Average gas and diesel prices for every country, U.S. state and Canadian province, converted to U.S. dollars. Warmer colors mean pricier fuel. Hover or tap any place to see why it costs what it does.
Updated weekly · U.S. Oct 2026 · Canada Aug 2026 · rest of world Oct 2026
U.S. National Avg
$4.29
per gallon · late Oct 2026
Canada Avg (USD)
$4.65
national average, converted
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Why prices differ
Crude oil is one global price, so the gap between countries is mostly tax — with refining, distribution and supply shocks moving things week to week.
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Why you pay what you pay
Most of a pump price is just two things: crude oil — about 60% of the pre-tax cost, and a single global price, so when oil moves, pumps everywhere move with it — and tax, which is a local choice and explains most of the gap between countries. Refining and distribution make up the rest. Hover or tap any place on the map for its estimated breakdown.
Why Europe pays double
The single biggest gap on the map, and it is not about oil.
Spin the globe to Europe and it turns red. That is the most common question this map gets, and the answer is almost entirely tax — stacked in a way that compounds.
A European pump price is built in two layers. First an excise duty, a fixed amount per litre regardless of what crude costs — commonly €0.50 to €0.70, which is $2.50–$3.50 on a gallon before anything else. Then VAT of 19–27%, charged on top of the fuel and the excise. You pay tax on the tax. Together that is usually 55–60% of what the pump shows.
The United States stacks far less: an 18.4¢ federal excise plus a state tax averaging around 30¢, so roughly 15% of the price. Same crude, same refining, different politics.
Typical Europe
Typical U.S.
Crude, refining, distribution
~$3.50
~$3.50
Fuel excise
~$2.50–3.50
~$0.50
VAT / sales tax
19–27%, on top of the excise
usually none on fuel
Tax share of the pump price
55–60%
~15%
The clearest proof is Norway. It is one of the largest oil exporters per person on earth, and it has some of the most expensive gasoline in the world — see the breakdown. If pump prices tracked whether a country had oil, Norway would be cheap. It is not, because it taxes fuel heavily and deliberately. Run the same test in the other direction and you get Venezuela and Libya, where fuel sells below what it costs to deliver because the state pays the difference.
Why they choose to: fuel duty funds roads and transit, and it is used on purpose to hold down driving and emissions. It survives politically in dense countries with short trips and real rail. Compare the Netherlands with Texas and you are really comparing two tax codes, not two oil markets.
The four pieces of every gallon — and what moves them.
Every gallon of gasoline breaks down into four pieces. The chart uses the latest market data (crude, refining margin, taxes); the slice that's currently largest relative to its normal share is pulled out furthest.
The crack spread — why gas can jump when crude barely moves
Most people have never heard of the crack spread, which makes it a strong thing to understand. The crack spread is the gap between what a refiner pays for a barrel of crude oil and what it earns selling the refined products — mainly gasoline and diesel — made from that barrel. It's effectively the refiner's gross margin, and it's the market's real-time signal of how tight or loose refining capacity is.
When the crack spread widens, refining is unusually profitable — often because of a refinery outage, a pipeline disruption, or a seasonal supply crunch — and that shows up directly as a bigger refining slice above. When it narrows, refining margins are thin, even if crude oil prices themselves are high or stable.
This is the piece that explains why gas prices can jump even when crude oil prices barely move. The crack spread, not the cost of crude, is doing the work.
OPEC & OPEC+ — the hand on the crude supply
OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, is a group of major oil-producing nations that coordinates how much crude oil its members pump. An allied group of additional producers, often called OPEC+, frequently coordinates alongside it on the same decisions.
OPEC's main lever is the production quota. By agreeing to raise or cut how much oil member countries pump, the group can tighten or loosen global crude supply. Because crude oil is the foundation of the pump price, these quota decisions ripple through to gas prices — usually with a lag of a few weeks as the change works through the supply chain.
A quota cut tends to push crude prices up, widening the crude slice; a quota increase tends to ease crude prices, shrinking it. OPEC meetings and announcements are one of the more predictable, calendar-driven events that move the crude component specifically — as opposed to refining or distribution.
Common questions
Why is U.S. gas cheaper than most of Europe?
Crude oil is a single global price, so it costs American and European refiners about the same. The difference at the pump is almost entirely tax: many European countries stack high fuel excise plus 20%+ value-added tax on every litre, while U.S. federal + state taxes are a fraction of that. The U.S. also sits close to its Gulf-Coast refineries and pipelines, keeping distribution costs low.
What do the fire and cone symbols on the pipelines mean?
Orange cones mark oil pipelines that are under construction (Global Energy Monitor’s June 2026 data, updated with news where we found it — e.g. Russia’s Vostok Oil line and Alaska’s Pikka line have since started operating, so they’re drawn as operating). Fire symbols mark pipelines, pumping stations and pipeline export terminals that were attacked or set on fire in the past year, from news reports checked on September 16, 2026. A faded fire means flows have since resumed. Locations are approximate (placed on the pipeline where the exact spot wasn’t reported); hover a symbol for the date, what happened, the latest known status and sources. This is not a complete list of every incident.
What are the lines on the globe?
Oil pipelines — every operating and under-construction (dashed) crude oil transmission pipeline with a mapped route in Global Energy Monitor’s Global Oil Infrastructure Tracker: about 1,090 lines covering roughly 340,000 km. Hover a line for its name, countries, length, capacity and owners. Routes are simplified for display (to within about 3 km), and GEM notes some routes are approximated from start and end points. Gathering and distribution lines, natural-gas-liquids lines, and pipelines without a mapped route aren’t shown. Toggle the layer with the “Pipelines” button.
Offshore oil platforms, colored by operating company. California’s Pacific OCS is complete (all 23 federal platforms per BSEE, plus the main state-water platforms and the Long Beach THUMS islands). Everywhere else is a representative selection of major platforms and fields — not every rig (there are roughly 12,000 offshore worldwide). Positions are approximate; toggle the layer with the “Oil rigs” button.
About World Gas Map
Where every number comes from, how it’s estimated, and when it updates.
Where the price data comes from
U.S. — state averages for regular unleaded, AAA, late-October 2026 ($4.29/gal national).
Canada — provincial averages, CAA, Aug 5 2026 (national average: C$1.724/L, Oct 26, 2026), converted at C$1 = US$0.7136.
Every other country — national averages, GlobalPetrolPrices, mid-October 2026, quoted in USD/litre and scaled to USD/gallon (× 3.78541).
Diesel — GlobalPetrolPrices diesel (world) and AAA (U.S. states); Canada uses the national diesel average. Iraq has no diesel figure, so it shows as "no data" in diesel mode rather than a guess.
Local currency — each price is also shown in the country's own currency using current exchange rates (open exchange-rate feed, late Oct 2026). It's the pump price converted at today's FX, not a separately surveyed local number.
Affordability — gallon price as a share of average daily income (GDP per capita ÷ 365); population & GDP from Natural Earth (a few years old, so a rough guide).
Boundaries — Natural Earth. Data is refreshed weekly.
How the price breakdown is estimated
Every pump price is split into four parts. Crude oil, refining, and distribution together are the pre-tax cost of a gallon — worldwide that runs about $3.50, split roughly 60% crude / 16% refining / 24% distribution, in line with long-run U.S. Energy Information Administration figures. On top sits tax: for U.S. states we use the actual 2026 state gasoline tax (Tax Foundation) plus the 18.4¢ federal excise; for every other country a clean per-country tax figure isn’t available, so we estimate tax as the pump price minus that ~$3.50 pre-tax cost. A negative tax means the government sells below cost — a subsidy. Crude costs about the same everywhere, so the differences you see between countries are mostly tax. These splits are estimates for illustration, not audited figures.
Are these live prices? What about trends over time?
No — this is a recent snapshot, refreshed weekly (see the dates at the top of the Map page). Prices and exchange rates move daily, so treat it as recent rather than a live quote. Each Monday’s prices are saved, so the Price history and Biggest movers on the Prices page grow week by week.