The bar chart illustrates the average price of gas in the USA between 2005 and 2011, measured in dollars.
Overall, the price of gas fluctuated over the period, reaching a peak in 2011 and a low in 2005. After rising steadily from 2005 to 2008, the figure fell sharply in 2009 before recovering to reach its highest point in the final year.
Looking at the first part of the period, the price of gas stood at $2.27 in 2005 and subsequently increased to $2.57 in 2006. It then fell marginally to $2.50 in 2007, before climbing significantly to $3.25 in 2008. Thus, despite the slight decline in 2007, the price increased by almost $1 between 2005 and 2008.
Turning to the remaining years, this upward trend was interrupted by a sharp fall in 2009, when the figure dropped to $2.35, only slightly above the 2005 level. However, the price subsequently recovered, rising to $2.78 in 2010 and then reaching a peak of $3.52 in 2011. Overall, this represented an increase of $1.25 from the beginning to the end of the period.
