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"The price of fuel in the EU, including the cost price, excise duty and VAT. Prices are in Euros per litre."

(EEA, http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/fuel-prices-and-taxes [2], 2014-12-17)

Data host: 

European Environment Agency

Unit of Measurement: 

Euro / Litre (EUR/L)

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/fuel-prices-and-taxes/assessme… [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [4]

Geographical Level: 

  • European Union [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [6]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [7]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) [8]
Relationship explanation: 
Due to the fact, that our economies are still largely fossil-based, the change of oil prices is related to consumer prices.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1980 to 2014

Frequency of Updates: 

  • weekly [9]

Indicator developer: 

EEA

Link to Methodology: 

Methodology [2]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Aggregate [10]

Data quality assesment: 

  • other organisational assessment [11]

Publishing delay: 

  • Less than 6 month [12]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Fuel prices (TERM 021) - Assessment published Dec 2013 [3]

Contribution to the green economy: 

An increase in fuel prices can result in a decrease in fuel demand, transport demand and GHG emissions, thereby leading to a decrease in pressures on the environment, which is beneficial in the transition towards GE.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [13]
Potential misinterpretation: 
An increase in fuel prices can result, but does not necessarily lead in all areas to a transition from private car to public transport mobility.
Related Indicator: 
Use of Public Transport [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
An increase in fuel prices can result, but does not necessarily lead to a decrease in fuel demand, e.g. if the overall inflation is growing faster than the fuel prices.
Related Indicator: 
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) [8]
Potential misinterpretation: 
An increase in fuel prices can result, but does not necessarily lead to a decrease of the total consumed fuel, e.g. if engines need less fuel per distance, but the overall distance is growing faster than the efficiency (rebound effect).
Related Indicator: 
Primary energy consumption by fuel [15]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/fuel-prices

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/681
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/fuel-prices-and-taxes
[3] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/fuel-prices-and-taxes/assessment-3
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/32
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/inflation-consumer-prices-annual
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/14
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/28
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/40
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/23
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/use-public-transport
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/primary-energy-consumption-fuel