Bulgaria Has Lowest Gasoline, Diesel Prices in EU

Bulgaria holds the lowest diesel and gasoline prices among the EU member countries, Eurostat data show. The price of the unleaded gasoline 95 stands at 1.01 euros per liter in Bulgaria at the pump at present, while the price of the diesel is even higher at 1.07 euros per liter.
The price of gasoline in Romania and Lithuania stands at 1.02 euros per litre and is just 0.01 euros higher compared to Bulgaria.
The price of gasoline stands at under 1.1 euros in countries such as Cyprus, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Malta.
The price is relatively higher in the countries that joined the EU in 2004, such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, where the fuel is sold for around 1.2 euros per liter.
The Euro 95 gasoline is most expensive in the Netherlands at 1.55 euros per liter. Finland and Belgium follow with 1.43 and 1.42 euros per liter, respectively.
There is a trend for diesel fuel, which is traditionally cheaper, to be sold at prices close to these of gasoline. Bulgaria and Romania have the lowest diesel prices in the EU at 1.07 euros per liter, while the price stands at under 1.1 euros per liter in countries, such as Lithuania, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta.
At 1.46 euros per liter, the most expensive diesel fuel is sold in Great Britain.
The almost complete alignment of the gasoline and diesel prices may be put down to the high consumption in the EU countries where nearly 60% of the vehicles run on diesel.
*Price is in euro per liter. Data by Eurostat.