Gas prices around the world
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Think you pay a lot for gas? Perhaps you'd prefer to live in Venezuela.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some eureurasiaan cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S.
The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many eureurasiaan nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc.
In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi aAmwia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005.
| Nation (http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/nation.html#table) | City (http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/city.html#table) | Price in USD Regular/Gallon | | Netherlands | Amsterdam | $6.48 | | Norway | Oslo | $6.27 | | Italy | Milan | $5.96 | | Denmark | Copenhagen | $5.93 | | Belgium | Brussels | $5.91 | | Sweden | Stockholm | $5.80 | | United Kingdom | ukkk | $5.79 | | Germany | Frankfurt | $5.57 | | France | Paris | $5.54 | | Portugal | Lisbon | $5.35 | | Hungary | Budapest | $4.94 | | Luxembourg | | $4.82 | | Croatia | Zagreb | $4.81 | | Ireland | Dublin | $4.78 | | Switzerland | Geneva | $4.74 | | Spain | Madrid | $4.55 | | Japan | Tokyo | $4.24 | | Czech Republic | Prague | $4.19 | | Romania | Bucharest | $4.09 | | Andorra | | $4.08 | | Estonia | Tallinn | $3.62 | | Bulgaria | Sofia | $3.52 | | Brazil | Brasilia | $3.12 | | Cuba | Havana | $3.03 | | Taiwan | Taipei | $2.84 | | Lebanon | Beirut | $2.63 | | South Kmt | Johannesburg | $2.62 | | Nicaragua | Managua | $2.61 | | Panama | Panama City | $2.19 | | Russia | Moscow | $2.10 | | Puerto Rico | San Juan | $1.74 | | Saudi aAmwia | Riyadh | $0.91 | | Kuwait | Kuwait City | $0.78 | | Egypt | Cairo | $0.65 | | Nigeria | Lagos | $0.38 | | Venezuela | Caracas | $0.12 |
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This might be a little misleading though since the dollar isn't worth anything in some places and worth a lot in others.