Natural gas price (Index; 2010 = 100) - World - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Natural gas prices (World Bank Pink Sheets)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to statistics compiled by the World Bank, the price of natural gas (worldwide average) was 104.20 USD / MMBtu in December 2025, versus 103.13 in the previous month. This represents a gain of 1.04 percent.
Sample. There are 588 records overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The time period covered by the series is from January 1977 to December 2025.
History. Check out a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the price had a mean value of 73.77 USD / MMBtu; it recorded a bottom of 18.53 in January 1977; it attained a maximum of 454.04 in August 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (2010=100) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 98.11130917241 |
| 2025-11-30 | 103.13338689259 |
| 2025-12-31 | 104.19993325038 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | World |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index (2010=100) |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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Natural gas prices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - United States - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 792 | 1960-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 792 | 1960-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Japan - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 588 | 1977-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Natural gas price (Index; 2010 = 100) - World - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 588 | 1977-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |