Top Ten Cheapest
- Caracas, Venezuela: 2p per liter (average) — Is Hugo Chavez proving a point to the Western world?
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 8p per liter (average) — 20% of the world's oil reserves: they'll remain one of the cheapest till the end
- Tripoli, Libya: 9p per liter — 41 billion barrels of oil per yer make Libya 9th in the oil-producing world league
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: 12p per liter (average) — Car drivers are entitle to 120 litres free per month, so maybe the price isn't important
- Manama, Bahrain: 13p per litre (average) — 60% of the government's revenue comes from oil production
- Kuwait City, Kuwait: 14p per liter (average) — The government - subsidized petrol and public transport shows consideration for the community
- Doha, Qatar: 15p per liter (average) — Citizens have the 2nd highest incomes and the 7th lowest petrol in the world
- Cairo, Egypt: 19p per liter (average) — The future of their price per litre is uncertain in an unstable country
- Muscat, Oman: 20p per liter (average) — 600,000 barrels produced every day, so the government gives its citizens a break
- Algiers, Algeria: 20p per liter (average) — 60% of the country's income comes from their oil production.
Most Expensive Countries
Country | ₤ | $ |
1. Norway (Road use tax £1.64 per liter + CO2 tax £0.10 per litre) | 0.1640 | 0.261 |
2. Turkey | 0.1620 | 0.258 |
3. Netherlands | 0.1480 | 0.236 |
4. Italy | 0.1465 | 0.233 |
5. Greece | 0.1450 | 0.231 |
6. Denmark | 0.1430 | 0.228 |
7. Britain (Duty ££0.59 per liter + VAT = 20%) | 0.1420 | 0.226 |
8. Sweden | 0.1413 | 0.225 |
9. Eritrea | 0.1410 | 0.225 |
10. Belgium | 0.1408 | 0.224 |