U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000


Skip to content
Facebook iconYouTube iconTwitter iconFlickr iconLinkedInInstagram

Policy and Governmental Affairs
Office of Highway Policy Information

FHWA Home / Policy & Governmental Affairs / Highway Policy Information / Highway Statistics Series / 2009 / Office of Highway Policy Information

Highway Statistics 2009

Motor Fuel Tax Rates for Selected Countries 1/

September 2010
Table IN-1

Excel Version (24 kb)
PDF Version (11 kb)

(Cents per Gallon)

Country Gasoline Diesel
Belgium 455 283
France 443 328
Germany 471 354
Italy 425 334
Japan 254 161
Netherlands 518 334
United Kingdom 338 298
United States 2/ 39 46

1/ Source for foreign rates is data collected by the U.S. Department of Energy from various sources. Rates were converted to U.S. currency using current exchange rates. Data shown as of March 2010.

2/ Includes the weighted average of State taxes as shown on table MF-121T, plus the Federal tax.

Page last modified on November 7, 2014
Federal Highway Administration | 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE | Washington, DC 20590 | 202-366-4000