We complain in the Netherlands about what we have lost at the pump. The price of petrol has never been so high as in 2021 and we see with some envy how our neighboring countries are cheaper. When we look at gasoline prices from around the world, things don’t exactly look rosier to us.
This year, for the first time, we lost more than €2 per liter of petrol (Average National MSRP). An important limit value was thus exceeded, much to the dismay of many motorists. Improvement is not in sight for the time being. Although oil prices are falling again, this only marginally affects the high price. After all, in the Netherlands we tick off a huge part of the petrol price for the benefit of the state treasury. No less than €0.82 per liter is excise duty and then there is the 21 percent VAT.
It will therefore come as no surprise that the Netherlands is in a ‘poor’ position in that regard if we include global petrol prices. These are updated weekly on the aptly named website globalpetrolprices.com. The Netherlands is in second place. Only in Hong Kong do you lose more for a liter of petrol. Also a lot more, at least €0.30 per litre. The Netherlands will therefore not soon be in first place. A small consolation, indeed.
After the Netherlands, petrol is the most expensive in Israel, the Central African Republic, Finland and Iceland. It must be said, however, that in the Central African Republic people probably get the worst off at the pump in relation to income. The cheapest is in Venezuela, where a liter of petrol costs about €0.022. An important caveat is that Venezuela is also a very poor country. After Venezuela, Iran, Angola, Syria and Algeria are the cheapest countries to score a liter of petrol. Kuwait is in sixth place of the cheapest countries and since there are quite a few rich people (mainly working in the oil industry) there, it is not very surprising that there are quite a few thirsty cars driving around.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl