There are about 3.8 liters per U.S. gallon.
The main drivers of gasoline prices prices are gas taxes and the availability of local oil supplies. A secondary factor that drives gasoline prices is the nature of environmental regulations related to gasoline that, for example, limit octane levels or otherwise restrict supply.
Almost all of the countries at the bottom, including the USA, are major oil producers. The U.S., Canada, Brazil, Russia, and Indonesia also all have very low gas taxes.
Europe has high gas taxes for a variety of reasons which make gas expensive even in nations that are major oil producers like Norway and the U.K. (partially, it funds the infrastructure that vehicles use, and partially, it is a de facto carbon tax enacted for environmental reasons and addresses other externalities associated with motor vehicles).
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