Petrol (Euro-super 95): minutes of work to pay for one litre
Pump prices of 19 Oct 2026 ÷ net earnings of an average full-time worker (single, no children) in 2025, per hour of paid work. EU-27. Romania: 18.2 min/L, 15 h 08 min / 50 L.
Petrol (Euro-super 95): minutes of work to pay for one
litre
Pump prices of 19 Oct 2026 ÷ net earnings of an average full-time worker (single, no children) in 2025, per
hour of paid work. EU-27.
A · Minutes of work for 1 litre
1
Romania
1. Romania: 18.2 min of work per litre · 15 h 08 min for 50 L · net earnings €6.26 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.895/L · 19 Oct 2026
18.2 min
2
Bulgaria
2. Bulgaria: 14.3 min of work per litre · 11 h 55 min for 50 L · net earnings €6.91 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.646/L · 19 Oct 2026
14.3 min
3
Croatia
3. Croatia: 13.4 min of work per litre · 11 h 08 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.11 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.807/L · 19 Oct 2026
13.4 min
4
Hungary
4. Hungary: 13.2 min of work per litre · 11 h 00 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.05 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.771/L · 19 Oct 2026
13.2 min
5
Slovakia
5. Slovakia: 12.9 min of work per litre · 10 h 47 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.74 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.885/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.9 min
6
Latvia
6. Latvia: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 41 min for 50 L · net earnings €9.12 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.949/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
7
Lithuania
7. Lithuania: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 40 min for 50 L · net earnings €9.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.951/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
8
Greece
8. Greece: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 40 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.27 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.191/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
9
Portugal
9. Portugal: 12.4 min of work per litre · 10 h 20 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.099/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.4 min
10
Czechia
10. Czechia: 11.0 min of work per litre · 9 h 11 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.13 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.862/L · 19 Oct 2026
11.0 min
11
Estonia
11. Estonia: 10.9 min of work per litre · 9 h 03 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.80 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.954/L · 19 Oct 2026
10.9 min
12
Poland
12. Poland: 10.7 min of work per litre · 8 h 53 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.78 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.560/L · 19 Oct 2026
10.7 min
13
Slovenia
13. Slovenia: 9.1 min of work per litre · 7 h 36 min for 50 L · net earnings €11.52 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.751/L · 19 Oct 2026
9.1 min
14
Italy
14. Italy: 8.8 min of work per litre · 7 h 22 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.69 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.016/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.8 min
15
France
15. France: 8.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 59 min for 50 L · net earnings €15.98 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.229/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.4 min
16
Spain
16. Spain: 8.1 min of work per litre · 6 h 44 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.22 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.780/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.1 min
17
Cyprus
17. Cyprus: 8.0 min of work per litre · 6 h 41 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.760/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.0 min
18
Germany
18. Germany: 7.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 12 min for 50 L · net earnings €17.59 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.179/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.4 min
19
Finland
19. Finland: 7.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 10 min for 50 L · net earnings €18.86 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.327/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.4 min
20
Netherlands
20. Netherlands: 7.0 min of work per litre · 5 h 48 min for 50 L · net earnings €20.63 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.391/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.0 min
21
Denmark
21. Denmark: 6.8 min of work per litre · 5 h 42 min for 50 L · net earnings €22.88 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.605/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.8 min
22
Malta
22. Malta: 6.8 min of work per litre · 5 h 38 min for 50 L · net earnings €11.90 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.340/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.8 min
23
Belgium
23. Belgium: 6.7 min of work per litre · 5 h 33 min for 50 L · net earnings €17.94 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.989/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.7 min
24
Austria
24. Austria: 5.5 min of work per litre · 4 h 33 min for 50 L · net earnings €19.99 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.817/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.5 min
25
Sweden
25. Sweden: 5.4 min of work per litre · 4 h 30 min for 50 L · net earnings €18.19 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.640/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.4 min
26
Ireland
26. Ireland: 5.1 min of work per litre · 4 h 15 min for 50 L · net earnings €23.23 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.971/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.1 min
27
Luxembourg
27. Luxembourg: 4.1 min of work per litre · 3 h 23 min for 50 L · net earnings €26.44 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.788/L · 19 Oct 2026
4.1 min
EU 8.2 min
B · Price per litre: in euro (○) and in purchasing power standards (●)
PPS remove the differences in price levels: a price above the EU line is high for what money buys in that
country.
price in €
price in PPS
dearer in PPS than in €
cheaper in PPS than in €
rank in € → in PPS
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
EU €1.991
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Portugal
Lithuania
Latvia
Croatia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Czechia
France
Germany
Cyprus
Slovenia
Spain
Estonia
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Austria
Malta
Ireland
Sweden
Luxembourg
14 → 1
24 → 2
5 → 3
7 → 4
12 → 5
13 → 6
18 → 7
15 → 8
26 → 9
21 → 10
8 → 11
2 → 12
16 → 13
4 → 14
6 → 15
22 → 16
23 → 17
20 → 18
11 → 19
3 → 20
1 → 21
9 → 22
17 → 23
27 → 24
10 → 25
25 → 26
19 → 27
Romania: €1.895 per litre in euro (rank 14) · 3.073 PPS in PPS (rank 1)
Bulgaria: €1.646 per litre in euro (rank 24) · 2.636 PPS in PPS (rank 2)
Greece: €2.191 per litre in euro (rank 5) · 2.508 PPS in PPS (rank 3)
Portugal: €2.099 per litre in euro (rank 7) · 2.425 PPS in PPS (rank 4)
Lithuania: €1.951 per litre in euro (rank 12) · 2.357 PPS in PPS (rank 5)
Latvia: €1.949 per litre in euro (rank 13) · 2.344 PPS in PPS (rank 6)
Croatia: €1.807 per litre in euro (rank 18) · 2.304 PPS in PPS (rank 7)
Slovakia: €1.885 per litre in euro (rank 15) · 2.212 PPS in PPS (rank 8)
Poland: €1.560 per litre in euro (rank 26) · 2.194 PPS in PPS (rank 9)
Hungary: €1.771 per litre in euro (rank 21) · 2.089 PPS in PPS (rank 10)
Italy: €2.016 per litre in euro (rank 8) · 2.076 PPS in PPS (rank 11)
Netherlands: €2.391 per litre in euro (rank 2) · 2.069 PPS in PPS (rank 12)
Czechia: €1.862 per litre in euro (rank 16) · 2.053 PPS in PPS (rank 13)
France: €2.229 per litre in euro (rank 4) · 2.020 PPS in PPS (rank 14)
Germany: €2.179 per litre in euro (rank 6) · 2.012 PPS in PPS (rank 15)
Cyprus: €1.760 per litre in euro (rank 22) · 1.973 PPS in PPS (rank 16)
Slovenia: €1.751 per litre in euro (rank 23) · 1.961 PPS in PPS (rank 17)
Spain: €1.780 per litre in euro (rank 20) · 1.944 PPS in PPS (rank 18)
Estonia: €1.954 per litre in euro (rank 11) · 1.931 PPS in PPS (rank 19)
Finland: €2.327 per litre in euro (rank 3) · 1.926 PPS in PPS (rank 20)
Denmark: €2.605 per litre in euro (rank 1) · 1.868 PPS in PPS (rank 21)
Belgium: €1.989 per litre in euro (rank 9) · 1.711 PPS in PPS (rank 22)
Austria: €1.817 per litre in euro (rank 17) · 1.608 PPS in PPS (rank 23)
Malta: €1.340 per litre in euro (rank 27) · 1.458 PPS in PPS (rank 24)
Ireland: €1.971 per litre in euro (rank 10) · 1.448 PPS in PPS (rank 25)
Sweden: €1.640 per litre in euro (rank 25) · 1.360 PPS in PPS (rank 26)
Luxembourg: €1.788 per litre in euro (rank 19) · 1.360 PPS in PPS (rank 27)
C · Price per litre against net earnings per hour
Grey lines: equal effort (minutes of work per litre). Countries above a line need more minutes for a litre.
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Romania: €1.895/L · €6.26/h · 18.2 min/L
Bulgaria: €1.646/L · €6.91/h · 14.3 min/L
Croatia: €1.807/L · €8.11/h · 13.4 min/L
Hungary: €1.771/L · €8.05/h · 13.2 min/L
Slovakia: €1.885/L · €8.74/h · 12.9 min/L
Latvia: €1.949/L · €9.12/h · 12.8 min/L
Lithuania: €1.951/L · €9.15/h · 12.8 min/L
Greece: €2.191/L · €10.27/h · 12.8 min/L
Portugal: €2.099/L · €10.15/h · 12.4 min/L
Czechia: €1.862/L · €10.13/h · 11.0 min/L
Estonia: €1.954/L · €10.80/h · 10.9 min/L
Poland: €1.560/L · €8.78/h · 10.7 min/L
Slovenia: €1.751/L · €11.52/h · 9.1 min/L
Italy: €2.016/L · €13.69/h · 8.8 min/L
France: €2.229/L · €15.98/h · 8.4 min/L
Spain: €1.780/L · €13.22/h · 8.1 min/L
Cyprus: €1.760/L · €13.15/h · 8.0 min/L
Germany: €2.179/L · €17.59/h · 7.4 min/L
Finland: €2.327/L · €18.86/h · 7.4 min/L
Netherlands: €2.391/L · €20.63/h · 7.0 min/L
Denmark: €2.605/L · €22.88/h · 6.8 min/L
Malta: €1.340/L · €11.90/h · 6.8 min/L
Belgium: €1.989/L · €17.94/h · 6.7 min/L
Austria: €1.817/L · €19.99/h · 5.5 min/L
Sweden: €1.640/L · €18.19/h · 5.4 min/L
Ireland: €1.971/L · €23.23/h · 5.1 min/L
Luxembourg: €1.788/L · €26.44/h · 4.1 min/L
EU average: €1.991/L · €14.53/h · 8.2 min/L
RO
BG
HR
HU
SK
LV
LT
EL
PT
CZ
EE
PL
SI
IT
FR
ES
CY
DE
FI
NL
DK
MT
BE
AT
SE
IE
LU
EU average
5 min per litre
10 min per litre
20 min per litre
net earnings per hour of paid work (€)
price per litre (€)
Linear fit: price = 1.665 + 0.0193 × hourly earnings · R² = 0.16 · n = 27
Across the 27 countries prices vary by 14.0% (coefficient of variation), the work time per litre by 35.9%. Rank
correlation between the price in € and the minutes of work: Spearman ρ = −0.10.
Earnings are those of 2025, the latest year published by Eurostat; wage growth since then is not included, so
the minutes are somewhat overstated where wages have risen fast.
PPS = price in national currency ÷ purchasing power parity of household consumption (2025); CZ, DK, HU, PL, RO
and SE: price converted to national currency and earnings to euro at the ECB rate of 19 Oct 2026.
EU = EU average price weighted by consumption (European Commission) ÷ EU-27 net earnings weighted by employees
(Eurostat).
Method, formulas and limitations: fuel-prices.eu/charts/methodology/afford/
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Source:
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(https://www.fuel-prices.eu/charts/), CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Data: EU Weekly Oil Bulletin (European Commission), prices of 19 Oct 2026, processed by fuel-prices.eu. Not an official publication
of the European Commission.
Exchange rates: ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate of 19 Oct 2026; conversion by fuel-prices.eu.
Earnings, hours and price levels: Eurostat (earn_nt_net, lfsa_ewhun2, prc_ppp_ind_1), accessed 1 Oct 2026; calculation by
fuel-prices.eu. Eurostat is not responsible for this calculation.
Petrol (Euro-super 95): minutes of work to pay for one litre
Pump prices of 19 Oct 2026 ÷ net earnings of an average full-time worker (single, no children) in 2025, per hour of paid work. EU-27. Romania: 18.2 min/L, 15 h 08 min / 50 L.
Petrol (Euro-super 95): minutes of
work to pay for one litre
Pump prices of 19 Oct 2026 ÷ net earnings of an average
full-time worker (single, no children) in 2025, per hour of
paid work. EU-27.
A · Minutes of work for 1 litre
1
Romania
1. Romania: 18.2 min of work per litre · 15 h 08 min for 50 L · net earnings €6.26 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.895/L · 19 Oct 2026
18.2 min
2
Bulgaria
2. Bulgaria: 14.3 min of work per litre · 11 h 55 min for 50 L · net earnings €6.91 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.646/L · 19 Oct 2026
14.3 min
3
Croatia
3. Croatia: 13.4 min of work per litre · 11 h 08 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.11 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.807/L · 19 Oct 2026
13.4 min
4
Hungary
4. Hungary: 13.2 min of work per litre · 11 h 00 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.05 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.771/L · 19 Oct 2026
13.2 min
5
Slovakia
5. Slovakia: 12.9 min of work per litre · 10 h 47 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.74 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.885/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.9 min
6
Latvia
6. Latvia: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 41 min for 50 L · net earnings €9.12 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.949/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
7
Lithuania
7. Lithuania: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 40 min for 50 L · net earnings €9.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.951/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
8
Greece
8. Greece: 12.8 min of work per litre · 10 h 40 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.27 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.191/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.8 min
9
Portugal
9. Portugal: 12.4 min of work per litre · 10 h 20 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.099/L · 19 Oct 2026
12.4 min
10
Czechia
10. Czechia: 11.0 min of work per litre · 9 h 11 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.13 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.862/L · 19 Oct 2026
11.0 min
11
Estonia
11. Estonia: 10.9 min of work per litre · 9 h 03 min for 50 L · net earnings €10.80 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.954/L · 19 Oct 2026
10.9 min
12
Poland
12. Poland: 10.7 min of work per litre · 8 h 53 min for 50 L · net earnings €8.78 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.560/L · 19 Oct 2026
10.7 min
13
Slovenia
13. Slovenia: 9.1 min of work per litre · 7 h 36 min for 50 L · net earnings €11.52 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.751/L · 19 Oct 2026
9.1 min
14
Italy
14. Italy: 8.8 min of work per litre · 7 h 22 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.69 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.016/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.8 min
15
France
15. France: 8.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 59 min for 50 L · net earnings €15.98 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.229/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.4 min
16
Spain
16. Spain: 8.1 min of work per litre · 6 h 44 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.22 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.780/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.1 min
17
Cyprus
17. Cyprus: 8.0 min of work per litre · 6 h 41 min for 50 L · net earnings €13.15 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.760/L · 19 Oct 2026
8.0 min
18
Germany
18. Germany: 7.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 12 min for 50 L · net earnings €17.59 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.179/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.4 min
19
Finland
19. Finland: 7.4 min of work per litre · 6 h 10 min for 50 L · net earnings €18.86 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.327/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.4 min
20
Netherlands
20. Netherlands: 7.0 min of work per litre · 5 h 48 min for 50 L · net earnings €20.63 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.391/L · 19 Oct 2026
7.0 min
21
Denmark
21. Denmark: 6.8 min of work per litre · 5 h 42 min for 50 L · net earnings €22.88 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €2.605/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.8 min
22
Malta
22. Malta: 6.8 min of work per litre · 5 h 38 min for 50 L · net earnings €11.90 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.340/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.8 min
23
Belgium
23. Belgium: 6.7 min of work per litre · 5 h 33 min for 50 L · net earnings €17.94 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.989/L · 19 Oct 2026
6.7 min
24
Austria
24. Austria: 5.5 min of work per litre · 4 h 33 min for 50 L · net earnings €19.99 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.817/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.5 min
25
Sweden
25. Sweden: 5.4 min of work per litre · 4 h 30 min for 50 L · net earnings €18.19 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.640/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.4 min
26
Ireland
26. Ireland: 5.1 min of work per litre · 4 h 15 min for 50 L · net earnings €23.23 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.971/L · 19 Oct 2026
5.1 min
27
Luxembourg
27. Luxembourg: 4.1 min of work per litre · 3 h 23 min for 50 L · net earnings €26.44 per hour — Petrol (Euro-super 95) · €1.788/L · 19 Oct 2026
4.1 min
EU 8.2 min
B · Price per litre: in euro (○) and in
purchasing power standards (●)
PPS remove the differences in price levels: a price
above the EU line is high for what money buys in that
country.
price in €
price in PPS
dearer in PPS than in €
cheaper in PPS than in €
rank in € → in PPS
1.0
2.0
3.0
EU €1.991
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Portugal
Lithuania
Latvia
Croatia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Czechia
France
Germany
Cyprus
Slovenia
Spain
Estonia
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Austria
Malta
Ireland
Sweden
Luxembourg
14 → 1
24 → 2
5 → 3
7 → 4
12 → 5
13 → 6
18 → 7
15 → 8
26 → 9
21 → 10
8 → 11
2 → 12
16 → 13
4 → 14
6 → 15
22 → 16
23 → 17
20 → 18
11 → 19
3 → 20
1 → 21
9 → 22
17 → 23
27 → 24
10 → 25
25 → 26
19 → 27
Romania: €1.895 per litre in euro (rank 14) · 3.073 PPS in PPS (rank 1)
Bulgaria: €1.646 per litre in euro (rank 24) · 2.636 PPS in PPS (rank 2)
Greece: €2.191 per litre in euro (rank 5) · 2.508 PPS in PPS (rank 3)
Portugal: €2.099 per litre in euro (rank 7) · 2.425 PPS in PPS (rank 4)
Lithuania: €1.951 per litre in euro (rank 12) · 2.357 PPS in PPS (rank 5)
Latvia: €1.949 per litre in euro (rank 13) · 2.344 PPS in PPS (rank 6)
Croatia: €1.807 per litre in euro (rank 18) · 2.304 PPS in PPS (rank 7)
Slovakia: €1.885 per litre in euro (rank 15) · 2.212 PPS in PPS (rank 8)
Poland: €1.560 per litre in euro (rank 26) · 2.194 PPS in PPS (rank 9)
Hungary: €1.771 per litre in euro (rank 21) · 2.089 PPS in PPS (rank 10)
Italy: €2.016 per litre in euro (rank 8) · 2.076 PPS in PPS (rank 11)
Netherlands: €2.391 per litre in euro (rank 2) · 2.069 PPS in PPS (rank 12)
Czechia: €1.862 per litre in euro (rank 16) · 2.053 PPS in PPS (rank 13)
France: €2.229 per litre in euro (rank 4) · 2.020 PPS in PPS (rank 14)
Germany: €2.179 per litre in euro (rank 6) · 2.012 PPS in PPS (rank 15)
Cyprus: €1.760 per litre in euro (rank 22) · 1.973 PPS in PPS (rank 16)
Slovenia: €1.751 per litre in euro (rank 23) · 1.961 PPS in PPS (rank 17)
Spain: €1.780 per litre in euro (rank 20) · 1.944 PPS in PPS (rank 18)
Estonia: €1.954 per litre in euro (rank 11) · 1.931 PPS in PPS (rank 19)
Finland: €2.327 per litre in euro (rank 3) · 1.926 PPS in PPS (rank 20)
Denmark: €2.605 per litre in euro (rank 1) · 1.868 PPS in PPS (rank 21)
Belgium: €1.989 per litre in euro (rank 9) · 1.711 PPS in PPS (rank 22)
Austria: €1.817 per litre in euro (rank 17) · 1.608 PPS in PPS (rank 23)
Malta: €1.340 per litre in euro (rank 27) · 1.458 PPS in PPS (rank 24)
Ireland: €1.971 per litre in euro (rank 10) · 1.448 PPS in PPS (rank 25)
Sweden: €1.640 per litre in euro (rank 25) · 1.360 PPS in PPS (rank 26)
Luxembourg: €1.788 per litre in euro (rank 19) · 1.360 PPS in PPS (rank 27)
C · Price per litre against net earnings per
hour
Grey lines: equal effort (minutes of work per litre).
Countries above a line need more minutes for a litre.
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
0
10
20
30
Romania: €1.895/L · €6.26/h · 18.2 min/L
Bulgaria: €1.646/L · €6.91/h · 14.3 min/L
Croatia: €1.807/L · €8.11/h · 13.4 min/L
Hungary: €1.771/L · €8.05/h · 13.2 min/L
Slovakia: €1.885/L · €8.74/h · 12.9 min/L
Latvia: €1.949/L · €9.12/h · 12.8 min/L
Lithuania: €1.951/L · €9.15/h · 12.8 min/L
Greece: €2.191/L · €10.27/h · 12.8 min/L
Portugal: €2.099/L · €10.15/h · 12.4 min/L
Czechia: €1.862/L · €10.13/h · 11.0 min/L
Estonia: €1.954/L · €10.80/h · 10.9 min/L
Poland: €1.560/L · €8.78/h · 10.7 min/L
Slovenia: €1.751/L · €11.52/h · 9.1 min/L
Italy: €2.016/L · €13.69/h · 8.8 min/L
France: €2.229/L · €15.98/h · 8.4 min/L
Spain: €1.780/L · €13.22/h · 8.1 min/L
Cyprus: €1.760/L · €13.15/h · 8.0 min/L
Germany: €2.179/L · €17.59/h · 7.4 min/L
Finland: €2.327/L · €18.86/h · 7.4 min/L
Netherlands: €2.391/L · €20.63/h · 7.0 min/L
Denmark: €2.605/L · €22.88/h · 6.8 min/L
Malta: €1.340/L · €11.90/h · 6.8 min/L
Belgium: €1.989/L · €17.94/h · 6.7 min/L
Austria: €1.817/L · €19.99/h · 5.5 min/L
Sweden: €1.640/L · €18.19/h · 5.4 min/L
Ireland: €1.971/L · €23.23/h · 5.1 min/L
Luxembourg: €1.788/L · €26.44/h · 4.1 min/L
EU average: €1.991/L · €14.53/h · 8.2 min/L
RO
BG
HR
HU
SK
LV
LT
EL
PT
CZ
EE
PL
SI
IT
FR
ES
CY
DE
FI
NL
DK
MT
BE
AT
SE
IE
LU
EU average
5 min
10 min
20 min
net earnings per hour of paid work (€)
price per litre (€)
Linear fit: price = 1.665 + 0.0193 × hourly
earnings · R² = 0.16 · n = 27
Across the 27 countries prices vary by 14.0% (coefficient of
variation), the work time per litre by 35.9%. Rank
correlation between the price in € and the minutes of work:
Spearman ρ = −0.10.
Earnings are those of 2025, the latest year published by
Eurostat; wage growth since then is not included, so the
minutes are somewhat overstated where wages have risen fast.
PPS = price in national currency ÷ purchasing power parity of
household consumption (2025); CZ, DK, HU, PL, RO and SE:
price converted to national currency and earnings to euro at
the ECB rate of 19 Oct 2026.
EU = EU average price weighted by consumption (European
Commission) ÷ EU-27 net earnings weighted by employees
(Eurostat).
Method, formulas and limitations:
fuel-prices.eu/charts/methodology/afford/
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Source:
fuel-prices.eu
(https://www.fuel-prices.eu/charts/), CC
BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Data: EU Weekly Oil Bulletin (European Commission), prices of 19 Oct
2026, processed by fuel-prices.eu. Not an official publication of the
European Commission.
Exchange rates: ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate of 19 Oct 2026;
conversion by fuel-prices.eu.
Earnings, hours and price levels: Eurostat (earn_nt_net, lfsa_ewhun2,
prc_ppp_ind_1), accessed 1 Oct 2026; calculation by fuel-prices.eu.
Eurostat is not responsible for this calculation.