Fuel taxes in Europe: Which country taxes petrol the most?
Nearly half of what European drivers pay for petrol goes to governments. Here are the 10 member states with the heaviest petrol taxes.
The ten countries with the highest tax bills per litre of petrol in the European Union are Latvia, Estonia, Portugal, Italy, France, Greece, Germany, Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Latvia taxed petrol at €0.960 per litre, Estonia at €0.963 per litre, Portugal at €0.978 per litre, Italy at €1.049 per litre, France at €1.052 per litre, Greece at €1.133 per litre, Germany at €1.179 per litre, Finland at €1.193 per litre, Denmark at €1.230 per litre, and the Netherlands at €1.270 per litre.
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