Price of gasoline as percentage of daily GDP (per capita)

[bananas]

Some interesting charts at the oil drum.

http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2653
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With this two sets of data (GDP and gasoline prices) it is possible to compute the weight of gasoline on an individual’s available wealth. Figure 3 shows the cost of a short gallon of gasoline as percentage of the wealth available daily per individual.
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The cost of a short gallon of gasoline in Nigeria is a scorching 56% of daily available wealth per capita. And this is an oil exporting country, in other African countries the costs of fuel is probably too high to have real meaning, and most people live without it.
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[Rydz777]

1. Luxembourg is an interesting case. It's the richest (per capita)

country in the E.U. All the countries below it are oil producers, but Luxembourg produces no oil - however, it produces a lot of bankers.