Twenty-Five Years of Fuel Price Data — and What Comes Next
Since 1999, GIZ has maintained one of the world’s longest-running and most comprehensive datasets on international retail fuel prices and fuel taxation. What began as a data collection effort by GTZ has grown into a reference used by governments, development partners, researchers, international organizations, and the private sector across the globe.
Over more than two decades, the International Fuel Prices Database provided regularly updated information on gasoline and diesel prices, taxes, and pricing structures across a wide range of countries. By enabling cross-country comparisons and long-term trend analysis, it became a practical tool for evidence-based policymaking on topics ranging from energy subsidies and fiscal reform to transport costs, inflation, climate action, and the transition to cleaner energy systems.
Beyond data, GIZ has supported countries in designing and implementing fuel pricing policies, fuel taxation reform, and subsidy restructuring. Through technical assistance, policy dialogue, and analytical work, GIZ has helped policymakers navigate the interconnected economic, social, and environmental dimensions of energy pricing — working toward systems that are transparent, efficient, and sustainable.
A new chapter
The biennial International Fuel Prices reports have been discontinued. But the work continues. GIZ remains active in fuel price analysis and policy advice, responding on an ad hoc basis to requests from partner governments, international organizations, development agencies, and researchers. The expertise built over 25 years does not disappear with a publication format — it informs every conversation, every technical assistance mission, and every policy dialogue that follows.
As countries continue to reform their energy sectors and pursue climate and sustainable development goals, fuel pricing policy remains one of the most consequential levers available. Well-designed pricing structures support fiscal sustainability, promote efficient energy use, reduce regressive subsidies, protect vulnerable households, and accelerate the shift to low-carbon transport. Getting them right matters — and getting them wrong has consequences that ripple through entire economies.
What we’re working on now
Three pieces of recent work illustrate where GIZ’s analytical focus currently sits:
On fuel savings and transport demand, our latest article explores how rethinking transport systems — rather than simply managing supply — can deliver substantial reductions in oil consumption. The case for constructive demand destruction is stronger than ever: Read the article
On geopolitical price shocks, the Hormuz 2026 Crisis Tracker has been monitoring how regional instability translates into fuel price volatility and what that means for transport-dependent economies in the Global South. Follow the updates on LinkedIn
On policy responses to fuel price volatility, GIZ has developed a framework for thinking through demand-side and supply-side interventions — helping policymakers choose responses that protect households without locking in long-term fiscal risk. See the framework
1999: International Fuel Prices 1999
2001: International Fuel Prices 2001
2003: International Fuel Prices 2003
2005: International Fuel Prices 2005
2007: International Fuel Prices 2007
2009: International Fuel Prices 2009
2010: International Fuel Prices 2010
2011: International Fuel Prices 2011
2012: International Fuel Prices 2012
2014: International Fuel Prices 2014