Natural Gas Prices for Households1

(U.S. Dollars per 107 Kilocalories2 - Gross Calorific Value)

 
Country 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
OECD3 345.4 361.9 367.2 361.8 359.3 351.5 352.6 387.2 n.a.
OECD Europe4 411.7 441.1 437.8 421.3 423.3 398.5 328.2 n.a. n.a.
Argentina n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 213.68 74.18
Australia 312.2 317.9 332.8 332.3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Austria 405.7 459.4 468.3 431.1 415.3 393.4 348.4 368.5 379.3
Barbados n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 773.25 773.25
Belgium 435.6 487.3 451.8 413.5 409.8 383.1 407.7 n.a. n.a.
Bolivia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 175.75 n.a.
Canada 175.6 162.2 169.7 170.6 169.8 212.4 199.4 294.1 236.2
Chile n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 454.65 408.78
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 416.37 425.86 410.97 431.18 372.21 354.59 379.68 372.53 355.57
Cuba n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 216.87 n.a.
Czech Republic 111.4 125.5 131.6 128.7 177.3 185.1 214.1 233.0 274.8
Denmark 636.9 691.5 739.2 677.6 644.9 654.6 735.3 709.2 720.1
Finland 131.2 178.1 181.5 170.4 169.0 156.3 159.5 221.1 201.6
France 459.8 500.4 470.3 401.6 438.7 379.5 347.5 401.4 424.1
Germany 436.2 476.6 439.2 416.4 404.8 382.2 373.4 n.a. n.a.
Greece x x x x 405.9 342.3 287.2 308.7 n.a.
Hungary 104.5 137.2 136.3 165.6 202.5 185.0 166.3 183.2 215.4
Indonesia 56.93 54.71 52.52 42.28 12.28 15.66 14.61 n.a. n.a.
Ireland 441.4 473.2 472.6 447.2 420.2 435.3 345.8 353.0 376.2
Italy 666.4 667.5 733.1 698.6 690.7 639.0 c c c
Japan 1,307.9 1,410.7 1,294.1 1,287.8 1,068.4 1,196.4 1,294.1 1,168.2 n.a.
Kazakhstan n.a. n.a. 48.63 44.35 51.06 43.20 39.02 40.65 n.a.
Luxembourg 261.6 298.1 319.4 296.9 274.4 244.6 275.6 300.2 272.7
Netherlands 365.9 406.4 400.2 393.2 393.3 369.3 359.4 401.4 457.1
New Zealand 297.2 363.4 415.9 437.7 380.2 379.3 322.5 296.6 341.6
Norway x x x x x x x x x
Poland 159.5 208.7 236.1 227.7 248.3 244.3 247.5 304.0 336.9
Portugal x x x n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 654.4
Romania 20.35 19.75 18.69 30.25 41.02 52.44 60.08 76.93 106.28
Russia 1.53 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) 72.3 81.3 80.1 75.3 73.3 77.9 108.6 115.4 125.9
Spain 541.1 609.9 613.8 548.0 533.2 481.1 491.4 507.9 496.9
Switzerland 448.3 537.8 505.7 437.7 439.6 412.2 411.3 490.5 494.7
Turkey 207.8 210.6 209.3 238.5 217.9 225.8 259.6 242.2 254.0
United Kingdom 308.9 328.8 325.7 338.2 330.6 321.0 292.8 286.5 317.0
United States 246.5 244.3 264.3 266.8 262.2 257.2 321.5 376.8 320.6
Venezuela 44.48 37.35 15.83 36.34 86.15 96.57 113.19 n.a. n.a.

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.

3 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

4 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Europe.

n.a.=Not available.

c=Confidential.

n.a.=Not applicable.

Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, Third Quarter 2003, Part II, Section D, Table 15, and Part III, Section B, Table 14, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2003. The Paris-based International Energy Agency 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 is available at: www.iea.org/stats/files/prices.htm

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