Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Japan - 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 provided by the World Bank, the price of natural gas in Japan was 11.29 USD / MMBtu in January 2026, versus 11.32 in December 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 0.27 percent.
Sample. There are 589 data points in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The time range covered by the series is from January 1977 to January 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: the price hit a maximum of 23.73 USD / MMBtu in September 2022; it recorded a minimum of 2.72 in December 1998; it averaged 7.29.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 11.15452343511 |
| 2025-12-31 | 11.32067873296 |
| 2026-01-31 | 11.29084424691 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | Asia |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / MMBtu |
| 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 | 793 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 793 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Japan - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 589 | 1977-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Natural gas price (Index; 2010 = 100) - World - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 589 | 1977-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |