Diesel and Gas Taxes in Europe, 2025

Adjustments from 2024

• Lithuania elevated the tax on gasoline by €0.05 per liter and the tax on diesel by €0.11 per liter.
• Denmark elevated the tax on diesel by €0.089 per liter.
• Eire elevated the tax on gasoline by €0.08 per liter and the tax on diesel by €0.07 per liter.
• Slovenia elevated the tax on gasoline by €0.07 per liter.
• Sweden diminished the tax on gasoline by €0.07 per liter.
• Portugal elevated the tax on gasoline and the tax on diesel by €0.06 per liter.
• Croatia elevated the tax on gasoline by €0.056 per liter.
• Slovenia elevated the tax on diesel by €0.05 per liter.
• The taxes in lots of different nations modified by lower than €0.05 per liter, both by laws or by modifications in forex conversions.

Most EU nations levy a decrease excise obligation on diesel than on gasoline. Belgium and the UK, which is now not a member of the EU, levy the identical price on the 2 fuels. The common excise obligation on gasoline throughout the EU is €0.558 per liter ($2.50 per gallon), whereas the typical excise obligation on diesel is €0.458 per liter ($2.05 per gallon).

Italy levies the best excise obligation on diesel at €0.632 per liter ($2.83 per gallon), adopted by the UK at €0.616 per liter ($2.75 per gallon) and Belgium at €0.600 per liter ($2.68 per gallon).

The bottom excise duties are levied by Bulgaria and Malta on the EU minimal of €0.330 per liter ($1.47 per gallon), then by Sweden at €0.350 per liter ($1.56 per gallon).

These figures embody environmental taxes levied on fuel within the reported excise obligation, the place these taxes are utilized with an advert quantum per unit price. At the least seven EU Member States levy a carbon, power, or different environmental tax included of their whole excise obligation.

To match throughout the Atlantic, the EU minimal excise obligation on gasoline ($1.60 per gallon) is larger than the best gasoline tax within the US, which is roughly $1.255 per gallon in California (combining federal and state taxes, together with environmental burdens).

All EU Member States additionally levy an extra value-added tax (VAT) on the sale of gasoline and diesel gasoline. The excise duties from the information are levied earlier than the VAT is utilized. These taxes mix to create a comparatively excessive burden on customers and European economies.

Taxes on gasoline and diesel proceed to be outstanding coverage points all through Europe. Because the EU enacts sweeping modifications for its inexperienced transition to turn into local weather impartial by 2050, gasoline taxes are more likely to stay a vital facet of coverage discussions.