Mar 1, 2025 · According to the ERO''s annual report, in 2023 for the household consumer category the average electricity price is 7.12 cents per kilowatt, which is 15.93 percent higher than in
The prices include the value-added tax and other levies. The average price of electricity in Kosovo* was 6.5 eurocents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 9.7 eurocents in Montenegro. The average price in the European Union at the same time was 23.5 eurocents, led by Denmark (34.4 eurocents). Hungary reported the lowest cost, 9.4 eurocents.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro have prices from 8 cents per kilowatt/hour or more than 35 percent more expensive than in Kosovo. North Macedonia is even more expensive, marking a price of 10 cents per kilowatt/hour, which is nearly 70 percent more expensive than Kosovo.
According to Monstat, the average price of 9.7 eurocents in Montenegro refers to the annual consumption of 5,000 to 15,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). Most households in the country – 56.6 percent, are in the group. For the category between 2,500 kWh and 5,000 kWh, the cost was slightly lower – 9.6 percent. It accounted for 23.5 percent of households.
North Macedonia is even more expensive, marking a price of 10 cents per kilowatt/hour, which is nearly 70 percent more expensive than Kosovo. Only medium-sized consumers with an annual consumption of 2500 kWh to 4999 kWh are included in these measurements. All EU countries have prices at least twice as high as Kosovo.
Average prices for average consumer spending are 6 cents per kilowatt/hour which is nearly 25 percent cheaper than the second cheapest, which is Serbia at 7 cents per kilowatt/hour. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro have prices from 8 cents per kilowatt/hour or more than 35 percent more expensive than in Kosovo.
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