Gasoline consumption as percent of income

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The chart shows the percent of income spent on gasoline in various countries. In countries with a low percent, we have some combination of limited gasoline consumption, low gasoline price and high income. The chart uses our latest gasoline price data. Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to search for a specific country. Another look at the data is to consider the percent of monthly income that is needed to fill a tank of gas in various countries.

Hong Kong

Turkey

Belgium

Singapore

Norway

France

Spain

Austria

Qatar

Cape Verde

Lithuania

Ireland

Switzerland

Luxembourg

Denmark

South Korea

Peru

Argentina

Italy

Germany

Portugal

India

Nepal

Netherlands

Algeria

Kuwait

Sweden

Sri Lanka

Ivory Coast

Tunisia

Philippines

Slovakia

Romania

Poland

Panama

China

Malta

Japan

Egypt

Finland

Colombia

Rwanda

Australia

Latvia

Bulgaria

Czech Rep.

Macedonia

Iceland

Domin. Rep.

Montenegro

Laos

Pakistan

Tanzania

Hungary

UA Emirates

Cameroon

Mauritius

Kenya

Slovenia

Guatemala

Croatia

Serbia

Chile

Israel

Estonia

Uruguay

USA

Bolivia

Zambia

Thailand

Burma

New Zealand

Indonesia

El Salvador

Belarus

Fiji

Vietnam

Russia

Sierra Leone

Ghana

Malaysia

Nicaragua

Cambodia

Malawi

Cyprus

Namibia

Canada

Greece

Georgia

Oman

Brazil

Moldova

Uganda

Honduras

Aruba

South Africa

Lebanon

Grenada

Mexico

Jamaica

Saint Lucia

Barbados

Ukraine

Suriname

Jordan

Kyrgyzstan

Notes: The calculations use gasoline consumption data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, GDP data from the World Bank, and our data on fuel prices.