World gasoline prices compared to the USA
As the chart shows, most countries have more expensive gasoline than the U.S.. In many cases, the price difference is significant. The primary reason for this difference is that the fuel taxes in the U.S. are much lower than in the rest of the world. Countries generally have access to crude oil and refined products at roughly the same prices. The difference in the retail prices are to some extent due to varying costs of distribution but the main difference is taxes. On the other end of the distribution are primarily the major oil exporting countries that subsidize domestic fuel prices.
You can read our fuel price primer for more information on the factors that explain fuel price differences across countries and the price changes over time.
Egypt
Kuwait
Algeria
Malaysia
Bahrain
Bolivia
Qatar
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Russia
UAE
Lebanon
Ecuador
Belarus
Vietnam
Indonesia
Pakistan
Paraguay
Puerto Rico
Panama
Taiwan
Brazil
Colombia
Australia
Burma
Ghana
Guyana
El Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Lesotho
Cambodia
China
Philippines
Peru
Madagascar
Georgia
Tanzania
Benin
India
Namibia
Rwanda
Curacao
Turkey
Jamaica
South Africa
Grenada
Nepal
Suriname
Canada
Fiji
Zambia
Dom. Rep.
Mexico
Japan
Sri Lanka
Argentina
South Korea
Moldova
N. Maced.
Thailand
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Aruba
Mozambique
Saint Lucia
Kenya
Mauritius
Bosnia & Herz.
Chile
Laos
Sierra Leone
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Burkina Faso
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Ivory Coast
Cayman Islands
Malta
Malawi
Andorra
Sweden
Zimbabwe
Cyprus
New Zealand
Jordan
Czech Republic
Romania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Poland
Slovenia
Lithuania
Spain
Belgium
Austria
Hungary
Croatia
Serbia
Slovakia
Latvia
Estonia
UK
Germany
Portugal
Uruguay
France
Finland
Wallis and Futuna
Norway
Greece
Barbados
Italy
Mayotte
Ireland
Switzerland
Israel
Liechtenstein
Singapore
Denmark
Netherlands
Iceland
Hong Kong
