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Originally published on DropThe.org . Photo by KOBU Agency on Unsplash $872/mo Singapore Oil Shock Tax (#1) $636/mo Qatar Windfall Per Person 60 vs 17 Countries Paying vs Profiting Oil hit $119.50 a barrel this week. Two weeks ago it was $70. The US – Israel war with Iran choked off supply through the Strait of Hormuz, producing the biggest oil disruption in history. Gas in America jumped 58 cents in a month. Analysts warn $150 is possible within weeks. But gasoline is just the visible cost. Oil prices ripple through every economy differently depending on how much a country imports, how many people share that cost, and how much of its energy comes from non-oil sources. We calculated the per-person monthly cost of the $50/barrel price spike for 77 countries to build the DropThe Oil Shock Index 2026 . The results split the world into two groups: 60 countries paying a war tax they did not vote for, and 17 countries collecting a windfall. How the Oil Shock Tax Works The formula is simple.