Average Annual Gasoline (Petrol) Retail Prices in Selected Countries [$US per gallon],,,,,,,,,, Source: US Dept. of Energy,,,,,,,,,, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb1108.html,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, Year,Australia,Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan,Mexico,South Korea,UK,USA 1990,,1.87,3.63,2.65,4.59,3.16,1.00,2.05,2.82,1.16 1991,1.96,1.92,3.45,2.90,4.50,3.46,1.30,2.49,3.01,1.14 1992,1.89,1.73,3.56,3.27,4.53,3.58,1.50,2.65,3.06,1.13 1993,1.73,1.57,3.41,3.07,3.68,4.16,1.56,2.88,2.84,1.11 1994,1.84,1.45,3.59,3.52,3.70,4.36,1.48,2.87,2.99,1.11 1995,1.95,1.53,4.26,3.96,4.00,4.43,1.11,2.94,3.21,1.15 1996,2.12,1.61,4.41,3.94,4.39,3.64,1.25,3.18,3.34,1.23 1997,2.05,1.62,4.00,3.53,4.07,3.26,1.47,3.34,3.83,1.23 1998,1.63,1.38,3.87,3.34,3.84,2.82,1.49,3.04,4.06,1.06 1999,1.72,1.52,3.85,3.42,3.87,3.27,1.79,3.80,4.29,1.17 2000,1.94,1.86,3.80,3.45,3.77,3.65,2.01,4.18,4.58,1.51 2001,1.71,1.72,3.51,3.40,3.57,3.27,2.20,3.76,4.13,1.46 2002,1.76,1.69,3.62,3.67,3.74,3.15,2.24,3.84,4.16,1.36 2003,2.19,1.99,4.35,4.59,4.53,3.47,2.04,4.11,4.70,1.59 2004,2.72,2.37,4.99,5.24,5.29,3.93,2.03,4.51,5.56,1.88 2005,3.23,2.89,5.46,5.66,5.74,4.28,2.22,5.28,5.97,2.30 2006,3.54,3.26,5.88,6.03,6.10,4.47,2.31,5.92,6.36,2.59 2007,3.85,3.59,6.60,6.88,6.73,4.49,2.40,6.21,7.13,2.80 2008,4.45,4.08,7.51,7.75,7.63,5.74,2.45,5.83,7.42,3.27