Fuel Taxes in Europe - Fuel Price Breakdown in Europe

Rhinocarhire have researched and collated and constantly update the cost of Petrol and Diesel, along with duties charged throughout Europe. Prices of Fuel were particularly low during the Pandemic of Corona Virus in 2020/2021 when prices plunged due to the unprecedented drop in oil demand. Then now in 2022 the War in Ukraine has caused an increase in petrol and diesel prices to unprecedented levels right the way across Europe . The price of both Diesel and Petrol tend to correlate with each other, i.e., if petrol is expensive in a particular country, then so is Diesel. In general Countries which produce, and export oil usually have the lower prices.

Fuel Duty Breakdown
Data Table

Country	VAT DUTY RAW
Finland	0.53 1.18 0.51 €2.22
Netherlands	0.47 1.27 0.48 €2.22
Germany	0.42 1.21 0.57 €2.20
Italy	0.48 1.18 0.53 €2.19
Greece	0.51 1.10 0.50 €2.11
Denmark	0.51 0.92 0.62 €2.05
Portugal	0.47 1.01 0.55 €2.03
France	0.40 1.07 0.52 €1.99
Austria	0.40 0.98 0.61 €1.99
Sweden	0.50 0.97 0.51 €1.98
UK	0.39 1.05 0.51 €1.95
Belgium	0.41 0.98 0.56 €1.95
Ireland	0.44 0.98 0.50 €1.92
Estonia	0.38 0.89 0.63 €1.90
Latvia	0.40 0.87 0.62 €1.89
Spain	0.39 0.79 0.66 €1.84
Czech Republic	0.38 0.87 0.56 €1.81
Lithuania	0.37 0.77 0.62 €1.76
Luxembourg	0.29 0.78 0.66 €1.73
Croatia	0.42 0.75 0.49 €1.66
Slovakia	0.33 0.81 0.51 €1.65
Romania	0.31 0.64 0.66 €1.61
Slovenia	0.33 0.75 0.42 €1.50
Poland	0.33 0.58 0.54 €1.45
Cyprus	0.27 0.63 0.54 €1.44
Bulgaria	0.28 0.55 0.59 €1.42
Malta	0.24 0.62 0.48 €1.34
Hungary	0.35 0.47 0.46 €1.28

Fuel Duty Breakdown in Europe

#	Country	Petrol	VAT	VAT %	ex VAT	duty	duty %	RAW	RAW %	Diesel	VAT	VAT %	ex VAT	duty	duty %	RAW	RAW %
1	Austria	€1.99	€0.40	20%	€1.59	€0.98	49%	€0.61	31%	€2.02	€0.40	20%	€1.62	€0.83	41%	€0.79	39%
2	Belgium	€1.95	€0.41	21%	€1.54	€0.98	50%	€0.56	29%	€2.07	€0.43	21%	€1.64	€1.03	50%	€0.61	29%
3	Bulgaria	€1.42	€0.28	20%	€1.14	€0.55	39%	€0.59	42%	€1.42	€0.28	20%	€1.14	€0.50	35%	€0.64	45%
4	Croatia	€1.66	€0.42	25%	€1.24	€0.75	45%	€0.49	30%	€1.61	€0.40	25%	€1.21	€0.58	36%	€0.63	39%
5	Cyprus	€1.44	€0.27	19%	€1.17	€0.63	44%	€0.54	38%	€1.49	€0.28	19%	€1.21	€0.61	41%	€0.60	40%
6	Czech Republic	€1.81	€0.38	21%	€1.43	€0.87	48%	€0.56	31%	€1.92	€0.40	21%	€1.52	€0.79	41%	€0.73	38%
7	Denmark	€2.05	€0.51	25%	€1.54	€0.92	45%	€0.62	30%	€1.94	€0.49	25%	€1.45	€0.62	32%	€0.83	43%
8	Estonia	€1.90	€0.38	20%	€1.52	€0.89	47%	€0.63	33%	€1.90	€0.38	20%	€1.52	€0.78	41%	€0.74	39%
9	Finland	€2.22	€0.53	24%	€1.69	€1.18	53%	€0.51	23%	€2.32	€0.56	24%	€1.76	€0.81	35%	€0.95	41%
10	France	€1.99	€0.40	20%	€1.59	€1.07	54%	€0.52	26%	€2.06	€0.41	20%	€1.65	€0.97	47%	€0.68	33%
11	Germany	€2.20	€0.42	19%	€1.78	€1.21	55%	€0.57	26%	€2.31	€0.44	19%	€1.87	€0.92	40%	€0.95	41%
12	Greece	€2.11	€0.51	24%	€1.60	€1.10	52%	€0.50	24%	€2.00	€0.48	24%	€1.52	€0.62	31%	€0.90	45%
13	Hungary	€1.28	€0.35	27%	€0.93	€0.47	37%	€0.46	36%	€1.28	€0.35	27%	€0.93	€0.44	34%	€0.49	38%
14	Ireland	€1.92	€0.44	23%	€1.48	€0.98	51%	€0.50	26%	€1.86	€0.43	23%	€1.43	€0.78	42%	€0.65	35%
15	Italy	€2.19	€0.48	22%	€1.71	€1.18	54%	€0.53	24%	€2.21	€0.49	22%	€1.72	€1.02	46%	€0.70	32%
16	Latvia	€1.89	€0.40	21%	€1.49	€0.87	46%	€0.62	33%	€1.79	€0.38	21%	€1.41	€0.68	38%	€0.73	41%
17	Lithuania	€1.76	€0.37	21%	€1.39	€0.77	44%	€0.62	35%	€1.86	€0.39	21%	€1.47	€0.65	35%	€0.82	44%
18	Luxembourg	€1.73	€0.29	17%	€1.44	€0.78	45%	€0.66	38%	€1.72	€0.29	17%	€1.43	€0.58	34%	€0.85	49%
19	Malta	€1.34	€0.24	18%	€1.10	€0.62	46%	€0.48	36%	€1.21	€0.22	18%	€0.99	€0.48	40%	€0.51	42%
20	Netherlands	€2.22	€0.47	21%	€1.75	€1.27	57%	€0.48	22%	€1.95	€0.41	21%	€1.54	€0.70	36%	€0.84	43%
21	Poland	€1.45	€0.33	23%	€1.12	€0.58	40%	€0.54	37%	€1.57	€0.36	23%	€1.21	€0.55	35%	€0.66	42%
22	Portugal	€2.03	€0.47	23%	€1.56	€1.01	50%	€0.55	27%	€1.98	€0.46	23%	€1.52	€0.75	38%	€0.77	39%
23	Romania	€1.61	€0.31	19%	€1.30	€0.64	40%	€0.66	41%	€1.63	€0.31	19%	€1.32	€0.60	37%	€0.72	44%
24	Slovakia	€1.65	€0.33	20%	€1.32	€0.81	49%	€0.51	31%	€1.56	€0.31	20%	€1.25	€0.56	36%	€0.69	44%
25	Slovenia	€1.50	€0.33	22%	€1.17	€0.75	50%	€0.42	28%	€1.54	€0.34	22%	€1.20	€0.66	43%	€0.54	35%
26	Spain	€1.84	€0.39	21%	€1.45	€0.79	43%	€0.66	36%	€1.82	€0.38	21%	€1.44	€0.62	34%	€0.82	45%
27	Sweden	€1.98	€0.50	25%	€1.48	€0.97	49%	€0.51	26%	€2.31	€0.58	25%	€1.73	€0.81	35%	€0.92	40%
28	UK	€1.95	€0.39	20%	€1.56	€1.05	54%	€0.51	26%	€2.06	€0.41	20%	€1.65	€1.11	54%	€0.54	26%

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY BREAKDOWN OF VAT AND DUTY ON PETROL AND DIESEL.

Austria

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 18-05-2020 - €0.99/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.09/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.31/lt

12 month change:

€-0.09

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.40
Duty	49%	€0.98
Raw	31%	€0.61

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.40
Duty	41%	€0.83
Raw	39%	€0.79

CHART TITLE

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Belgium

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 30-03-2020 - €1.06/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.10/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.47/lt

12 month change:

€-0.11

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.41
Duty	50%	€0.98
Raw	29%	€0.56

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.43
Duty	50%	€1.03
Raw	29%	€0.61

CHART TITLE

1.53,1.59,1.50,1.52,1.51,1.54,1.56,1.56,1.58,1.53,1.48,1.52

Bulgaria

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 12-04-2021 - €0.62/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.73/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.11/lt

12 month change:

€-0.09

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.28
Duty	39%	€0.55
Raw	42%	€0.59

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.28
Duty	35%	€0.50
Raw	45%	€0.64

CHART TITLE

1.31,1.27,1.19,1.19,1.24,1.22,1.23,1.27,1.21,1.22,1.21,1.22

Croatia

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 06-04-2020 - €0.98/lt

Highest: 05-09-2022 - €1.91/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.35/lt

12 month change:

€-0.13

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.42
Duty	45%	€0.75
Raw	30%	€0.49

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.40
Duty	36%	€0.58
Raw	39%	€0.63

CHART TITLE

1.57,1.50,1.44,1.47,1.49,1.47,1.48,1.48,1.44,1.47,1.42,1.46

Cyprus

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €0.97/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.83/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.26/lt

12 month change:

€-0.12

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.27
Duty	44%	€0.63
Raw	38%	€0.54

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.28
Duty	41%	€0.61
Raw	40%	€0.60

CHART TITLE

1.43,1.39,1.35,1.34,1.37,1.35,1.35,1.35,1.34,1.34,1.32,1.31

Czech Republic

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €0.93/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.94/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.32/lt

12 month change:

€-0.10

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.38
Duty	48%	€0.87
Raw	31%	€0.56

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.40
Duty	41%	€0.79
Raw	38%	€0.73

CHART TITLE

1.45,1.38,1.37,1.37,1.42,1.42,1.41,1.41,1.42,1.41,1.36,1.37

Denmark

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 13-04-2020 - €1.27/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.55/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.67/lt

12 month change:

€-0.07

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.51
Duty	45%	€0.92
Raw	30%	€0.62

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.49
Duty	32%	€0.62
Raw	43%	€0.83

CHART TITLE

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Estonia

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €1.15/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.17/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.42/lt

12 month change:

€-0.18

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.38
Duty	47%	€0.89
Raw	33%	€0.63

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.38
Duty	41%	€0.78
Raw	39%	€0.74

CHART TITLE

1.60,1.63,1.56,1.57,1.59,1.60,1.51,1.44,1.55,1.47,1.46,1.46

Finland

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €1.24/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.50/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.61/lt

12 month change:

€0.15

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	24%	€0.53
Duty	53%	€1.18
Raw	23%	€0.51

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	24%	€0.56
Duty	35%	€0.81
Raw	41%	€0.95

CHART TITLE

1.73,1.73,1.72,1.71,1.74,1.69,1.63,1.76,1.68,1.67,1.79,1.85

France

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.24/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.12/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.55/lt

12 month change:

€-0.07

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.40
Duty	54%	€1.07
Raw	26%	€0.52

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.41
Duty	47%	€0.97
Raw	33%	€0.68

CHART TITLE

1.71,1.73,1.66,1.66,1.65,1.69,1.66,1.69,1.69,1.67,1.67,1.69

Germany

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 27-04-2020 - €1.15/lt

Highest: 14-03-2022 - €2.20/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.49/lt

12 month change:

€0.00

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.42
Duty	55%	€1.21
Raw	26%	€0.57

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.44
Duty	40%	€0.92
Raw	41%	€0.95

CHART TITLE

1.68,1.68,1.66,1.66,1.68,1.65,1.65,1.66,1.68,1.63,1.74,1.75

Greece

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.32/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.39/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.65/lt

12 month change:

€-0.11

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	24%	€0.51
Duty	52%	€1.10
Raw	24%	€0.50

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	24%	€0.48
Duty	31%	€0.62
Raw	45%	€0.90

CHART TITLE

1.77,1.78,1.71,1.73,1.74,1.75,1.75,1.75,1.75,1.75,1.71,1.73

Hungary

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 06-04-2020 - €0.81/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.91/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.23/lt

12 month change:

€-0.09

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	27%	€0.35
Duty	37%	€0.47
Raw	36%	€0.46

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	27%	€0.35
Duty	34%	€0.44
Raw	38%	€0.49

CHART TITLE

1.53,1.48,1.45,1.46,1.48,1.49,1.49,1.48,1.49,1.46,1.43,1.47

Ireland

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 08-06-2020 - €1.21/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.17/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.49/lt

12 month change:

€-0.07

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.44
Duty	51%	€0.98
Raw	26%	€0.50

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.43
Duty	42%	€0.78
Raw	35%	€0.65

CHART TITLE

1.80,1.75,1.72,1.69,1.71,1.72,1.71,1.71,1.73,1.75,1.72,1.74

Italy

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €1.36/lt

Highest: 14-03-2022 - €2.19/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.62/lt

12 month change:

€-0.18

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	22%	€0.48
Duty	54%	€1.18
Raw	24%	€0.53

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	22%	€0.49
Duty	46%	€1.02
Raw	32%	€0.70

CHART TITLE

1.80,1.76,1.70,1.70,1.73,1.71,1.71,1.71,1.70,1.71,1.63,1.65

Latvia

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 11-05-2020 - €0.96/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.05/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.33/lt

12 month change:

€-0.13

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.40
Duty	46%	€0.87
Raw	33%	€0.62

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.38
Duty	38%	€0.68
Raw	41%	€0.73

CHART TITLE

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Lithuania

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €0.91/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.04/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.24/lt

12 month change:

€-0.05

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.37
Duty	44%	€0.77
Raw	35%	€0.62

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.39
Duty	35%	€0.65
Raw	44%	€0.82

CHART TITLE

1.49,1.44,1.42,1.40,1.43,1.39,1.38,1.41,1.41,1.42,1.42,1.44

Luxembourg

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 27-04-2020 - €0.89/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.02/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.30/lt

12 month change:

€-0.10

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	17%	€0.29
Duty	45%	€0.78
Raw	38%	€0.66

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	17%	€0.29
Duty	34%	€0.58
Raw	49%	€0.85

CHART TITLE

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Malta

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 08-01-2018 - €1.31/lt

Highest: 12-03-2018 - €1.61/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.35/lt

12 month change:

€0.00

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	18%	€0.24
Duty	46%	€0.62
Raw	36%	€0.48

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	18%	€0.22
Duty	40%	€0.48
Raw	42%	€0.51

CHART TITLE

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Netherlands

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.46/lt

Highest: 04-04-2022 - €2.33/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.74/lt

12 month change:

€0.06

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.47
Duty	57%	€1.27
Raw	22%	€0.48

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.41
Duty	36%	€0.70
Raw	43%	€0.84

CHART TITLE

1.95,1.91,1.88,1.89,1.92,1.91,1.92,1.95,1.95,1.94,1.99,2.03

Poland

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 18-05-2020 - €0.84/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.66/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.19/lt

12 month change:

€-0.15

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.33
Duty	40%	€0.58
Raw	37%	€0.54

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.36
Duty	35%	€0.55
Raw	42%	€0.66

CHART TITLE

1.46,1.41,1.37,1.35,1.41,1.38,1.37,1.39,1.40,1.40,1.35,1.35

Portugal

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.24/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.08/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.57/lt

12 month change:

€-0.10

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.47
Duty	50%	€1.01
Raw	27%	€0.55

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	23%	€0.46
Duty	38%	€0.75
Raw	39%	€0.77

CHART TITLE

1.70,1.74,1.67,1.68,1.67,1.69,1.71,1.70,1.70,1.68,1.66,1.67

Romania

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 18-05-2020 - €0.87/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €1.70/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.19/lt

12 month change:

€0.02

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.31
Duty	40%	€0.64
Raw	41%	€0.66

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	19%	€0.31
Duty	37%	€0.60
Raw	44%	€0.72

CHART TITLE

1.45,1.42,1.34,1.40,1.40,1.46,1.48,1.46,1.49,1.45,1.50,1.53

Slovakia

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.07/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.94/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.38/lt

12 month change:

€-0.12

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.33
Duty	49%	€0.81
Raw	31%	€0.51

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.31
Duty	36%	€0.56
Raw	44%	€0.69

CHART TITLE

1.57,1.52,1.48,1.50,1.54,1.51,1.52,1.52,1.52,1.50,1.45,1.47

Slovenia

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 07-11-2020 - €0.94/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €1.72/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.28/lt

12 month change:

€-0.11

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	22%	€0.33
Duty	50%	€0.75
Raw	28%	€0.42

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	22%	€0.34
Duty	43%	€0.66
Raw	35%	€0.54

CHART TITLE

1.47,1.49,1.41,1.43,1.47,1.44,1.46,1.46,1.46,1.43,1.38,1.42

Spain

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 04-05-2020 - €1.07/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.09/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.36/lt

12 month change:

€-0.11

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.39
Duty	43%	€0.79
Raw	36%	€0.66

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	21%	€0.38
Duty	34%	€0.62
Raw	45%	€0.82

CHART TITLE

1.52,1.50,1.45,1.45,1.48,1.47,1.47,1.47,1.47,1.45,1.43,1.45

Sweden

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 30-03-2020 - €1.14/lt

Highest: 06-06-2022 - €2.31/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.54/lt

12 month change:

€-0.06

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.50
Duty	49%	€0.97
Raw	26%	€0.51

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	25%	€0.58
Duty	35%	€0.81
Raw	40%	€0.92

CHART TITLE

1.41,1.44,1.40,1.44,1.42,1.43,1.44,1.45,1.47,1.37,1.40,1.46

FUEL PRICE

Lowest: 30-03-2020 - €1.26/lt

Highest: 04-07-2022 - €2.23/lt

Average price since 2017: €1.50/lt

12 month change:

€0.00

PETROL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.39
Duty	54%	€1.05
Raw	26%	€0.51

DIESEL DUTY

	%	Amount
VAT	20%	€0.41
Duty	54%	€1.11
Raw	26%	€0.54

CHART TITLE

1.96,1.95,2.06,2.23,2.18,1.96,1.87,1.90,1.85,1.70,1.67,1.65