| Energy Information Administration | |||||||||||||||
| Table Posted: June 7, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Next Update: August 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Natural Gas Prices for Households 1 | |||||||||||||||
| (U.S. Dollars per 107 Kilocalories - Gross Calorific Value ) 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Country | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 75.22 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Austria | 415.3 | 393.0 | 348.4 | 368.5 | 379.3 | 590.6 | 686.2 | 729.6 | 784.9 | ||||||
| Barbados | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 893.99 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Belgium | 409.8 | 382.7 | 407.7 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 233.17 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 402.37 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Canada | 169.8 | 212.4 | 199.4 | 294.1 | 236.2 | 339.9 | 361.4 | 430.9 | NA | ||||||
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 575.02 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 372.21 | 354.59 | 397.68 | 372.53 | 253.15 | 278.62 | 310.31 | 363.36 | 382.05 | ||||||
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 232.34 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 216.87 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 177.3 | 185.1 | 214.1 | 233.0 | 274.8 | 322.4 | 352.7 | 429.2 | 543.4 | ||||||
| Denmark | 644.9 | 654.6 | 735.3 | 709.2 | 720.1 | 895.1 | 1052.8 | 1,252.6 | NA | ||||||
| Finland | 169.0 | 156.1 | 159.5 | 221.1 | 201.6 | 251.0 | 269.8 | 298.1 | 352.3 | ||||||
| France | 437.1 | 387.6 | 347.5 | 402.7 | 425.6 | 521.6 | 544.3 | 590.5 | 706.9 | ||||||
| Germany | 404.8 | 381.8 | 373.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Greece | 364.8 | 308.2 | 258.6 | 258.2 | 303.3 | 392.1 | 423.6 | 600.8 | NA | ||||||
| Hungary | 202.5 | 185.0 | 156.4 | 150.0 | 176.1 | 243.5 | 224.6 | 245.1 | 298.4 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 12.29 | 15.66 | 14.61 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Ireland | 420.2 | 434.9 | 345.8 | 353.0 | 376.2 | 503.5 | 570.0 | 657.7 | 917.0 | ||||||
| Italy | 690.7 | 638.3 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | ||||||
| Japan | 1,068.4 | 1,196.4 | 1,294.1 | 1,168.2 | 1,086.4 | 1,195.2 | 1,271.5 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 58.78 | 49.73 | 44.92 | 46.80 | 48.58 | 52.29 | 55.76 | 58.17 | 66.72 | ||||||
| Korea, South | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 454.3 | 527.9 | 641.4 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | 274.4 | 244.4 | 275.6 | 300.2 | 272.7 | 342.5 | 367.7 | 477.5 | NA | ||||||
| Mexico | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 545.9 | 631.9 | 622.2 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 393.3 | 368.9 | 359.4 | 401.4 | 457.1 | 602.4 | 682.5 | 800.4 | 899.7 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 380.2 | 379.3 | 359.1 | 332.2 | 338.5 | 570.5 | 751.4 | 830.5 | 778.4 | ||||||
| Norway | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | ||||||
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 313.83 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Poland | 248.3 | 244.3 | 247.5 | 304.0 | 336.9 | 339.9 | 369.5 | 443.2 | 554.5 | ||||||
| Portugal | NA | NA | NA | NA | 651.1 | 794.0 | 909.1 | 963.5 | 1,030.6 | ||||||
| Romania | 41.02 | 52.44 | 60.08 | 76.93 | 106.28 | 127.68 | 179.91 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Russia | NA | NA | 8.99 | 10.85 | 12.83 | 17.67 | 22.62 | NA | NA | ||||||
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | 73.2 | 77.8 | 108.3 | 115.3 | 125.7 | 228.9 | 351.6 | 419.0 | 553.5 | ||||||
| South Africa | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | ||||||
| Spain | 533.2 | 480.5 | 491.4 | 507.9 | 496.9 | 594.2 | 643.3 | 684.7 | 756.9 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 439.6 | 412.2 | 411.3 | 490.5 | 494.7 | 562.5 | 612.9 | 669.6 | 765.5 | ||||||
| Thailand | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Turkey | 217.7 | 225.9 | 259.3 | 242.6 | 254.7 | 265.3 | 260.2 | 362.3 | 415.4 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 330.6 | 321.0 | 292.8 | 286.5 | 317.0 | 351.8 | 423.1 | 481.9 | 643.8 | ||||||
| United States | 262.2 | 257.2 | 321.5 | 369.1 | 303.8 | 365.5 | 412.8 | 492.1 | 544.6 | ||||||
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 48.08 | NA | 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 2007, Part II, Section D, Table 17, and Part III, | |||||||||||||||
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