TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The news of the cancellation of a 50 percent discount on electricity tariffs for June-July 2025 has attracted public attention. The Indonesian government has decided to replace the discount with additional wage subsidy assistance (BSU) for workers with a maximum salary of Rp3.5 million per month or equivalent to the provincial/district/city minimum wage (UMP/UMK), as well as honorary teachers, from the previous Rp150,000 per month to Rp300,000 per month.
"We have held meetings among the ministers. As for implementing the electricity discount, the budgeting process is much slower than expected. Therefore, if the goal is to implement it in June and July, it cannot be done," said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in a press conference after a limited meeting related to economic stimulus at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Monday, June 2, 2025.
So, where are the countries with the cheapest electricity tariffs worldwide?
List of Countries with the Cheapest Electricity Tariffs
According to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, the average global electricity price for residential consumers in the first quarter of 2025 was $0.16 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Meanwhile, the average world electricity price for businesses is $0.156 per kWh.
The highest household electricity tariff is in Europe, which is $0.23 per kWh, while the lowest is in Asia at $0.08 per kWh. Meanwhile, Africa is $0.12 per kWh, Oceania is $0.22 per kWh, North America is $0.14 per kWh, and South America is $0.19 per kWh.
The highest business electricity tariff is in Oceania at $0.25 per kWh, while the lowest is in Africa at $0.12 per kWh. The business electricity tariff is $0.11 per kWh in Asia, $0.20 per kWh in Europe, $0.15 per kWh in North America, and $0.20 per kWh in South America.
In the first quarter of 2025, electricity prices rose by more than 15 percent in Australia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Moldova, Oman, and France. Meanwhile, significant tariff reductions occurred in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde, and Zambia.
"These confirm the pattern that large price changes result from regulatory decisions and not from commodity price changes. The power component is less than half of the final bill, the rest being the cost of transmission and distribution and taxes, both of which are regulated," wrote GlobalPetrolPrices.com.
A. Cheapest Household Electricity Tariffs
The 10 countries with the lowest average household electricity tariffs in the period 2023-2025 are as follows:
- Iran: $0.003 per kWh
- Ethiopia: $0.006 per kWh
- Sudan: $0.007 per kWh
- Libya: $0.008 per kWh
- Syria: $0.013 per kWh
- Kyrgyzstan: $0.013 per kWh
- Iraq: $0.015 per kWh
- Bhutan: $0.015 per kWh
- Angola: $0.016 per kWh
- Cuba: $0.019 per kWh
B. Cheapest Business Electricity Tariffs
The 10 countries with the lowest average business electricity tariffs in the period 2023-2025 are as follows:
- Libya: $0.009 per kWh
- Angola: $0.013 per kWh
- Ethiopia: $0.019 per kWh
- Bhutan: $0.02 per kWh
- Sudan: $0.035 per kWh
- Algeria: $0.035 per kWh
- Egypt: $0.036 per kWh
- Qatar: $0.036 per kWh
- Syria: $0.037 per kWh
- Zambia: $0.037 per kWh
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