Fuel Taxes by Country

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Belgium - Gasoline 6.095692609996488 5.865410889174399 6.000870724952097 5.964367329593015 5.225610469045687 5.219415147436681 4.456136779343936 4.319828280374502 4.242947073618168 4.509115377630781 4.228067756578218 3.677069564896483 4.320745022429495
Belgium - Diesel 4.456628597086321 4.497266547819631 4.537904498552941 4.525594508857858 3.912772370911057 3.908133509410717 3.783272821209382 4.453306120498432 4.290620636243091 4.532661672030942 4.239312617632948 3.463417204856626 4.450249641630379
France - Gasoline 5.960232774218789 5.702859086241158 5.838318922018858 5.846649553351048 5.14838469856718 5.142280933435154 4.595787789522806 4.853739640870226 4.755437871836093 5.003587560034157 4.621637893493745 4.081884562866738 4.850536646433112
France - Diesel 4.537904498552941 4.402444662775241 4.470174580664091 4.473275497194761 3.912772370911057 3.908133509410717 3.88483719224856 4.429037422294082 4.27870224558686 4.47379593603054 4.149353729195114 3.868232202826881 4.426703347230219
Germany - Gasoline 6.217606462196418 5.960232774218789 6.122784577152028 6.13440411749808 5.392932971749122 5.386539277773325 4.506918964863525 4.659590055235417 4.397886152149169 4.532661672030942 4.407985533453887 4.059394840757279 4.944721824033755
Germany - Diesel 4.768186219375031 4.619180400019561 4.686910317908411 4.734870555510245 4.105836797107326 4.100969044414535 3.389710883432567 3.603901683346143 3.372904555713319 3.402439540823227 3.418437760637709 3.407192899582979 4.014643195227406
Italy - Gasoline 5.675767119085619 6.623985969529516 6.759445805307217 7.089226080349593 6.21667452351987 6.209304227122949 5.179782922998079 5.290576208548547 5.089152810210555 5.380328270436729 4.981473447245082 3.283499427980957 5.144865326435122
Italy - Diesel 4.537904498552941 5.865410889174399 5.892502856329938 6.239042140824272 5.444416818734793 5.437962087107676 4.468832325723834 4.101409996535341 4.445559714774092 4.650393144031746 4.340516367125511 2.957398457393807 4.591527408031344
Japan - Gasoline 3.833513352508902 4.348260728464162 4.226346876264232 3.230698970196217 2.857353507704785 2.853965918056511 2.856497935476882 2.90010943541996 2.955760882745241 3.049245124820815 2.698766653135033 2.069054434070192 2.178032232014869
Japan - Diesel 2.478914994731905 2.709196715553995 2.695650731976225 2.079680713608091 1.840547529737767 1.838365433703068 1.80276758594541 1.868689761735037 1.91886089565316 1.836610963212538 1.754198324537772 1.338138465512787 1.424550811209725
Netherlands - Gasoline 6.840721706773836 6.556256051640667 6.786537772462756 7.128465339096915 6.371126064476885 6.363572655126004 5.408302757836229 5.496860143285532 5.458622920553711 5.886573600040185 5.577451083145736 4.239312617632948 5.545152331237854
Netherlands - Diesel 4.456628597086321 4.321168761308622 4.429536629930781 4.708711049678697 4.363256032035685 4.358083091086294 3.643621811030512 3.822319967185303 3.742374666056474 3.967550606427085 3.868232202826881 3.350968594309333 4.073508931227808
United Kingdom - Gasoline 6.556256051640667 6.353066297974118 6.474980150174048 6.435238434560885 5.997868173830765 5.990757287451955 5.281347294037258 4.647455706133242 4.743519481179861 4.297198728029334 4.677862198767391 4.138108868140384 4.46202278883046
United Kingdom - Diesel 6.623985969529516 6.461434166596277 6.502072117329587 6.552956210802853 6.062222982562854 6.055035799119894 5.332129479556847 4.73239614984847 4.791193043804785 4.367837611229817 4.734086504041037 4.464209838727534 4.591527408031344
United States - Gasoline 0.541839343110799 0.541839343110799 0.541839343110799 0.5231901166309663 0.5405803933495539 0.5527952003442791 0.5712995870953764 0.5460457095979004 0.5720827514990788 0.5651110656038577 0.5509981916817359 0.517263608517548 0.5533379184037773
United States - Diesel 0.6231152445774188 0.6231152445774188 0.6231152445774188 0.6016686341256112 0.6049352020816436 0.6170737120122185 0.6220817726149654 0.643120502415305 0.6674298767489253 0.6592962432045008 0.6409570801195703 0.6297122190648411 0.671069390404581

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Highway Policy Information, Highway Statistics Series PublicationsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Historical Consumer Price Index

Notes: Source of foreign rates is data collected by the U.S. Department of Energy from various sources.

Fuel tax values were adjusted to constant 2023 U.S. dollars using the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U (U.S. city average, annual average).

The United States values include the weighted average of State taxes as shown on Table MF-121T, plus the Federal tax as found in U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Highway Policy Information, Highway Statistics Series Publications (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm).

This chart shows the fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel in eight industrialized nations for comparison purposes. In 2023, the United States, United Kingdom, and Belgium had higher tax rates on diesel than gasoline. The Netherlands tends to tax gasoline at the highest level aside from 2022.

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