The average wholesale electricity price in Denmark stood at around 75.71 euros per megawatt-hour in April 2025. Prices in the country peaked at 455 euros per megawatt-hour in August 2022.

Denmark - Electricity prices: Medium size households was EUR0.37 Kilowatt-hour in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Denmark - Electricity prices: Medium size households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Denmark - Electricity prices: Medium size households reached a record high of EUR0.46 Kilowatt-hour in December of 2022 and a record low of EUR0.27 Kilowatt-hour in December of 2010.

In April 2025, Denmark had the highest average day-ahead electricity price among Nordic countries, amounting to 75.71 euros per megawatt-hour. Over the past few years, electricity prices soared in the Nordic region, the result of a global energy crisis that affected fossil fuels and electricity prices.

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Denmark DK: Electricity Price: National Currency (NC): HC: Total kWh: incl All Taxes & Levies data was reported at 2.420 DKK/kWh in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.378 DKK/kWh for Jun 2024. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: National Currency (NC): HC: Total kWh: incl All Taxes & Levies data is updated semiannually, averaging 2.420 DKK/kWh from Dec 2021 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.995 DKK/kWh in Dec 2022 and a record low of 2.137 DKK/kWh in Dec 2021. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: National Currency (NC): HC: Total kWh: incl All Taxes & Levies data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.Eurostat: Electricity Price: Household Consumers.

Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply was 118.30 points in May of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply reached a record high of 390.70 points in August of 2022 and a record low of 31.30 points in April of 2020.

Denmark DK: Electricity Price: NC: HC: Less Than 1000 KwH: excl Taxes & Levies data was reported at 1.912 DKK/kWh in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.877 DKK/kWh for Jun 2024. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: NC: HC: Less Than 1000 KwH: excl Taxes & Levies data is updated semiannually, averaging 1.099 DKK/kWh from Dec 2007 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.104 DKK/kWh in Dec 2022 and a record low of 0.891 DKK/kWh in Dec 2009. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: NC: HC: Less Than 1000 KwH: excl Taxes & Levies data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.Eurostat: Electricity Price: Household Consumers.

Denmark DK: Electricity Price: HC: Total kWh: excl Taxes & Levies data was reported at 0.190 EUR/kWh in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.186 EUR/kWh for Jun 2024. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: HC: Total kWh: excl Taxes & Levies data is updated semiannually, averaging 0.190 EUR/kWh from Dec 2021 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.364 EUR/kWh in Dec 2022 and a record low of 0.148 EUR/kWh in Dec 2021. Denmark DK: Electricity Price: HC: Total kWh: excl Taxes & Levies data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Denmark – Table DK.Eurostat: Electricity Price: Household Consumers.

This dataset contains measured timeseries of renewable energy production and electricity consumption as well as exchange with neighboring countries/continents on hourly time resolution. The timeseries data has been divided into two xml files, one for each of the Danish price regions; DK1 (Western Denmark) and DK2 (Eastern Denmark). The data comes from the Danish TSO Energinet and was used in a flexibility study by Karen Olsen in 2018-19 leading to a paper that is to appear in the proceedings of the ICAE19 conference and is entitled: "Data-driven flexibility requirements for current and future scenarios with high penetration of renewables". A journal paper has also been submitted using the same data.The data has been extracted from a website run by Energinet at the following link where time series data is publicly available:https://www.energidataservice.dk/dataset/electricitybalanceThe present version was extracted in September 2019 and contains installation and production data from 2011 until and including the beginning of September 2019.The data is in the originally downloaded xml files, ready to be parsed by the python code written by Karen Olsen (see reference for Fanfare code).Data used for analysis:- offshore wind power generated (column: "Offshore Wind Power" in the xml file)- onshore wind power generated (column: "Onshore Wind Power" in the xml file)- solar power generated (column: "Solar Power Prod" in the xml file)- gross consumption (column: "Gross Con" in the xml file)Further information and code for analysis can be found under:https://kpolsen.github.io/FANFARE/Contains data used pursuant to 'Conditions for use of Danish public-sector data' from the Energi Data Service portal (www.energidataservice.dk).

The natural gas prices for household end users (excluding taxes, levies, and VAT) in Denmark increased significantly by 0.1 euro cents per kWh (+66.67 percent) in the first half of 2022 in comparison to the previous six months. With 0.24 euro cents per kWh, the natural gas prices thereby reached their highest value in the observed period.The prices include electricity/basic price, transmission, system services, meter rental, distribution and other services.Find more key insights for the natural gas prices for household end users (excluding taxes, levies, and VAT) in countries like Czechia, Romania, and Slovakia.

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Germany, Belgium, and Ireland had some of the highest household electricity prices worldwide, as of June 2024. At the time, German households were charged around 0.39 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour, while in Belgium, the price stood at 0.37 U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour. By comparison, in Qatar, residents paid more than 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. The top importers of natural gas in Europe in 2023 were Germany and Italy, where this energy source constitutes a relevant share of the power mix.

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This statistic shows the household subscription prices for electricity in Denmark from 2009 to 2019. The prices decreased annually since 2012, and reached the lowest price of 14.05 Danish øre per kilowatt hour in 2017. In 2019, the price had increased to 14.8 øre per kilowatt hour.

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The European countries of the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Denmark had the highest household electricity prices in 2023, at over 30 pence per kilowatt-hour. Germany and Belgium accounted for the most expensive electricity excluding taxes that year, whilst the average domestic electricity bill in Turkey amounted to roughly seven pence per kilowatt-hour.

Households in Iceland enjoyed the lowest electricity prices in the Nordics, with electricity bills ranging between 15.3 and 18.5 euro cents per kilowatt-hour depending on the consumption band. The electricity prices in Denmark and Finland were higher due to their partial reliance on fossil fuels, as opposed to Iceland's fully clean electricity sector.

Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply was 123.30 points in May of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Denmark - Producer prices in industry: Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply reached a record high of 214.00 points in August of 2022 and a record low of 72.40 points in May of 2020.

For the third year in a row, the Danish electricity supply meter market recorded growth in sales value, which increased by 0.9% to $14M in 2024. Overall, the total consumption indicated a mild expansion from 2012 to 2024: its value increased at an average annual rate of +1.5% over the last twelve years. The trend pattern, however, indicated some noticeable fluctuations being recorded throughout the analyzed period. Based on 2024 figures, consumption increased by +15.5% against 2021 indices.