If gas in Kuwait was the same price as Venezuela would you drive more? I personally don’t think it would make a difference…
1 Venezuela: Caracas — $0.047 per litre
2 Saudi Arabia: Riyadh — $0.127 per litre
3 Libya: Tripoli — $0.142 per litre
4 Turkmenistan: Ashgabat — $0.19 per litre
5 Bahrain: Manama — $0.206 per litre
6 Kuwait: Kuwait City — $0.222 per litre
7 Qatar: Doha — $0.238 per litre
8 Egypt: Cairo — $0.30 per litre
9 Oman: Muscat — $0.317 per litre
10 Algeria: Algiers — $0.317 per litre
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34 replies on “World’s cheapest petrol prices”
Wouldn’t make a difference! I honestly think they should probably raise prices then people will drive less for sure! lol
In Oman costlier than Egypt????
So oil isn’t cheaper than water (unless you drink Evian)
I think the info. is not accurate. In Bahrain the fuel was slightly more expensive than Kuwait (2008).
What about Iran? They have cheaper gasoline than Kuwait, around 25 Fils/liter I believe.
are u kidding me? of course we’ll drive more! think about it: the price in venezuela is less than half! so if, say, u fill ur car for 3-5KD then u probably will be filling for 1-2KD!!! THAT”S NOTHING!!
The prices in Kuwait are already nothing, in Europe my car cost 50KD to fill up, 1 KD not gonna make a difference at all.
what about purity etc? that table is just giving prices per litre, but no mention as to purity, or octane content, different between mumtaz and 5sousy.
add that to the mix, and u can compare prices; theres no use picking the price of ultra in kuwait and comparing it to economy in venezuela.
Its Almost the same price the difference you cant even appreciate, Ultra in our market is called 95 Octanes… Super will be 90 Octanes. the same price has been in the market since like 20 years…
Incorrect. Kuwait had the last increase around 10 years ago, when the petrol prices were 40 fils and 50 fils resp. It was leaded petrol then.
I was talking about the Venezuelan prices…
Wrong, Ultra Super is 98 RON. Super is 95 RON and Premium is 91 RON.
If you want to measure the anti-knock index as per US standard it will be 95, 91 and 87 AKI respectively.
And prices increased after introducing the environment and health friendly (but not Engine friendly!) lead-free gasoline. It was 50 f/l for the leaded Super.
Yup, our gas is cheaper and higher octane. This is because every single liter of gas purchased in Kuwait is subsidized in Kuwait, for both Kuwaitis and foreigners. Still won’t stop people complaining about taxes lol
well there’s one good reason to live in the Middle East 😛
Really?
If you asked me to change one thing in Kuwait it would be this: Abolish the fuel subsidy and give people a rebate cheque instead and let them do whatever they want with it. Less traffic, less pollution, same amount of money given to citizens and the government has more oil to export. Everybody wins.
If more people understand the implications then I don’t think it’s politically impossible. The upside is ridiculously high and the downside will only affect people who drive cars with terrible gas mileage.
More:
https://rekuwait.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/energy-rebate/
https://rekuwait.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/kuwaiti-fuel-tax/
https://rekuwait.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/fuel-subsidies/
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Barak, when are you going to post some new stuff on your blog? Have you abandoned it or something?
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As it is, traffic is insane.. even cheaper fuel => more taxis/public transport? :O .. Id prefer walk or bike…
I prefer to cycle or bike all the time but the weather won’t help. I used my bike when I was at the collage (winter) but people look at me in a strange way! Well, a 50 min trip and no parking is a big issue when i use the car but with the bike, just 15 min and park just near the main gate. The same story the way around back home.
Today I cycle to Dewaniya or when I go to Co op or to do a hair cut, still people say why you cycle if you have a car?! I think they are just stupid!
and here i pay 25KD to fill up my car 😐
wut’s ur car?!
Maybe he uses a Euro V?
I’m totally for an increase in fuel prices. I believe that increasing it to 250 fils/liter would be the perfect balance. It would likely reduce the traffic on Kuwait’s roads by 1/2 at least if not more. And because driving is now expensive, the number of SUVs on the road would decrease greatly. I mean why would one drive a car that would need 20 KD to fill up every 3-4 days? And all those scavenger taxis , you won’t see them clogging the traffic. Oh, and the environment would benefit– imagine that.
why not think of the people that live in “Om el haiman”?
You know not everyone lives in Kuwait City, 50km one way trip 100km two ways that means when we assume the person goes to work at Ministry of information. on a 500km/65L tank so the person will pay 16.25KD a every 5 days.
and that’s without putting mind his side trips.
on average that is 25kd a week 100kd a month??
100kd per month for most working kuwaitis is 10-15% of the salary. It sounds a lot but its not. Also, it will cause some people who live there to consider ride-sharing, something the rest of the working world does fairly commonly.
Also, the fuel charges are the last thing people living in Umm al-haiman should be worrying about. Their first priority should be to move considering its health risks.
Okay good, so charge only Kuwaitis who care afford it and don’t mind at that rate. I know I wouldn’t want my father paying THAT much for his trips ~_~
you talk about like it is easy we can move to any area we like, ok lets not say um el haiman, Subah Al Ahmad area will open soon that’s 200km a day.
what about the not Kuwaitis?
you know there are people with salaries below 300kd?
you are saying since they cant afford it they shouldn’t go to work?
you look at the problem in your point of view only, we are an oil producing country it not like we are loosing from it.
Looking at pure cost-per-litre doesn’t give the whole picture. You need to compare this with average salary/ disposable income. Turkmenistan may have cheap fuel, but people earn less money there. So, in real terms it feels more expensive.
I would definately be driving more…. to mangaf n back…lol
I don’t think I would drive more. Gas prices are rarely spoken about in Kuwait and have never been an issues or a topic of interest but when you look at the States on the other hand now that’s a different story. You can’t escape it, whether its on the news or in the papers- the media is always covering gas prices as it fluctuates.
I def think Americans would drive ALOT more if this happened in the US.
i would say since Kuwait have plenty of it,we need to use the resource wisely and not try to was to even a drop of it,we will realize its value when it will be scarce resource.
i think that the information provided is missleading. i am sure that the gas price in Bahrain is more expensive than in Kuwait…