EU Fuel Price Breakdown — Where Your Money Goes (2026-03-23)
This page shows how Euro 95 pump prices are composed across all 27 EU countries. Each price is broken into: product cost (crude oil + refining margin + transport + retailer margin), excise duty, other indirect taxes (CO2 levy, strategic reserve fee, bio-fuel surcharge), and VAT.
EU average Euro 95 price: €1.783/L. Average tax share: 49.9%.
Cheapest: Malta at €1.340/L (tax: 56.3%). Most expensive: Netherlands at €2.347/L (tax: 53.5%).
Lowest tax burden: Spain at 29.8%. Highest tax burden: Slovenia at 57.2%.
All countries breakdown (Euro 95, €/L)
Country
Pump
Product
Excise
Other
VAT
Tax%
Netherlands
€2.347
€1.092
€0.840
€0.008
€0.407
53.5%
Denmark
€2.246
€1.086
€0.711
€0.000
€0.449
51.7%
Germany
€2.130
€0.987
€0.655
€0.148
€0.340
53.7%
Finland
€2.115
€0.963
€0.722
€0.000
€0.430
54.5%
Greece
€2.037
€0.927
€0.700
€0.015
€0.394
54.5%
France
€1.973
€0.954
€0.690
€0.000
€0.329
51.6%
Portugal
€1.922
€0.947
€0.456
€0.159
€0.359
50.7%
Ireland
€1.885
€0.824
€0.689
€0.020
€0.353
56.3%
Austria
€1.841
€0.920
€0.482
€0.132
€0.307
50.0%
Belgium
€1.801
€0.888
€0.600
€0.000
€0.313
50.7%
Romania
€1.791
€0.880
€0.600
€0.000
€0.311
50.9%
Latvia
€1.791
€0.855
€0.555
€0.070
€0.311
52.2%
Italy
€1.779
€0.985
€0.473
€0.000
€0.321
44.6%
Estonia
€1.777
€0.864
€0.593
€0.000
€0.320
51.4%
Sweden
€1.775
€0.972
€0.448
€0.000
€0.355
45.2%
Spain
€1.733
€1.217
€0.359
€0.000
€0.158
29.8%
Luxembourg
€1.727
€0.907
€0.569
€0.000
€0.251
47.5%
Lithuania
€1.725
€0.864
€0.466
€0.096
€0.299
49.9%
Poland
€1.687
€0.940
€0.431
€0.000
€0.316
44.3%
Czechia
€1.686
€0.863
€0.530
€0.000
€0.293
48.8%
Hungary
€1.580
€0.871
€0.365
€0.008
€0.336
44.9%
Croatia
€1.565
€0.740
€0.512
€0.000
€0.313
52.7%
Slovakia
€1.531
€0.691
€0.514
€0.040
€0.286
54.9%
Cyprus
€1.486
€0.809
€0.429
€0.011
€0.237
45.6%
Slovenia
€1.465
€0.627
€0.475
€0.100
€0.264
57.2%
Bulgaria
€1.394
€0.799
€0.363
€0.000
€0.232
42.7%
Malta
€1.340
€0.586
€0.549
€0.000
€0.204
56.3%
Source: European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin. Updated every Thursday. Data available at fuel-prices.eu API.