Electricity consumption in Germany: This is the average amount of electricity used by households
What is the average electricity consumption of private individuals? When is it too high? The average values of the electricity mirror reveal it.
Germany's electricity market has stabilized since 2023, with prices mostly below 30 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). According to Verivox, a comparison portal, the current average electricity price for new customers is 33 cents per kWh. The total electricity consumption in Germany in 2025 was around 465.8 terawatt-hours (TWh), similar to 2024.
The average annual electricity consumption for two people living together is 1,900 kWh in a multi-family house and 2,700 kWh in a single-family house. The Bundesnetzagentur reported that the net electricity generation in 2025 was 437.6 TWh, almost unchanged from 2024.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
