Petrol price on Sunday reached a four-year high of Rs 73.73 a litre while diesel rates touched an all-time high of Rs 64.58 in the national capital. This resulted in renewing calls for the government to cut excise tax rates.
Oil firms that owned by the state, which have been since June last year revising auto fuel prices daily. Petrol and diesel prices on Sunday were raised to 18 paise per litre each in Delhi, as per a price notification.
As now, the patrol in the national capital costs Rs 73.73 a litre, highest since September 14, 2014, when rates had hit Rs 76.06. While Diesel price at Rs 64.58 is the highest ever, with the previous high of Rs 64.22 being on February 7, 2018.
While the prices of petrol and diesel are hitting high, in some countries, petrol is cheaper than water. And one such country is Venezuela, wherein you have to shell out just Rs 0.58/litre of petrol (In INR).
Here are other countries’ petrol rates:
| Venezuela | 0.58 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15.4 |
| Algeria | 20.58 |
| Kuwait | 22.36 |
| Iran | 23.03 |
| Egypt | 24.04 |
| Ecuador | 25.09 |
| Uzbekistan | 26.17 |
| Nigeria | 26.38 |
| Bahrain | 27.22 |
| Qatar | 27.71 |
| Syria | 28.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 30.07 |
| Oman | 32.67 |
| UAE | 33.21 |
| Burma | 33.39 |
| Malaysia | 33.57 |
| Mongolia | 39.98 |
| Iraq | 40.69 |
| Indonesia | 41.08 |
| Afghanistan | 41.15 |
| Belarus | 41.31 |
| Pakistan | 43.54 |
| Russia | 44.67 |
| Colombia | 49.47 |
| USA | 49.54 |
| Lebanon | 50.23 |
| Ethiopia | 51.37 |
| Namibia | 52.69 |
| Vietnam | 53.01 |
| Sri Lanka | 53.72 |
| Taiwan | 53.92 |
| Georgia | 54.96 |
| Yemen | 55.12 |
| Philippines | 57.58 |
| Cambodia | 57.68 |
| Ghana | 58.91 |
| Sudan | 59.28 |
| Fiji | 60.62 |
| Ukraine | 60.68 |
| Kenya | 61.2 |
| Nepal | 61.35 |
| Bhutan | 62.2 |
| Paraguay | 63.45 |
| Mexico | 64.11 |
| China | 64.42 |
| Australia | 64.93 |
| South Africa | 65.71 |
| Costa Rica | 66.91 |
| Thailand | 67.05 |
| Bangladesh | 69.46 |
| Morocco | 72.14 |
| Canada | 72.14 |
| Mauritania | 72.32 |
| Bahamas | 72.71 |
| Jamaica | 73.56 |
| India | 73.73 |
| Japan | 74.23 |
| Argentina | 75.64 |
| Bulgaria | 77.09 |
| Chile | 77.52 |
| Brazil | 78.89 |
| Romania | 78.97 |
| Madagascar | 80.43 |
| Senegal | 80.73 |
| Jordan | 81.06 |
| Poland | 81.14 |
| Cuba | 81.91 |
| South Korea | 83.43 |
| Zimbabwe | 84.07 |
| Mauritius | 86.27 |
| Czech Rep. | 87.82 |
| Hungary | 88.27 |
| Serbia | 91.17 |
| Austria | 91.24 |
| Cyprus | 92.23 |
| Spain | 92.69 |
| Slovakia | 96.66 |
| Singapore | 96.67 |
| Switzerland | 98.31 |
| Turkey | 98.58 |
| New Zealand | 98.95 |
| Uruguay | 101.66 |
| UK | 102.57 |
| Ireland | 103.68 |
| Germany | 103.83 |
| France | 105.05 |
| Belgium | 105.97 |
| Finland | 108.33 |
| Portugal | 112.22 |
| Israel | 112.6 |
| Sweden | 113.58 |
| Italy | 115.12 |
| Greece | 115.88 |
| Denmark | 118.71 |
| Monaco | 118.78 |
| Netherlands | 119.39 |
| Iceland | 120.66 |
| Hong Kong | 127.25 |
| Norway | 129.87 |