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