Top 10 Most Expensive Places To Fill Your Gas Tank
Americans have been hit hard by rising gas prices, but the cost of a regular gallon in the U.S. is still half as much as in the most expensive country.
Gas is expensive, there's no denying it. But expensive is all relative, and while the price of filling your tank here in America is always on the rise, it's still nowhere near the cost in the most expensive place to fill up. So to show everyone here in the "Land of the Free" how easy they have it, here are the 10 most expensive places to fill your gas tank.
The U.S. isn't even on this list. We could have happily gone with five times as many slides explaining the 50 most expensive places to fill your tank and the U.S. still wouldn't make the list. That's because of the 163 countries included in a rundown of global gas prices published by Global Petrol Prices last week, the U.S. comes in at 93. So, relatively speaking, gas is pretty freaking cheap here at an average of $5.19 per gallon.
For each of the ten most expensive filling locations you'll see, we've also included the minimum wage in each country, and the average cost of a pint of beer. This should help with any comparisons you might want to draw.
Before you dive headfirst into the ten most expensive places to fill up, remember that the average cost of a gallon of gas here in America is $5.19, while the minimum wage $7.25 and a beer will set you back $4.75.
Singapore
While Singapore might not have a mandated minimum wage, the minimum monthly salary for some of the country's lowest earners is S$5,000, which is roughly $3,600.
Price per gallon: $8.72
Minimum wage: N/A
Price of a beer: $7.22
Monaco
The glitz and the glam of Monaco brings with it a few extra zeros on the price of anything. In the principality, a gallon of gas is 72% more expensive than here in America.
Price per gallon: $8.92
Minimum wage: $11.07 per hour
Price of a beer: $7.39
Central African Republic
In the central African Republic, a gallon of gas costs 16 percent of the monthly minimum wage. If the price of gas here in the U.S. followed that same ration, it would be $201.
Price per gallon: $9.06
Minimum wage: $56.32 per month
Price of a beer: $2.41
Netherlands
At almost $10 per gallon to fill up in the Netherlands, is there any wonder that the country has such an emphasis on cycling and using public transport?
Price per gallon: $9.33
Minimum wage: $1854.53 per month
Price of a beer: $5.28
Greece
Greece, the home of some of the tastiest food in the world and some of the most expensive gas in the wold.
Price per gallon: $9.49
Minimum wage: $752.92 per month
Price of a beer: $4.22
Iceland
Iceland is another one of those countries without a minimum wage, so it's trickier to compare this one. But, at $9.84 per gallon, your hourly salary would need to be $13.75 for the cost of fuel to take up as much of your wage as it does here in America.
Price per gallon: $9.84
Minimum wage: N/A
Price of a beer: $9.14
Finland
Finland is the first country to list its gas price in double digits. Can you imagine the outcry if gas topped $10 per gallon over here?!
Price per gallon: $10.01
Minimum wage: N/A
Price of a beer: $6.33
Denmark
Fuel is more than twice the price of beer in Denmark. If we followed the same pricing here in America, a gallon of gas would cost $11.68.
Price per gallon: $10.04
Minimum wage: $5,301.62 per month
Price of a beer: $4.46
Norway
Rounding out or list of Scandinavian countries in the top ten is Norway, which charges a whopping $10.22 for every gallon of gas sold.
Price per gallon: $10.22
Minimum wage: N/A
Price of a beer: $8.93
Hong Kong
A gallon of gas is more than twice the hourly minimum wage in Hong Kong, which will sound ridiculous to anyone here in America. But, could charging $15.94 for gas encourage you to switch to an EV or take the train?
Price per gallon: $11.35
Minimum wage: $5.16 per hour
Price of a beer: $6.69