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TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22—2002
Table 10.1
Gasoline Prices for Selected Countries, 1978–2002
Current dollars per gallon
Average annual
percentage change
1978a 1982a 1986a 1990b 1994b 1996b 2000b 2002b 1978–2002 1990–2002
China
c c c c c
0.93 1.21
c c c
India
c c c
1.92 2.28 2.25
c c c c
Japan 2.00 2.60 2.79 3.05 4.14 3.77 3.65 2.94 1.6% -0.3%
France 2.15 2.56 2.58 3.40 3.31 4.41 4.01 3.31 1.8% -0.2%
United Kingdom 1.22 2.42 2.07 2.55 2.86 3.47 5.13 4.16 5.2% 4.2%
Germany 1.75 2.17 1.88 2.72 3.34 4.32 3.78 3.49 2.9% 2.1%
Canada 0.69 1.37 1.31 1.92 1.57 1.80 2.04 1.73 3.9% -0.9%
United States d
0.66 1.32 0.93 1.04 1.24 1.28 1.47 1.29 2.8% 1.8%
Constant 2002 dollars e per gallon
Average annual
percentage change
1978 a
1982 a
1986 a
1990 b
1994 b
1996 b
2000 b
2002 b
1978–2002 1990–2002
China c c c c c 1.07 1.26 c c c
India c c c 2.64 2.77 2.58 c c c c
Japan 5.52 4.85 4.58 4.20 5.03 4.32 3.81 2.94 -2.6% -2.9%
France 5.93 4.77 4.23 4.68 4.02 5.06 4.19 3.31 -2.4% -2.8%
United Kingdom 3.37 4.51 3.40 3.51 3.47 3.98 5.36 4.16 0.9% 1.4%
Germany 4.83 4.05 3.09 3.74 4.05 4.95 3.95 3.49 -1.3% -0.6%
Canada 1.90 2.55 2.15 2.64 1.91 2.06 2.13 1.73 -0.4% -3.5%
United States d
1.82 2.46 1.53 1.43 1.51 1.47 1.54 1.29 -1.4% -0.9%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2001, Washington, DC, March 2003, Table 7.2 and annual.
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Note:
Comparisons between prices and price trends in different countries require care. They are of limited validity because of fluctuations in exchange rates; differences in product
quality, marketing practices, and market structures; and the extent to which the standard categories of sales are representative of total national sales for a given period.
a Prices represent the retail prices (including taxes) for premium leaded gasoline. Prices are representative for each country based on quarterly data averaged for the year.
b Regular gasoline.
c Data are not available.
d These estimates are for international comparisons only and do not necessarily correspond to gasoline price estimates in other sections of the book.
e Adjusted by the U.S. Consumer Price Inflation Index.
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