Iceland electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Iceland is
ISK 22.842 per kWh or USD 0.163.
The electricity price for businesses is
ISK 10.870 kWh or
USD 0.077.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
Compare Iceland with 150 other countries.
Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from December 2024 are available for download.
Sources: Government of Iceland, Orkusetur
Electricity price analysis for Iceland
- Residential electricity prices in Iceland are 108.59% of the world average electricity price and 72.84% of the average price in Europe.
- Business electricity rates in Iceland are 52.96% of the world average price and 40.66% of the average in Europe.
- Household rates are 210.14% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Iceland are 153.83% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 154.80% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 0.00%
- Wind: 0.05%
- Solar: 0.00%
- Hydro: 70.16%
- Nuclear: 0.00%
- Geothermal: 29.79%
