World gasoline prices compared to the USA

The chart shows the price of gasoline in countries around the world as percent of the price of gasoline in the United States. A positive percent means that prices in a particular country are higher than in the U.S. and a negative number means that they are lower. The calculations are based on the latest gas price data.

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.


Algeria
Kuwait
Egypt
Malaysia
Bolivia
Qatar
Colombia
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Ecuador
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
UAE
Suriname
Indonesia
Belarus
Pakistan
Argentina
Taiwan
Puerto Rico
Vietnam
Georgia
Guyana
Panama
Brazil
Benin
Burma
Namibia
Sierra Leone
South Korea
Turkey
Australia
Lesotho
Guatemala
Honduras
Philippines
Togo
El Salvador
Cameroon
Curacao
Cambodia
China
Ghana
Canada
Fiji
South Africa
India
Grenada
Tanzania
Thailand
Japan
Ukraine
Mexico
Peru
Moldova
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Zambia
Ivory Coast
Nepal
Mozambique
Madagascar
Saint Lucia
Kenya
Rwanda
Burkina Faso
Costa Rica
Bulgaria
Cape Verde
Dom. Republic
Aruba
N. Macedonia
Malta
Zimbabwe
Romania
Bosnia & Herz.
Slovenia
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Poland
Laos
Sri Lanka
Andorra
Croatia
Mauritius
Lebanon
Chile
New Zealand
Serbia
Slovakia
Jordan
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Austria
Montenegro
Malawi
Czech Republic
Hungary
Latvia
Ireland
Spain
UK
Portugal
Estonia
Belgium
Uruguay
Belize
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Mayotte
Israel
Singapore
Italy
Barbados
France
Greece
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Hong Kong


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