$4 gasoline considered a steal in Brussels
There’s a world of difference in the price of gas. While most of us cringe each time we fill up, imagine filling up in Oslo. A gallon of petrol costs around $8.73 in Norway, which means filling up a Honda Civic runs around $115. Ouch!
A recent study by Associates for International Research Inc. in Massachusetts shows that of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices ranked 108th most expensive, and the 45th cheapest. In other words, we’re much closer to the bottom of the heap than the top. Average prices here were $3.45 a gallon at the time of the study, compared with over $8 a gallon across most of Europe.
The ten most expensive countries to buy a gallon of gas: Eritrea at $9.58, Norway at $8.73, United Kingdom at $8.38, Netherlands at $8.37, Iceland at $8.28, Belgium at $8.22, France at $8.07, Germany at $7.86, Portugal at $7.84.
The ten cheapest countries to buy a gallon of petrol: Venezuela at 12 cents, Iran at 40 cents, Saudi Arabia at 45 cents, Libya at 50 cents, Swaziland at 54 cents, Qatar at 73 cents, Bahrain at 81 cents, Egypt at 89 cents, Kuwait at 90 cents, Seychelles at 98 cents.
Are you certain about your facts? You state prices per gallon. Most of the countries mentioned in the article are on the metric system and sell gasoline by the liter. Is it 8.00 per liter or gallon? Also, what about these countries can be fairly compared to the U.S.? Much more info needs to be stated before any conclusions can be drawn from the above.
The fuel prices were converted to dollars from Euros (or to dollars from whatever currency each country uses), and to gallons from liters.