Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing
The United States uses an average of 385 million US liquid gallons (1.46 gigalitres) of gasoline each day.[1] Western countries have among the highest usage rates per person. On average, U.S. consumers spend a smaller fraction of their incomes on gasoline today than in previous decades.[citation needed]
Some regions, e.g. in Europe and Japan, impose heavy fuel taxes on fuels such as gasoline. Because a greater proportion of the price of gasoline in the United States is due to the cost of oil, rather than taxes, the price of the retail product is subject to greater fluctuations (vs. outside the U.S.) when calculated as a percentage of cost-per-unit, but is actually less variable in absolute terms).
According to national figures from the U.S. Department of Energy, in March 2006, 55% of the cost of gasoline went to pay for crude oil, 22% for refining, 19% to taxes, and 4% for distribution and marketing.[2]
| Average gasoline prices around the world (see fuel tax for tax information by country) (1 US gallon = 3.785411784 litres) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | USD/USgal | Local measure | As of | Source |
| Australia (Sydney) | $2.63/gal | A$1.13/litre | 8 October 2006 | Motormouth/CNN-Money |
| Belgium (Brussels) | $6.33/gal | May 2006 | CNN Money/[3] | |
| Brazil (São Paulo) | $3.85/gal | R$ 2,40/litre | Aug 2006 | |
| Canada | $3.24/gal | C$0.95/litre | 14 September 2006 | GasBuddy/XE.com |
| Denmark (Copenhagen) | $5.08/gal | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[4] | |
| Egypt (Cairo) | $0.93/gal | March 2005 | CNN Money/[5] | |
| Finland | $6.16/US gal | 1.28€/litre | 11 September 2006 | polttoaine.net[6] average price on 95 octane |
| Germany | $5.29/gal | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[7] | |
| Greece | $4.93/gal | €1/litre | 13 March 2006 | |
| Iceland | $6.05/gal | 112.90 ISK/litre. | 20 November 2006 | Esso/[8] |
| India (Bangalore) | $4.61/gal | INR 55.15/liter | October 2006 | |
| Israel | $5.52/gal | 6.40 NIS/litre | 1 August 2006 | Israel Min. of National Infrastructures (Hebrew)[9] |
| Italy (Rome) | $4.86/gal | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[10] | |
| Japan | $3.84/gal | yen/litre | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[11] |
| Kuwait (Kuwait City) | $0.78/gal | April 2006 | CNN Money/[12] | |
| Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | $2.01/gal | RM1.92/litre | February 2006 | [13]/Google exchange calculator on 15 May 2006 |
| Mexico (Mexico City) | $2.30/gal | $MX 6.6/litre | 20 July 2006 | Banco de México/[14] |
| Netherlands (Amsterdam) | $6.31/gal | €1.28/litre | 8 February 2007 | Athlon Car Lease/[15] |
| New Zealand | $4.09/gal | NZ$1.71/litre | 29 May 2006 | Pricewatch/X-Rates on 29 May 2006 |
| Nigeria (Lagos) | $0.38/gal | March 2005 | CNN Money/[16] | |
| Norway (Oslo) | $7.68/gal | 12.49 NOK/litre. | 8 August 2006 | Shell/[17] |
| Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | $0.40/gal | April 2006 | CNN Money/[18] | |
| Thailand | $2.61/gal | 24.79 Baht/litre | Jan 13 2007 | Nation Multimedia/[19] |
| Turkey | $6.99/gal | 2.72 YTL/litre | 13 October 2006 | NTV/[20] |
| Turkmenistan | $0.29/gal | 400 TMM/litre | 25 November 2006 | Turkmenistan.ru/[21] |
| United Kingdom | $5.58/gal | £0.90/litre | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[22] |
| United States | $2.38/gal | US$2.38/USgal | 25 September 2006 | Energy Information Administration |
| Venezuela (Caracas) | $0.14/gal | 29 September 2006 | CNN Money/[23] | |