Countries

Last Update: June 10, 2010
Natural Gas Prices for Industry for Selected Countries1
U.S. Dollars per 107 Kilocalories - Gross Calorific Value2
Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Australia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Austria NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Belgium C C C C C C NA 559.8 417.4 354.9
Brazil NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bulgaria NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 381.2 396.6 381.7
Canada 108.8 125.3 210.1 223.7 291.1 272.0 216.1 352.3 172.6 160.1
Chile NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 288.5 271.6 302.1 336.9 387.4 413.8 475.6 648.5 525.6 600.9
Croatia 235.5 281.4 330.6 386.2 391.4 400.8 436.7 388.7 420.0 520.4
Czech Republic 155.9 173.6 203.5 217.4 292.5 402.3 391.7 614.1 528.0 530.5
Denmark C C C C C C C C 752.1 NA
Estonia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 449.9 392.2 423.9
Finland 126.0 126.9 158.7 170.3 190.2 248.1 267.9 372.2 332.8 350.4
France 197.1 182.5 241.8 262.2 330.2 412.2 414.1 607.3 438.9 484.4
Germany NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ghana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Greece 184.4 181.0 221.5 232.3 312.4 NA 441.4 643.9 441.2 517.6
Hungary 123.2 143.7 235.7 287.7 345.6 451.1 584.2 753.0 611.4 NA
Ireland 143.5 183.8 232.7 291.7 374.0 465.9 C 616.2 483.5 431.2
Israel NA NA NA NA NA NA NA C C C
Italy C C C 300.4 351.8 454.2 491.1 646.5 557.7 483.0
Japan 406.5 357.2 384.8 392.3 401.5 435.5 454.0 NA NA NA
Kazakhstan 34.3 30.9 34.4 45.3 47.6 62.4 67.2 74.5 76.1 74.4
Korea NA NA NA 341.8 392.3 495.3 550.8 499.5 479.5 610.3
Lithuania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 574.5 392.4 460.3
Luxembourg NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 437.7 464.4 449.7
Mexico 163.4 122.7 205.3 300.7 357.1 343.2 347.1 433.1 NA NA
Netherlands 175.6 164.5 222.4 NA NA NA 446.6 537.6 502.6 413.9
New Zealand 81.5 93.6 142.3 176.9 222.7 242.5 278.3 239.6 231.6 234.0
Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Poland 173.3 173.1 175.9 179.4 224.7 294.2 375.0 531.7 432.7 454.8
Portugal NA 238.1 287.6 285.8 340.3 399.0 428.8 547.9 484.1 555.5
Romania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 379.9 265.9 255.2
Russia 20.8 25.5 34.6 43.7 53.5 62.2 76.6 99.3 85.3 108.9
Slovakia 106.6 132.8 220.6 243.0 287.5 379.0 420.3 622.4 516.7 534.7
Slovenia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 655.5 570.9 600.2
South Africa 212.8 NA 255.8 261.0 323.8 NA NA NA NA NA
Spain 176.0 165.5 204.0 215.6 254.2 354.9 380.3 486.6 433.8 390.4
Sweden NA NA NA NA NA NA 609.3 776.5 585.4 662.7
Switzerland 296.4 279.2 320.3 352.4 402.6 487.6 576.6 745.4 704.3 661.6
Thailand 119.1 117.8 136.4 132.3 171.8 217.5 230.0 306.8 289.6 286.8
Turkey 200.4 215.4 229.0 230.3 304.5 352.7 440.8 572.9 467.6 407.3
United Kingdom 140.3 146.5 164.6 202.7 298.8 383.5 333.0 446.0 323.7 303.3
United States 198.6 154.4 223.8 252.0 325.2 302.0 293.8 371.3 202.8 207.4
Venezuela NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

1Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates.

2To 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 applicable

Source:

Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, Fourth Quarter 2009, Part II, Section D, Table 16, and Part III, Section B, Table 13, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2008. The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) maintains annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year 1978 and that also include the most recent quarterly prices. Information on purchasing this data online from the IEA is available at: http://data.iea.org/ieastore/default.asp

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