Motoring group RACQ has hit out at service stations for gouging customers as petrol prices continue to rise across the state.

With unleaded petrol rising to its highest figure since 2014 at $1.62 per litre, retailers are taking their customers for a ride with the recent price hike.

RACQ spokesperson Lucinda Ross believes that even with the fluctuation of global oil prices, service stations were taking a big slice of the higher prices.