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Gas

Gas prices: the chart every president gets blamed for

The biggest number on the street, and the one presidents control least. Every spike, every dip and who took the heat.

regular, per gallon · September 2026
$4.48
vs. a year ago
+34%
Record high · June 2022
$5.06
Record low · April 1976
$0.59

The whole story, month by month

CarterReaganG.H.W. BushClintonG.W. BushObamaTrump IBiden$0$2$4$61980198519901995200020052010201520202025$5.06

Democrats vs. Republicans

Democrats+6.9%per year in office, over 24 years and 4 presidencies
Republicans+1.5%per year in office, over 27 years and 6 presidencies

Both sides have a chart to wave

The Democrats' best card

Obama +32%

From $1.79 to $2.35, January 2009 to January 2017.

The chart they hide: Carter +107%

The Republicans' best card

Reagan −29%

From $1.30 to $0.92, January 1981 to January 1989.

The chart they hide: Trump II (so far) +40%

Every president, ranked

Percent change during each term. Best to worst.

  1. Reagan−29%
  2. Trump I−1.1%
  3. Ford+3.6%
  4. G.W. Bush+21%
  5. G.H.W. Bush+22%
  6. Obama+32%
  7. Clinton+32%
  8. Biden+38%
  9. Trump II (so far)+40%
  10. Carter+107%

Why this number starts fights

Gas prices are posted on every corner, so they shape how people feel about the economy. They mostly follow world oil markets, refinery capacity and wars, along with taxes and seasons. Presidents take the blame when prices rise and take the credit when they fall, whichever party they belong to.

How to read it without getting played

No president controls this number alone. Congress, the Federal Reserve, global markets, wars, pandemics and the economy they inherited all move it. A term's score shows what happened on their watch, not what they caused. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling a side.

Method: percent change from the month a president took office to the month the term ended. The party figure is the annualized rate across all its years in office.

More numbers people fight about

Inflation3.7%+0.7 pts vs. a year agoCPI, past 12 months · September 2026Electricity19.6¢+4.3% vs. a year agoper kilowatt-hour · September 2026Eggs$2.27−35% vs. a year agoGrade A large, per dozen · September 2026Ground beef$6.79+7.4% vs. a year ago100% beef, per pound · September 2026

Sources

Show the yearly table
Gas: last reading of each year
YearValue
2026$4.48
2025$3.05
2024$3.15
2023$3.29
2022$3.36
2021$3.41
2020$2.17
2019$2.59
2018$2.41
2017$2.46
2016$2.23
2015$2.06
2014$2.56
2013$3.28
2012$3.33
2011$3.28
2010$2.99
2009$2.62
2008$1.69
2007$3.02
2006$2.33
2005$2.19
2004$1.88
2003$1.49
2002$1.39
2001$1.13
2000$1.49
1999$1.30
1998$0.99
1997$1.18
1996$1.26
1995$1.10
1994$1.14
1993$1.07
1992$1.14
1991$1.12
1990$1.35
1989$0.98
1988$0.93
1987$0.96
1986$0.82
1985$1.21
1984$1.19
1983$1.23
1982$1.26
1981$1.37
1980$1.26
1979$1.07
1978$0.71
1977$0.67
1976$0.63