| Energy Information Administration | ||||||||||
| Table Posted: August 19, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Next Update: December 2008 | ||||||||||
| Premium Unleaded Gasoline Prices 1 | ||||||||||
| (U.S. Dollars per Liter) 2 | ||||||||||
| Country | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.636 | 0.473 | NA | |
| Australia (95 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.001 | 1.080 | |
| Australia (98 RON) | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |
| Austria (95 RON) | 0.867 | 0.868 | 0.809 | 0.824 | 0.996 | 1.178 | 1.285 | 1.368 | 1.535 | |
| Austria (98 RON) | 0.916 | 0.931 | 0.881 | 0.905 | 1.085 | 1.281 | 1.410 | 1.502 | 1.693 | |
| Barbados | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.704 | 0.719 | NA | |
| Belgium (95 RON) | 0.962 | 0.963 | 0.902 | 0.923 | 1.150 | 1.417 | 1.590 | 1.698 | 1.896 | |
| Belgium (98 RON) | 0.976 | 1.021 | 0.968 | 0.992 | 1.200 | 1.446 | 1.627 | 1.726 | 1.919 | |
| Bolivia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.595 | 0.594 | NA | |
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Canada (95 RON) | NA | NA | NA | 0.477 | 0.560 | 0.672 | 0.816 | 0.916 | 1.011 | |
| Canada (98 RON) | 0.463 | 0.552 | 0.514 | 0.503 | 0.592 | 0.699 | 0.842 | 0.949 | 1.040 | |
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.991 | 1.153 | NA | |
| China | 0.311 | 0.349 | NA | NA | NA | 0.437 | 0.489 | NA | NA | |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 0.573 | 0.609 | 0.564 | 0.540 | 0.591 | 0.669 | 0.752 | 0.828 | 0.862 | |
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.820 | 0.899 | NA | |
| Costa Rica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.863 | 0.987 | NA | |
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.500 | 0.550 | NA | |
| Cyprus | 0.645 | 0.598 | 0.596 | 0.657 | 0.686 | 0.837 | 1.067 | 1.171 | 1.292 | |
| Czech Republic (95 RON) | 0.668 | 0.743 | 0.719 | 0.751 | 0.882 | 1.039 | 1.189 | 1.310 | 1.454 | |
| Czech Republic (98 RON) | NA | NA | 0.796 | 0.849 | 1.011 | 1.185 | 1.331 | 1.436 | 1.569 | |
| Denmark (95 RON) | 1.033 | 1.034 | 0.986 | 1.039 | 1.249 | 1.402 | 1.506 | 1.613 | 1.790 | |
| Denmark (98 RON) | 1.053 | 1.051 | 1.003 | 1.063 | 1.283 | 1.438 | 1.554 | 1.663 | 1.843 | |
| Dominican Republic | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.979 | 1.085 | NA | |
| Ecuador | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.444 | 0.444 | NA | |
| El Salvador | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.720 | 0.864 | NA | |
| Estonia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.990 | 1.086 | 1.197 | |
| Finland (95 RON) | 1.060 | 1.046 | 0.993 | 1.013 | 1.237 | 1.417 | 1.505 | 1.616 | 1.778 | |
| Finland (98 RON) | 1.082 | 1.067 | 1.013 | 1.037 | 1.263 | 1.452 | 1.538 | 1.650 | 1.822 | |
| France (95 RON) | 1.016 | 1.005 | 0.927 | 0.956 | 1.149 | 1.318 | 1.442 | 1.552 | 1.743 | |
| France (98 RON) | 1.026 | 1.025 | 0.947 | 0.977 | 1.172 | 1.347 | 1.493 | 1.600 | 1.790 | |
| Germany (95 RON) | 0.931 | 0.935 | 0.917 | 0.988 | 1.235 | 1.411 | 1.519 | 1.617 | 1.837 | |
| Germany (98 RON) | 0.948 | 0.959 | 0.954 | 1.025 | 1.279 | 1.460 | 1.579 | 1.694 | 1.921 | |
| Greece (95 RON) | 0.693 | 0.719 | 0.675 | 0.693 | 0.836 | 1.009 | 1.091 | NA | NA | |
| Greece (98 RON) | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |
| Grenada | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.536 | 0.536 | NA | |
| Guatemala | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.804 | 0.887 | NA | |
| Guyana | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.690 | 0.691 | NA | |
| Haiti | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.543 | 0.602 | NA | |
| Honduras | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.886 | 0.946 | NA | |
| Hungary (95 RON) | 0.783 | 0.823 | 0.786 | 0.864 | 1.038 | 1.183 | 1.306 | 1.321 | 1.507 | |
| Hungary (98 RON) | 0.821 | 0.855 | 0.817 | 0.899 | 1.078 | 1.239 | 1.349 | 1.361 | NA | |
| India | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Indonesia | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.268 | 0.277 | 0.467 | 0.626 | NA | |
| Ireland (95 RON) | 0.799 | 0.824 | 0.796 | 0.806 | 0.984 | 1.184 | 1.292 | 1.402 | 1.529 | |
| Ireland (98 RON) | 0.977 | 0.969 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Italy (95 RON) | 1.022 | 0.996 | 0.943 | 0.988 | 1.198 | 1.399 | 1.515 | 1.612 | 1.778 | |
| Italy (98 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Jamaica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.729 | 0.844 | NA | |
| Japan (95 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Japan (98 RON) | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |
| Korea, South (95 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Korea, South (98 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Latvia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.001 | 1.087 | 1.238 | |
| Lithuania | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.030 | 1.130 | 1.227 | |
| Luxembourg (95 RON) | 0.737 | 0.763 | 0.711 | 0.729 | 0.879 | 1.124 | 1.270 | 1.358 | 1.537 | |
| Luxembourg (98 RON) | 0.753 | 0.798 | 0.753 | 0.773 | 0.919 | 1.157 | 1.312 | 1.385 | 1.563 | |
| Malta | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.174 | 1.391 | 1.413 | |
| Mexco (95 RON) | 0.522 | 0.591 | 0.651 | 0.665 | 0.613 | 0.632 | 0.685 | 0.720 | 0.776 | |
| Mexico (98 RON) | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |
| Netherlands (95 RON) | 1.069 | 1.069 | 1.028 | 1.078 | 1.310 | 1.555 | 1.680 | 1.775 | 1.999 | |
| Netherlands (98 RON) | 1.097 | 1.113 | 1.076 | 1.140 | 1.368 | 1.612 | 1.747 | 1.848 | 2.086 | |
| New Zealand (95 RON) | 0.476 | 0.506 | 0.461 | 0.499 | 0.641 | 0.810 | 0.968 | 1.048 | 1.178 | |
| New Zealand (98 RON) | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | |
| Nicaragua | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.810 | 0.932 | NA | |
| Norway (95 RON) | 1.185 | 1.201 | 1.066 | 1.122 | 1.324 | 1.482 | 1.678 | 1.786 | 1.994 | |
| Norway (98 RON) | 1.221 | 1.236 | 1.100 | 1.161 | 1.368 | 1.534 | 1.725 | 1.821 | 2.040 | |
| Panama | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.644 | 0.784 | NA | |
| Paraguay | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.882 | 1.102 | NA | |
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.027 | 1.256 | NA | |
| Poland (95 RON) | 0.588 | 0.722 | 0.769 | 0.782 | 0.862 | 1.023 | 1.234 | 1.283 | 1.523 | |
| Poland (98 RON) | 0.621 | 0.771 | 0.830 | 0.837 | 0.926 | 1.076 | 1.294 | 1.340 | 1.593 | |
| Portugal (95 RON) | 0.855 | 0.799 | 0.817 | 0.827 | 1.090 | 1.283 | 1.425 | 1.644 | 1.806 | |
| Portugal (98 RON) | 0.892 | 0.831 | 0.852 | 0.867 | 1.155 | 1.364 | 1.511 | 1.738 | 1.927 | |
| Romania | 0.531 | 0.516 | 0.522 | 0.612 | 0.732 | 0.833 | 1.111 | 1.192 | 1.350 | |
| Russia | 0.206 | 0.263 | 0.214 | 0.223 | 0.286 | NA | 0.540 | 0.652 | 0.739 | |
| Singapore | NA | 0.814 | 0.752 | 0.686 | 0.724 | 0.834 | 0.906 | 1.007 | 1.104 | |
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) (95 RON) | 0.654 | 0.724 | 0.656 | 0.664 | 0.855 | 1.092 | 1.201 | 1.333 | 1.541 | |
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) (98 RON) | 0.647 | 0.758 | 0.695 | 0.720 | 0.927 | 1.172 | 1.281 | 1.418 | 1.648 | |
| Slovenia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.141 | 1.239 | 1.410 | |
| South Africa | 0.411 | 0.470 | 0.420 | 0.372 | 0.505 | 0.682 | 0.805 | 0.904 | NA | |
| Spain (95 RON) | 0.745 | 0.755 | 0.722 | 0.767 | 0.923 | 1.080 | 1.186 | 1.280 | 1.417 | |
| Spain (98 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Suriname | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.575 | 0.596 | NA | |
| Sweden (95 RON) | 1.009 | 1.038 | 0.914 | 0.957 | 1.164 | 1.356 | 1.466 | 1.559 | 1.724 | |
| Sweden (98 RON) | 1.058 | 1.083 | 0.942 | 0.996 | 1.211 | 1.403 | 1.518 | 1.613 | 1.763 | |
| Switzerland (95 RON) | 0.796 | 0.829 | 0.801 | 0.831 | 0.976 | 1.128 | 1.226 | 1.311 | 1.403 | |
| Switzerland (98 RON) | 0.818 | 0.858 | 0.838 | 0.870 | 1.011 | 1.160 | 1.261 | 1.345 | 1.441 | |
| Thailand | 0.322 | 0.364 | 0.351 | 0.356 | 0.401 | 0.465 | 0.594 | 0.728 | 0.844 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.495 | 0.532 | NA | |
| Turkey (95 RON) | 0.867 | 0.933 | 0.808 | 0.977 | 1.200 | 1.374 | 1.890 | 1.942 | 2.215 | |
| Turkey (98 RON) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| United Kingdom (95 RON) | 1.134 | 1.209 | 1.092 | 1.099 | 1.242 | 1.469 | 1.576 | 1.681 | 1.884 | |
| United Kingdom (98 RON) | 1.341 | 1.321 | 1.193 | 1.196 | 1.330 | 1.571 | 1.698 | 1.805 | 2.008 | |
| United States (95 RON) | 0.326 | 0.417 | 0.400 | 0.380 | 0.438 | 0.515 | 0.626 | 0.707 | 0.768 | |
| United States (98 RON) | 0.349 | 0.439 | 0.423 | 0.404 | 0.462 | 0.539 | 0.652 | 0.734 | 0.795 | |
| Uruguay | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.229 | 1.329 | NA | |
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.051 | 0.051 | NA | |
| 1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. | ||||||||||
| 2 To convert U.S. dollars per liter to U.S. dollars per gallon multiply by 3.785412 | ||||||||||
| 95 RON=Research Octane Number of 95. | ||||||||||
| 98 RON=Research Octane Number of 98. | ||||||||||
| NA=Not available. | ||||||||||
| - -=Not appplicable. | ||||||||||
| Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2008, Part II, Section D, Tables 11 and 12, and Part III, | ||||||||||
| Section B, Table 10, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2008. The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) | ||||||||||
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