World Energy Prices
Updated September 04, 2026
How do U.S. energy prices compare to the rest of the world? Household electricity in Ireland costs 47.1¢/kWh against the U.S. average of 17.7¢/kWh, and gasoline in Denmark runs the equivalent of $11.08/gallon against $4.07 in the U.S., and American households pay a fraction of European natural gas prices. These pages compare official national data, all taxes included, with every source named.
Country comparisons
Electricity prices by country
40 countries · July–December 2025 · U.S. ranks #29 most expensive
Gasoline & diesel prices by country
33 countries · 7 national sources ·
U.S. cheaper than 2 of 32
Natural gas prices by country
31 countries · July–December 2025 · U.S. pays a fraction of EU prices
Refining capacity by country
China has more capacity; the U.S. still refines more oil
Where world energy comes from
Fossil fuels in world energy
Global energy mix · 2025 · ranked for every major country
World electricity mix
Coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar · 2025
Top oil, gas & coal producers
Who produces the fuel · 2025 · trends since 1965
OPEC and the world
OPEC's share peaked in 1973 · why it never came back
Global EV sales
24% of world new-car sales in H1 2026 · China above 60% · U.S. ~7%
Strategic petroleum reserves
U.S. weekly tracker · EU emergency stocks · what the numbers measure
Country energy profiles
79 countries · energy mix, trends, electricity
Energy and the environment
Emissions from producing fuel
Flaring and methane per barrel produced
Air pollution from energy
SO₂ and NOₓ per unit of energy
Carbon per unit of human development
The carbon cost of a high quality of life
Air pollution and development
Do richer countries breathe cleaner air?
What's coming
- Electricity and natural gas for the non-EU countries. The United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil and India now appear in the pump price table from their own national sources. Their household electricity and gas prices come from different agencies again (DESNZ Quarterly Energy Prices, Statistics Canada, ANEEL, and others) and are not in the electricity and gas tables yet.
Sources: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin, EIA, UK DESNZ, Statistics Canada, Japan METI/ANRE, Brazil ANP, India PPAC, ECB reference rates, Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, Yale Environmental Performance Index. See methodology.