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Aug 2026
EU Commission Oil Bulletin — Euro 95
Source: European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin · 27 EU countries · Published every Thursday
public 27 countries
calendar_today 19 weeks of data
update 7d ago
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Cheapest: Malta €1.340
Priciest: Denmark €2.459
Lowest tax: Sweden 29.8%
Highest tax: Malta 56.3%
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27 countries
Pump Price
€1.453
Sweden · Euro 95 per liter
Product Cost
€1.020
70.2% — crude + refining + margin
Total Taxes
€0.434
29.8% of pump price
VAT Rate
25%
€0.291 per liter
pie_chart Sweden — Euro 95 Breakdown
70%
10%
20%
Product Cost €1.020 (70.2%)
Excise Duty €0.143 (9.8%)
Other Taxes €0.000 (0.0%)
VAT €0.291 (20.0%)
ℹ️ Product cost includes crude oil, refining margin, transport, and retailer margin as a single figure from the EU Commission. All prices per liter.
leaderboard All EU Countries — Euro 95 Breakdown Comparison
EU average: €1.838/L · Average tax share: 47.5%
Product Cost
Excise Duty
Other Taxes
VAT
menu_book Where your money goes, country by country
A written explainer for every country: what excise duty, other levies and VAT add to a litre, what that means for a 50-litre tank, how it compares with the EU average, and how the tax share has moved over the past year. Several are available in the country's own language.
Austria 49% Belgium 49% Bulgaria 40% Croatia 44% Cyprus 44% Czechia 48% Denmark 49% Estonia 51% Finland 53% France 50% Germany 46% Greece 55% Hungary 45% Ireland 52% Italy 52% Latvia 51% Lithuania 49% Luxembourg 48% Malta 56% Netherlands 53% Poland 32% Portugal 49% Romania 50% Slovakia 50% Slovenia 49% Spain 39% Sweden 30%
table_chart Detailed Breakdown Table — Euro 95
Country Pump €/L Product Excise Other VAT Tax Share
Denmark
€2.459 €1.250 €0.718 €0.000 €0.492 49.2%
Netherlands
€2.370 €1.111 €0.840 €0.008 €0.411 53.1%
Finland
€2.196 €1.027 €0.722 €0.000 €0.446 53.2%
Germany
€2.184 €1.173 €0.514 €0.148 €0.349 46.3%
France
€2.066 €1.032 €0.690 €0.000 €0.344 50.1%
Greece
€2.020 €0.914 €0.700 €0.015 €0.391 54.8%
Italy
€1.992 €0.960 €0.673 €0.000 €0.359 51.8%
Portugal
€1.982 €1.007 €0.445 €0.159 €0.371 49.2%
Belgium
€1.883 €0.956 €0.600 €0.000 €0.327 49.2%
Latvia
€1.874 €0.924 €0.555 €0.070 €0.325 50.7%
Austria
€1.838 €0.937 €0.463 €0.132 €0.306 49.0%
Ireland
€1.817 €0.873 €0.584 €0.020 €0.340 52.0%
Estonia
€1.812 €0.892 €0.593 €0.000 €0.327 50.8%
Romania
€1.803 €0.907 €0.583 €0.000 €0.313 49.7%
Lithuania
€1.801 €0.926 €0.466 €0.096 €0.313 48.6%
Slovakia
€1.761 €0.878 €0.514 €0.040 €0.329 50.1%
Poland
€1.756 €1.203 €0.423 €0.000 €0.130 31.5%
Czechia
€1.744 €0.911 €0.530 €0.000 €0.303 47.8%
Luxembourg
€1.708 €0.891 €0.569 €0.000 €0.248 47.9%
Croatia
€1.691 €0.941 €0.412 €0.000 €0.338 44.4%
Spain
€1.687 €1.022 €0.373 €0.000 €0.293 39.4%
Slovenia
€1.649 €0.834 €0.418 €0.100 €0.297 49.4%
Hungary
€1.647 €0.904 €0.385 €0.008 €0.350 45.1%
Cyprus
€1.561 €0.872 €0.429 €0.011 €0.249 44.1%
Bulgaria
€1.533 €0.915 €0.363 €0.000 €0.256 40.3%
Sweden
€1.453 €1.020 €0.143 €0.000 €0.291 29.8%
Malta
€1.340 €0.586 €0.549 €0.000 €0.204 56.3%
timeline Sweden — Historical Breakdown (Euro 95)
Data: EU Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin · Prices per liter, inclusive of all duties and taxes · Updated weekly on Thursdays · ← Back to fuel-prices.eu

Where does the money go when you buy a liter of fuel in the EU?

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: €1.838/L. Average tax share: 47.5%.

Cheapest: Malta at €1.340/L (tax: 56.3%). Most expensive: Denmark at €2.459/L (tax: 49.2%).

Lowest tax burden: Sweden at 29.8%. Highest tax burden: Malta at 56.3%.

Source: European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin. Updated every Thursday. Data available at fuel-prices.eu API.