Comparative Gas Taxes

A recent study measured, among other things, the taxation of gas at the pump in industrialized countries. Here is the gas tax per liter (in US currency) for various countries in 2007:

Holland - $1.13
Norway - $1.12
UK - $1.12
Germany - $1.04
Belgium - $1.04
Finland - 1.03
Sweden $0.99
France - $0.99
Switzerland - $0.68
Spain - $0.67
Greece - $0.53
Japan - $0.52
New Zealand - $0.42
Australia - $0.38
Canada - $0.28
USA - $0.11

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