EU Fuel Price Breakdown — Where Your Money Goes (2026-05-11)
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: €1.817/L. Average tax share: 47.8%.
Cheapest: Malta at €1.340/L (tax: 56.3%). Most expensive: Netherlands at €2.341/L (tax: 53.6%).
Lowest tax burden: Poland at 31.6%. Highest tax burden: Malta at 56.3%.
All countries breakdown (Euro 95, €/L)
Country
Pump
Product
Excise
Other
VAT
Tax%
Netherlands
€2.341
€1.087
€0.840
€0.008
€0.406
53.6%
Denmark
€2.299
€1.129
€0.710
€0.000
€0.460
50.9%
Finland
€2.140
€0.983
€0.722
€0.000
€0.435
54.1%
Greece
€2.091
€0.971
€0.700
€0.015
€0.405
53.6%
France
€2.083
€1.046
€0.690
€0.000
€0.347
49.8%
Germany
€2.016
€1.032
€0.514
€0.148
€0.322
48.8%
Portugal
€1.979
€1.002
€0.448
€0.159
€0.370
49.4%
Belgium
€1.941
€1.004
€0.600
€0.000
€0.337
48.3%
Italy
€1.933
€0.962
€0.623
€0.000
€0.349
50.3%
Latvia
€1.846
€0.901
€0.555
€0.070
€0.320
51.2%
Ireland
€1.817
€0.873
€0.584
€0.020
€0.340
52.0%
Lithuania
€1.800
€0.926
€0.466
€0.096
€0.312
48.6%
Austria
€1.796
€0.903
€0.462
€0.132
€0.299
49.7%
Luxembourg
€1.789
€0.960
€0.569
€0.000
€0.260
46.3%
Slovakia
€1.768
€0.884
€0.514
€0.040
€0.331
50.0%
Romania
€1.760
€0.867
€0.587
€0.000
€0.306
50.7%
Estonia
€1.754
€0.845
€0.593
€0.000
€0.316
51.8%
Czechia
€1.751
€0.919
€0.528
€0.000
€0.304
47.5%
Croatia
€1.700
€0.948
€0.412
€0.000
€0.340
44.3%
Hungary
€1.682
€0.923
€0.393
€0.008
€0.358
45.1%
Sweden
€1.678
€0.978
€0.365
€0.000
€0.336
41.7%
Slovenia
€1.662
€0.859
€0.475
€0.029
€0.300
48.3%
Cyprus
€1.563
€0.874
€0.429
€0.011
€0.250
44.1%
Spain
€1.541
€1.042
€0.359
€0.000
€0.140
32.4%
Bulgaria
€1.493
€0.881
€0.363
€0.000
€0.249
41.0%
Poland
€1.487
€1.017
€0.360
€0.000
€0.110
31.6%
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.