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Fuel Taxes by Country

Mexico US Canada New Zlnd. Chile Australia Iceland Poland Japan Korea Estonia Spain Hungary Austria Luxembrg Czech Rep. Slovenia Switzerland Slovak Rep. Israel Sweden Ireland Italy Belgium Denmark Portugal France Greece Norway Finland UK Germany Netherlands Turkey
Gasoline -0.4123731384433102 0.4942496070491474 0.9557190854130806 1.1993293105563492 1.3052538461538459 1.342451639976152 2.2846975232393096 2.398738210089738 2.5945948914617083 2.6369096401805177 2.651884615384615 2.662479615384615 2.6799536037760796 2.771 2.8970115384615385 3.041526294707978 3.0688511538461536 3.094159139781363 3.22551923076923 3.2286538461538457 3.243279138653424 3.4054461538461536 3.535846153846153 3.577223076923077 3.5785180853571306 3.6549615384615377 3.804796153846153 3.824230769230769 3.874068687057684 3.930807692307692 3.9537239933474395 4.103211538461538 4.188473076923077 5.518035340772671
Diesel -0.27670037367845424 0.5889257199217104 0.766378138900722 0 0.43508461538461535 1.342451639976152 2.031450425151452 1.854754152795563 1.5480761341249225 1.8688433423024342 2.463807692307692 2.0751153846153843 2.1741123610633446 2.1754230769230767 1.9434615384615384 2.5938249943187195 2.0268423076923074 3.152327835842782 2.307076923076923 2.8694269230769227 2.556293648375017 2.816013076923077 2.651884615384615 2.1020730769230767 2.6834675618901587 2.284507692307692 2.685738461538461 2.394846153846154 2.9701193267442236 2.2819999999999996 3.9537239933474395 2.949046153846153 2.2876423076923076 3.8055919122590263
Source: OECD/EEA database on instruments for environmental policy
Notes: Data for the United States and Canada include average excise taxes at the state/province level.
This chart shows fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The United States has the lowest gasoline taxes of any country, save for Mexico, and the third-lowest diesel taxes, behind Mexico and Chile. In general, European countries tend to tax petroleum fuels at the highest levels globally.