Top 100 Countries by Gasoline Price (USD/L), 2025
Overview
Gasoline prices by country in 2025 (USD per liter)
Gasoline pump prices vary widely across countries even within the same year. This snapshot compares retail gasoline prices in U.S. dollars per liter and highlights how taxation and subsidies, import dependence versus domestic refining, currency moves, and price regulation can shape what drivers actually pay.
Lower prices are not automatically “better”: they can reflect explicit subsidies, controlled prices, or short-term interventions. Higher prices are often linked to fuel taxation and environmental policy, but also to local market structure and supply constraints.
Reference date for prices: 22-Dec-2025. Coverage: a 100-country set built from the 50 lowest and 50 highest prices on that date, to capture both ends of the distribution.
Key takeaways
- Retail prices can differ by more than an order of magnitude across countries in the same period.
- Taxes and subsidies are often larger drivers of cross-country gaps than crude prices alone.
- Currency swings can shift USD-denominated rankings even when local prices are stable.
- Import dependence and limited refining capacity can amplify supply shocks into higher pump prices.
- Affordability depends on incomes and vehicle ownership patterns, not only on USD/L.
Metric cards
Reference year2025 (snapshot)
Unit / definitionGasoline price, USD per liter (retail)
Coverage100 countries (50 lowest + 50 highest)
Source familyGlobalPetrolPrices
Why USD/L is used
Cross-country comparability
FX caveat
USD ranks can move with exchange rates
Policy layer
Taxes/subsidies often dominate differences
Market layer
Supply, refining, and regulation matter
Table 1 — Lowest gasoline prices (USD/L)
| Rank | Country | Price (USD/L) |
|---|
Bar chart — Top 20 lowest vs Top 20 highest (USD/L)
Prices on 22-Dec-2025
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Full list + context
Highest-price markets, full ranking list, and affordability context
The same pump price can mean very different affordability outcomes depending on household income levels, how common car ownership is, and how much of daily mobility relies on private vehicles. The sections below first summarize the highest-price markets in this dataset, then provide the full 1–100 list, and finally add a non-causal affordability view against passenger-car ownership per 1,000 people.
Prices on 22-Dec-2025
Table 2 — Highest gasoline prices (USD/L)
| Rank | Country | Price (USD/L) |
|---|
Full ranking (1…100)
| Rank | Country | Price (USD/L) |
|---|
Scatter — gasoline price vs passenger car ownership (subset)
Correlation view (non-causal)
This scatter is a descriptive lens, not a causal claim. Car ownership reflects long-run income, urban form, transit alternatives, and policy choices, while gasoline prices reflect taxation, subsidies, supply structure, and currency effects. Similar prices can coexist with very different ownership levels—and vice versa.
Table 3 — Fuel affordability context (price vs car ownership)
| Country | Gasoline (USD/L) | Passenger cars per 1,000 |
|---|
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Interpretation + methodology
How to interpret gasoline-price rankings in 2025
Why this metric matters
- Household budgets and inflation: gasoline is a visible input into commuting costs and can spill into transport-dependent prices.
- Public finance and policy: fuel taxes can be a major revenue stream; subsidies can become a large fiscal burden.
- Energy security: import dependence and limited refining capacity can make prices more vulnerable to supply disruptions.
- Transport transitions: relative fuel costs shape incentives for efficiency, electrification, and modal shifts.
What can distort results
- Taxes, subsidies, and price controls: the pump price can be policy-driven rather than market-driven.
- Exchange-rate effects: a stable local-currency price can move up or down in USD terms when FX shifts.
- Grade differences and measurement: “gasoline” can differ by octane standards and local product mix.
- Geography and logistics: remote islands and landlocked markets can face higher distribution costs.
- Data timing: a snapshot can capture short-lived spikes or temporary stabilization measures.
Methodology
Gasoline prices are retail pump prices expressed in USD per liter for the observation date shown on the source page (22-Dec-2025). To keep a single “Top 100” page that captures the distribution, the dataset combines the 50 lowest and the 50 highest country prices available on that date and then re-sorts them into a single 1–100 list.
The affordability context uses passenger-car ownership per 1,000 people (latest available observation year per country) for a subset of countries that overlap between the gasoline-price set and the ownership dataset.
Related indicators (StatRanker)
Passenger car ownership per 1,000 people (2025)
Use this to read the affordability context alongside fleet intensity.
Most affordable fuel markets (2025)
A complementary view focused on affordability framing rather than USD/L alone.
FAQ
- Gasoline vs diesel: they are distinct markets, often taxed differently, and can diverge sharply by country.
- Do low prices always help consumers? not necessarily—controls and subsidies can create shortages, rationing, or hidden costs.
- Are taxes the whole story? taxes are a major component in many countries, but refining capacity, imports, and logistics can also be decisive.
- Can rankings change quickly? yes—FX moves, fiscal decisions, and supply disruptions can shift positions even within a year.
Sources
GlobalPetrolPrices — Gasoline prices by country
Retail gasoline prices (USD/L), observation date shown on the page (used: 22-Dec-2025).
World Bank WDI metadata — IS.VEH.PCAR.P3 (Passenger cars per 1,000 people)
Definition and source lineage (International Road Federation / World Road Statistics).
World Bank Open Data — Passenger cars (per 1,000 people)
Indicator landing page and country series access.
