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 prepared by the World Bank, the price of natural gas in Japan was 13.94 USD / MMBtu in August 2026, compared to 13.85 in the previous month. This constitutes a rise of 0.65 percent.
Sample. There are 596 data points overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 1977 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the price recorded a bottom of 2.72 USD / MMBtu in December 1998; it reached its highest level of 23.73 in September 2022; it was equal on average to 7.36.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 11.7900 |
| 2026-07-31 | 13.8500 |
| 2026-08-31 | 13.9400 |
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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 | 800 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 800 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Natural gas price (USD / MMBtu) - Japan - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 596 | 1977-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Natural gas price (Index; 2010 = 100) - World - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 596 | 1977-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |