Crude Price Household Impact
Across the World
How the 2026 crude oil crisis is affecting ordinary families in India, Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond — in their own currencies and daily realities.
🏠 Developing Countries — Hardest Hit
Real Impact on Real Families
At $106/barrel crude, here is what the crisis means for households across the world:
🇮🇳 India
Avg income: Rs.25,000/month
🍳
LPG Cylinder (14.2kg)
₹913
Annual Gas Spend
Rs.16,400
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🇳🇬 Nigeria
Avg income: ₦45,000/month
🔥
LPG Cylinder (12.5kg)
₦12,500
Crisis Response
Charcoal return
⚠️ At 27.8% of income, Nigeria's LPG crisis is one of world's worst. Urban families abandoning gas and reverting to charcoal and firewood — health risk rising.
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Avg income: PKR 35,000/month
⚡
LPG Cylinder (11.8kg)
PKR 6,200
PNG Status
Severe shortage
⚠️ PNG gas pipeline shortages forcing families to expensive LPG. 50% public sector working from home. Schools closed. Food prices rising sharply.
🇰🇪 Kenya
Avg income: KES 25,000/month
🛢️
% income on transport
+30% increase
Fuel Reserves
21 days only!
All oil from
Middle East 100%
⚠️ Kenya sources ALL oil from Middle East — 100% exposed. Only 21 days reserves remaining. Rural areas already running out. Food prices rising as trucks can't move.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Avg income: BDT 18,000/month
⚡
Oil Import Dependency
95% imported
Power Cuts Daily
8-12 hours
Schools
Universities closed
⚠️ 95% oil import dependent. Universities closed. Long petrol queues. Massive power cuts forcing households back to kerosene. Food inflation accelerating.
🇬🇭 Ghana
Avg income: GHS 2,500/month
⛽
Currency Pressure
Cedi weakening
Import bill surge
+$2.3B/year
Fuel subsidies
Under review
Ghana Cedi under pressure from import cost surge. LPG prices up 40%. Station shortages spreading. Government reviewing fuel subsidies.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Avg income: ETB 4,000/month
🔥
EVs deployed
Tens of thousands
EV imports banned
Fossil cars banned
💡 Ethiopia banned fossil car imports in 2024 — a decision now looking wise. But short-term LPG crisis devastating at 51% of income per cylinder.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Avg income: LKR 55,000/month
💡
LPG Price Rise
+33% since war
Fuel weekly limit
15 litres only
Working week
4 days (Wed off)
⚠️ QR code fuel rationing. Wednesday public holiday. Street lights off. 10-hour daily power cuts. Tourism collapsing as airlines cut routes.
🇵🇭 Philippines
Avg income: PHP 20,000/month
🚨
Petrol price rise
+50% in one month
Diesel rise
Nearly doubled
Emergency declared
National emergency
Subsidy paid
PHP 5,000 tricycle drivers
⚠️ First country to declare national energy emergency. Petrol +50%, diesel doubled. Govt paying PHP 5,000 to 139,000 tricycle drivers as emergency subsidy.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Avg income: £3,200/month
⛽
Petrol Price
£1.75/L (rising)
Govt Support
£53M heating oil fund
💡 UK hosting 35-nation Hormuz summit. Government announced £53M to support vulnerable heating oil customers. Asda reporting fuel station shortages.
🇦🇺 Australia
Avg income: A$6,000/month
⛽
Fuel Reserves
38 days only
Govt package
A$2.55 billion
⚠️ Only 38 days petrol reserves. 500+ stations run dry. A$2.55 billion emergency package. COVID-style restrictions being considered. 90% fuel imported.
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Avg income: IDR 4,500,000/month
🌿
Subsidised fuel pressure
Massive fiscal strain
💡 Indonesia is fast-tracking biofuel as a structural solution. WFH Fridays mandated. Despite producing oil, imports 35% of crude needs.
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OPEC+ Supply Monitor & Geopolitics
Track OPEC+ production decisions, Hormuz closure impact, global supply disruptions and the geopolitical forces driving the 2026 energy crisis.
🌍 OPEC+ Key Producers
Production Levels — May 2026
🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia
9.2 mb/d
▼ -1.8 mb/d (Hormuz)
Spare capacity: 2mb/d held back
🇷🇺
Russia
9.1 mb/d
▲ Stable — benefiting
Selling to Asia at discount
🇮🇶
Iraq
3.8 mb/d
▼ -0.6 mb/d (disruption)
Export routes impacted
🇦🇪
UAE
2.9 mb/d
▼ -0.4 mb/d
Signed Hormuz statement
🇰🇼
Kuwait
2.4 mb/d
▼ -0.3 mb/d
Hormuz exports impacted
🇮🇷
Iran
Disrupted
▼ Major reduction
Under US-Israeli attack
🇺🇸
USA (non-OPEC)
13.1 mb/d
▲ Shale revival starting
$100+ price reviving shale
🇧🇷
Brazil (non-OPEC)
3.4 mb/d
▲ +0.3 mb/d growth
Petrobras increasing output
🌊 Hormuz Crisis
Strait of Hormuz — The World's Most Critical Chokepoint
20%
World oil through Hormuz
ZERO
Normal transit in April
1st
Western ship transited
A narrow "Larak corridor" overseen by the IRGC allows select Chinese, Russian, Indian and allied vessels to transit. Iran has announced it will charge a toll for Hormuz passage. A French CMA CGM container ship became the first Western-linked vessel to transit since the closure began, signalling possible slow reopening.
Crude Oil Price Forecast 2026
Expert price forecasts from Goldman Sachs, IEA, EIA and OPEC. Three scenarios based on Hormuz closure duration and geopolitical developments.
📈 Three Price Scenarios
Brent Crude Forecast — April to December 2026
✅ Scenario A — Optimistic (30%)
$75-85
Hormuz reopens by May 2026. Diplomatic solution found. Prices normalise by Q3 2026. LPG prices ease globally. India LPG back to Rs.850 range.
⚠️ Scenario B — Base Case (45%)
$100-115
Hormuz partially reopens Q2-Q3. Elevated prices persist. Goldman Sachs 2026 average $85 forecast. India LPG stays at Rs.900-950. Global recession risk grows.
🔴 Scenario C — Severe (25%)
$147+
Goldman Sachs target if Hormuz stays closed. Exceeds 2008 record of $147. Global recession. India LPG could hit Rs.1,200+. Developing countries face severe crisis.
📊 Expert Forecasts — May 2026
| Institution | 2026 Avg Forecast | Bull Case | Bear Case | Key Assumption |
|---|
| Goldman Sachs | $85 avg | $147+ | $70 | Hormuz reopens Q2 |
| IEA (Mar 2026) | $106-110 | $130 | $75 | 400mb reserve release |
| EIA STEO | $90-100 | $120 | $72 | US shale response |
| Wood Mackenzie | $90 avg | $125 recession risk | $68 | Hormuz 3-4 months |
| Jim Chalmers (AUS) | $150 warning | $200 extreme | $80 | If closure extends |
Global Petrol & Diesel
Prices by Country
Weekly-updated retail petrol and diesel prices in local currency and USD equivalent for 50+ countries. Source: GlobalPetrolPrices.com & government data.
🔍 How Crude Oil Price Becomes Your Petrol Price
🛢️
$106
Crude Oil
~45% of pump price
🏭
+25%
Refining Cost
Processing crude
🚛
+8%
Distribution
Transport to pumps
🏛️
+17%
Taxes & Duties
Varies by country
⛽
= PUMP
Final Price
What you pay
⚡ Current Crude Impact on Petrol Prices
Brent at $106/barrel = crude component of pump price is +$30 above normal ($79/barrel average). This adds approximately $0.25-0.35/litre to petrol prices globally before taxes.
⛽ Retail Petrol Prices — Week of May 15, 2026
Sorted by % income burden (most affected first). Local currency & USD equivalent.
📅 Updated: May 15, 2026
| Country |
Petrol/Litre |
Diesel/Litre |
USD equiv. |
Change vs Feb |
Income Burden |
Subsidy Status |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
ETB 82/L |
ETB 78/L |
~$0.60/L |
+35% |
CRITICAL 35%+ |
Subsidised |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
₦1,100/L |
₦1,050/L |
~$0.72/L |
+45% |
CRITICAL 24%+ |
Subsidy removed |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar |
MMK 2,200/L |
MMK 2,100/L |
~$1.05/L |
+55% |
CRITICAL 22%+ |
Odd-even rationing |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
LKR 420/L |
LKR 395/L |
~$1.38/L |
+33% |
CRITICAL 15%+ |
QR rationing 15L/wk |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
PKR 290/L |
PKR 278/L |
~$1.04/L |
+38% |
CRITICAL 12%+ |
WFH mandate |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh |
BDT 122/L |
BDT 109/L |
~$1.11/L |
+20% |
CRITICAL 12%+ |
Rationed since Mar 8 |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya |
KES 280/L |
KES 265/L |
~$2.17/L |
+30% |
CRITICAL 11%+ |
Supplier rationing |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa |
ZAR 24/L |
ZAR 22/L |
~$1.31/L |
+30% |
SEVERE 10%+ |
Levy cut proposed |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana |
GHS 20/L |
GHS 19/L |
~$1.29/L |
+40% |
SEVERE 9.6% |
Partial subsidy |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines |
PHP 102/L |
PHP 98/L |
~$1.77/L |
+50% |
SEVERE 8.2% |
Energy emergency |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
IDR 12,500/L |
IDR 11,800/L |
~$0.77/L |
+40% |
SEVERE 8.3% |
Pertalite capped |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
VND 26,000/L |
VND 24,500/L |
~$1.02/L |
+55% |
SEVERE 7.8% |
Tax zeroed to Apr 285 |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand |
THB 48/L |
THB 44/L |
~$1.31/L |
+35% |
SEVERE 7.0% |
Diesel price capped |
| 🇮🇳 India |
₹103.54/L |
₹90.03/L |
~$1.11/L |
+10% |
MODERATE 5% |
State taxes vary |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil |
R$6.50/L |
R$6.10/L |
~$1.15/L |
+35% |
MODERATE 5.4% |
Tax relief announced |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt |
EGP 18/L |
EGP 14/L |
~$0.37/L |
+28% |
MODERATE 7.2% |
Heavily subsidised |
| 🇦🇺 Australia |
A$3.00/L |
A$2.85/L |
~$1.87/L |
+43% |
SEVERE 7.0% |
Excise halved |
| 🇩🇪 Germany |
€1.90/L |
€1.82/L |
~$2.06/L |
+28% |
MODERATE 3.2% |
High tax base |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
£1.75/L |
£1.68/L |
~$2.19/L |
+25% |
STABLE 1.8% |
£53M relief fund |
| 🇯🇵 Japan |
¥205/L |
¥185/L |
~$1.36/L |
+32% |
MODERATE 4.8% |
400M bbl reserves released |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea |
₩2,100/L |
₩1,950/L |
~$1.52/L |
+38% |
MODERATE 4.9% |
Conservation campaign |
| 🇫🇷 France |
€1.88/L |
€1.78/L |
~$2.04/L |
+26% |
STABLE 2.9% |
Nuclear buffer helping |
| 🇺🇸 United States |
$0.97/L |
$1.31/L |
~$0.97/L |
+32% |
STABLE 0.9% |
Domestic producer |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
SAR 0.78/L |
SAR 0.69/L |
~$0.21/L |
No change |
STABLE 0.1% |
Major exporter |
| 🇷🇺 Russia |
RUB 64/L |
RUB 60/L |
~$0.71/L |
Stable |
STABLE 0.6% |
Exporter — benefiting |
CRITICAL 10%+ of avg income
SEVERE 5-10%
MODERATE 2-5%
STABLE under 2%
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