| Energy Information Administration | ||||||||||||||
| Table Posted: August 19, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Next Update: December 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Natural Gas Prices for Households 1 | ||||||||||||||
| (U.S. Dollars per 107 Kilocalories - Gross Calorific Value ) 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Country | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 79.76 | 105.91 | NA | |||||
| Austria | 393.0 | 348.4 | 368.5 | 379.3 | 590.6 | 686.2 | 729.6 | 785.0 | 936.5 | |||||
| Barbados | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 905.70 | 924.66 | NA | |||||
| Belgium | 382.7 | 407.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 234.69 | 236.44 | NA | |||||
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 468.19 | 494.46 | NA | |||||
| Canada | 212.4 | 199.4 | 294.1 | 236.2 | 339.9 | 361.4 | 429.5 | 481.7 | NA | |||||
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 818.71 | 1030.60 | NA | |||||
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 354.59 | 397.68 | 372.53 | 253.15 | 278.62 | 310.31 | 360.14 | 385.72 | 435.65 | |||||
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 285.65 | 300.21 | NA | |||||
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 216.87 | 216.87 | NA | |||||
| Czech Republic | 185.1 | 214.1 | 233.0 | 274.8 | 322.4 | 352.7 | 429.2 | 543.4 | 577.5 | |||||
| Denmark | 654.6 | 735.3 | 709.2 | 720.1 | 895.1 | 1052.8 | 1,252.6 | NA | NA | |||||
| Finland | 156.1 | 159.5 | 221.1 | 201.6 | 251.0 | 269.8 | 298.1 | 352.3 | 383.6 | |||||
| France | 387.6 | 347.5 | 402.7 | 425.6 | 521.6 | 544.3 | 590.5 | 706.9 | 785.7 | |||||
| Germany | 381.8 | 373.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Greece | 308.2 | 258.6 | 258.2 | 303.3 | 392.1 | 423.6 | 600.8 | NA | NA | |||||
| Hungary | 185.0 | 156.4 | 150.0 | 175.8 | 243.5 | 224.6 | 245.1 | 298.4 | 615.4 | |||||
| Indonesia | 15.66 | 14.61 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Ireland | 434.9 | 345.8 | 353.0 | 376.2 | 503.5 | 570.0 | 657.7 | 917.0 | 1,009.0 | |||||
| Italy | 638.3 | C | C | C | C | 778.3 | 823.4 | 936.6 | NA | |||||
| Japan | 1,196.4 | 1,294.1 | 1,168.2 | 1,086.4 | 1,195.2 | 1,271.5 | 1,245.6 | 1,238.4 | NA | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 49.73 | 44.92 | 46.80 | 48.58 | 52.29 | 55.76 | 58.30 | 66.71 | 73.62 | |||||
| Korea, South | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 454.3 | 527.9 | 641.4 | 713.0 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 244.4 | 275.6 | 300.2 | 272.7 | 342.5 | 367.7 | 477.5 | 558.7 | NA | |||||
| Mexico | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 545.9 | 631.9 | 622.2 | 631.5 | |||||
| Netherlands | 368.9 | 359.4 | 401.4 | 457.1 | 602.4 | 682.5 | 800.4 | 899.7 | 1,031.3 | |||||
| New Zealand | 379.3 | 359.1 | 332.2 | 338.5 | 570.5 | 751.4 | 830.5 | 778.4 | NA | |||||
| Norway | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |||||
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 337.83 | 387.32 | NA | |||||
| Poland | 244.3 | 247.5 | 304.0 | 336.9 | 339.9 | 369.5 | 443.2 | 554.5 | 688.5 | |||||
| Portugal | NA | NA | NA | 651.1 | 794.0 | 909.1 | 963.5 | 1,018.3 | 1,075.0 | |||||
| Romania | 52.44 | 60.08 | 76.93 | 106.28 | 127.68 | 179.91 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Russia | NA | 8.99 | 10.85 | 12.83 | 17.67 | 22.62 | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | 77.8 | 108.3 | 115.3 | 125.7 | 228.9 | 351.6 | 419.0 | 553.5 | 656.8 | |||||
| South Africa | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |||||
| Spain | 480.5 | 491.4 | 507.9 | 496.9 | 594.2 | 643.3 | 684.7 | 756.9 | 867.9 | |||||
| Switzerland | 412.2 | 411.3 | 490.5 | 494.7 | 562.5 | 612.9 | 670.7 | 765.5 | 866.8 | |||||
| Thailand | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Turkey | 225.9 | 259.3 | 242.6 | 254.7 | 265.3 | 260.2 | 362.1 | 415.4 | 519.5 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 321.0 | 292.8 | 286.5 | 317.0 | 351.8 | 423.1 | 481.9 | 643.8 | 753.2 | |||||
| United States | 257.2 | 321.5 | 369.1 | 303.8 | 365.5 | 412.8 | 492.1 | 528.2 | 509.6 | |||||
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 51.45 | 58.24 | NA | |||||
| 1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 To convert U.S. dollars per 107 kilocalories to U.S. dollars per million British thermal units (Btu) multiply by 0.0252 | ||||||||||||||
| NA=Not available. | ||||||||||||||
| C=Confidential. | ||||||||||||||
| - -=Not appplicable. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2008, Part II, Section D, Table 17, and Part III, | ||||||||||||||
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