List of countries by natural gas production

This is a list of countries by natural gas production based on statistics from The U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014), based on data from The World Factbook
Natural gas production by region

Natural Gas in this list means dry natural gas; which is used in homes and business for heating, cooling, cooking and electricity generation, it can also be compressed and used as a fuel.[1]

Dry natural gas in mainly composed of methane. In contrast, wet natural gas also contains significant portions of other liquids such as ethane, propane or butane (also known as Natural Gas Liquids). Wet natural gas is used for petrochemicals as well as gasoline (petrol).

In 2022, the United States has led the world in both natural gas production and natural gas exports.

Countries by rank
Country Continent Natural Gas Production
2022 (million m3)[2]
 United StatesNorth America1,029,000
 RussiaEurope/Asia618,000
 IranAsia263,000
 ChinaAsia225,000
 CanadaNorth America188,000
 QatarAsia170,000
 AustraliaOceania154,000
 Saudi ArabiaAsia122,000
 NorwayEurope124,000
 AlgeriaAfrica101,000
 TurkmenistanAsia86,000
 MalaysiaAsia75,000
 EgyptAfrica65,000
 IndonesiaAsia57,000
 United Arab EmiratesAsia57,000
 UzbekistanAsia48,000
 ArgentinaSouth America43,000
 OmanAsia41,000
 NigeriaAfrica40,000
 United KingdomEurope38,000
 PakistanAsia37,000
 AzerbaijanAsia/Europe34,000
 IndiaAsia33,000
 MexicoNorth America31,000
 ThailandAsia31,000
 KazakhstanAsia/Europe27,000
 Trinidad and TobagoSouth America27,000
 BangladeshAsia25,000
 BrazilSouth America23,000
 IsraelAsia23,000
 KuwaitAsia19,000
 UkraineEurope19,000
 BahrainAsia18,000
 NetherlandsEurope18,000
 VenezuelaSouth America18,000
 MyanmarAsia17,000
 BoliviaSouth America14,000
 LibyaAfrica12,000
 PeruSouth America12,000
 BruneiAsia11,000
 ColombiaSouth America11,000
 Papua New GuineaOceania11,000
 IraqAsia9,900
 RomaniaEurope9,500
 VietnamAsia7,700
 Equatorial GuineaAfrica6,800
 PolandEurope5,600
 AngolaAfrica5,500
 MozambiqueAfrica5,300
 GermanyEurope4,800
 New ZealandOceania3,800
 GhanaAfrica3,200
 ItalyEurope3,100
 SyriaAsia3,100
 Timor-LesteAsia2,900
 CameroonAfrica2,600
 Cote d'IvoireAfrica2,600
 PhilippinesAsia2,300
 JapanAsia2,200
 DenmarkEurope1,900
 TanzaniaAfrica1,800
 HungaryEurope1,500
 IrelandEurope1,400
 TunisiaAfrica1,300
 ChileSouth America1,200
 CroatiaEurope700
 CubaNorth America700
 AustriaEurope600
 GabonAfrica500
 Congo, Republic of theAfrica400
 SerbiaEurope400
 TurkeyAsia/Europe400
 EcuadorSouth America300
 Czech RepublicEurope200
 JordanAsia200
 YemenAsia200
 AlbaniaEurope<100
 BarbadosNorth America<100
 BelarusEurope<100
 BelgiumEurope<100
 BulgariaEurope<100
 FranceEurope<100
 GeorgiaEurope/Asia<100
 GuatemalaNorth America<100
 KyrgyzstanAsia<100
 MoroccoAfrica<100
 NigerAfrica<100
 RwandaAfrica<100
 SenegalAfrica<100
 SlovakiaEurope<100
 SloveniaEurope<100
 South AfricaAfrica<100
 SpainEurope<100
 TaiwanAsia<100
 TajikistanAsia<100
World4,108,000

See also

References
  1. "Natural Gas 101: What is Dry Natural Gas? – Welcome to Well Said Coterra". 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  2. "natural gas production Annual". EIA. United States Department of Energy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.


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