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Gasoline price by president (regular, per gallon)
Average US retail price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline (CPI average price data). In dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation; mostly set by world oil prices.
$4.48 latest, Sep 2026
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, via FRED APU000074714. Monthly data, fetched Oct 19, 2026.
Since 1980, the price of regular gasoline ranged from $0.82 in Nov 1986 under Ronald Reagan to $5.06 in Jun 2022 under Joe Biden. Of the 8 completed terms with data, the price of regular gasoline rose fastest under Joe Biden, at +$0.24/yr against −$0.02/yr in the four years before, and fell fastest under Ronald Reagan, at −$0.04/yr against +$0.16/yr in the four years before. So far under Donald Trump (2nd term), it has gone from $3.15 in Dec 2024 to $4.48 in Sep 2026.
By presidential term
Gasoline price (regular, per gallon), term by term: every term lined up from inauguration on one chart.
Value at the last full period before inauguration and at the end of the term, with the yearly rate of change. The second column is the rate of change over the four years before the term: the trend they inherited. Remember the lag: a term's first year mostly reflects the previous one's policies.
| President | During term | 4 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump (2nd term) 2025–now | $3.15 → $4.48 +$0.76/yr · through Sep 2026 | +$0.24/yr |
| Joe Biden 2021–2025 | $2.17 → $3.15 +$0.24/yr | −$0.02/yr |
| Donald Trump (1st term) 2017–2021 | $2.23 → $2.17 −$0.02/yr | −$0.28/yr |
| Barack Obama 2009–2017 | $1.69 → $2.23 +$0.07/yr | −$0.05/yr |
| George W. Bush 2001–2009 | $1.49 → $1.69 +$0.02/yr | +$0.06/yr |
| Bill Clinton 1993–2001 | $1.14 → $1.49 +$0.04/yr | +$0.05/yr |
| George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 | $0.93 → $1.14 +$0.05/yr | −$0.07/yr |
| Ronald Reagan 1981–1989 | $1.26 → $0.93 −$0.04/yr | +$0.16/yr |
| Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 | $0.63 → $1.26 +$0.16/yr | — |