price certainty and long-term contracts to renewable energy producers.  Solar energy is the largest renewable energy source in Japan In recent years, solar energy overtook hydropower as the largest renewable energy source in Japan. The generation capacity of solar energy continues to rise as the Japanese government made investments in solar power a priority. As the island nation strives to become carbon neutral by 2050, it aims to increase its share of renewables and nuclear power. Consequently, the share of renewables in electricity production has increased to over ** percent in recent years.  Solar energy prices keep decreasing In 2015, the government started to cut the FIT-based purchase price of electricity generated from solar energy. Since the sales price of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules has decreased as well, this resulted in a long-term decline in solar power costs. The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) estimated that solar power will become cheaper than nuclear power by 2030.

In September 2024, industrial electricity prices in the European countries of Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom were among the highest in the world, at around **** U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. Singapore was the Asian country with the highest electricity bill worldwide at that time. Lowest electricity prices in the world The average retail electricity price in the United States was considerably lower than in most of Europe. Iceland was the European country with one of the lowest electricity bills for enterprises that month. At the bottom of the ranking were also Russia, Iraq, Qatar, Argentina, and Libya. In these countries, commercial electricity prices amounted to less than *** U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. Household electricity prices In addition, European countries had the highest household electricity prices worldwide that month, with Italy at the top of the ranking. By comparison, Iran and Ethiopia had the lowest residential electricity prices in the world.

住宅电价：美元/千瓦时在12-01-2022达0.330USD/kWh，相较于12-01-2021的0.260USD/kWh有所增长。住宅电价：美元/千瓦时数据按年更新，12-01-1990至12-01-2022期间平均值为0.220USD/kWh，共33份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2022，达0.330USD/kWh，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2002，为0.190USD/kWh。CEIC提供的住宅电价：美元/千瓦时数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development，数据归类于全球数据库的日本 – Table JP.OECD.GGI: Environmental: Environmental Policy, Taxes and Transfers: OECD Member: Annual。

For fiscal year 2027, the FIT purchase price for onshore wind electricity (under 50 kilowatt) was set at 11.8 Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The price decreased continuously throughout the past decade.The feed-in tariff (FIT) system is a national system under which the unit price of electricity is fixed by the country. It is designed to increase investments in renewable energy systems by providing price certainty and long-term contracts to renewable energy producers.

In 2024, charging an electric vehicle in China required on average 3.2 kilowatts of electricity, 0.4 kilowatts above the global average. In contrast, countries like the United Kingdom, France, and Japan all used 1.4 kilowatts of electricity per electric vehicle.