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 published by the World Bank, the price of natural gas in Japan was 11.06 USD / MMBtu in December 2025, compared to 11.15 in the previous month. This constitutes a decrease of 0.81 percent.
Sample. There are 588 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from January 1977 to December 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the price reached a minimum of 2.72 USD / MMBtu in December 1998; it hit a peak of 23.73 in September 2022; it had a mean value of 7.29.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 11.10449591157 |
| 2025-11-30 | 11.15452343511 |
| 2025-12-31 | 11.06069456869 |
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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 | 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 |