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Weekly market snapshot
Petrol & Diesel Prices by Country
Search and compare pump prices across 170 countries — shown in each local currency and in US dollars per litre, with weekly trend arrows so you can see where prices are heading.
170 countries
Petrol + Diesel
USD/L comparison
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Full Price Table
Sample data — 13 October 2026, updates weekly. Next update: 20 October 2026.
Figures are approximate national retail averages per litre, compiled from public sources
(GlobalPetrolPrices, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, EIA, RAC, PPAC). Read how we compile the table.
Local-currency prices are rounded; USD/L columns allow like-for-like comparison.
Trend arrows show the approximate week-on-week change of the national average pump price. ▲ rising · ● flat · ▼ falling.
What Drives Fuel Prices?
Why does a litre of petrol cost $0.02 in Libya and over $4.40 in Hong Kong? Every country buys crude oil on the same international market, yet pump prices diverge wildly. Five forces explain almost all of the difference:
- Crude oil cost. Raw crude typically makes up roughly half the price you pay at the pump — sometimes more. When global oil benchmarks climb on supply disruptions or geopolitical tension, pump prices follow in nearly every country.
- Taxes. This is the single biggest wedge between cheap and expensive countries. European governments layer fuel excise duty plus VAT on every litre; in the UK and the Netherlands taxes account for well over half the pump price. The United States keeps fuel taxes low, which is why its prices stay far below Europe's despite similar wealth.
- Subsidies and price controls. Oil-producing states such as Libya, Iran, Venezuela, Algeria and Kuwait sell fuel to their own citizens far below market cost as a form of social policy. Libya's near-zero prices in the table are not a market outcome — they are a deliberate state transfer, and they are enormously expensive for the national budget.
- Exchange rates. Crude oil is priced in US dollars, so any country buying on world markets pays in its own currency. A weaker local currency makes imported fuel more expensive overnight, even when the dollar price of oil hasn't moved. This is why drivers in Pakistan, India and Egypt feel every currency wobble at the pump.
- Refining and logistics. Turning crude into petrol and diesel costs money, and refining capacity is unevenly distributed. When refineries are tight — as diesel markets have been through much of 2026 — refining margins spike and diesel can become dearer than petrol, a pattern visible across Europe and the US this autumn.
The pattern to watch: countries that are rich and tax fuel heavily sit at the top of the table; countries that produce oil and subsidise it sit at the bottom. The United States is the famous exception — wealthy, but with some of the lowest fuel taxes among major economies.
How to read this table
Use the USD/L columns for honest cross-country comparison — they strip out currency differences. The local columns show what a driver actually sees at the pump. The trend arrows summarise the last week's movement so you can spot prices climbing or cooling. Remember this is a weekly sample snapshot, not a live trading feed: check with local sources before planning a trip on it.