In Europe, the cheapest country to fill up a car was in Bulgaria, at 72.3 rubles per liter. And the most expensive – in the Netherlands, at 110.8 rubles $1.94 per liter.
At the same time, gasoline prices rose by an average of 3 percent in Russia and Europe. In Kazakhstan, in 2017, fuel went up by 20.4 percent but the country still has the cheapest gasoline.
Neither is diesel cheap in Europe – the cheapest country currently is Belarus, with 36.9 rubles per liter. In second place – Kazakhstan, where the cost went up by 25.8 percent, to 37 rubles per liter.
In Russia, the cost for diesel is in third place at 40.8 rubles per liter, although the price went up by 9 percent over the past year. In fourth place – Ukraine, with a liter of diesel fuel costing 51.1 rubles after a 22 percent price hike for the year. The most expensive diesel fuel is in Sweden, where a liter costs 103.8 rubles.
Comparative research is of course pointless without taking into account relative standard of salaries in each region, and purchasing power. The researchers took this into account – in first place is Luxembourg, where residents would hypothetically be able to purchase 2701 liters of fuel on a standard salary.
In last place is Ukraine – where residents can afford 216 liters.
Russia came in at number 17 compared with countries across Europe and the CIS – at 821 liters per salary.