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Natural gas production by country

How much natural gas does a country produce?

Of the 209 countries compared in 2024, United States had the highest reading, 1,069.43117, and 113 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.00000. In the middle country the figure was 0.00000.

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Natural gas production · 2024

Context statistic

Highest of 209United States

1,069.43117

012024 · values only

The highest and the lowest

The three countries with the highest values of 209 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.

  1. 1

    United States

    Northern America

    1,069.43117

  2. 2

    Russia

    Eastern Europe

    642.04097

  3. 3

    Iran

    Southern Asia

    279.00146

Lowest in 2024

  1. Zimbabwe0.00000
  2. Zambia0.00000
  3. Kosovo0.00000

This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.

Highest on each continent

02Every measured country

Natural gas production on a map

Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.

All regions

Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.

  • 0.00000
  • 0.00199–0.22882
  • 0.26619–5.20468
  • 5.80001–26.98401
  • 29.26409–1,069.43117
  • No reading in 2024 (1 measured in an earlier edition)
  • Asia

    2.08090

    the middle country, of 50 measured · 52 members

    Iran279.00146

    17 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Asia.

  • Europe

    0.01381

    the middle country, of 42 measured · 49 members

    Russia642.04097

    17 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Europe.

  • Africa

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members

    Algeria98.80508

    35 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Africa.

  • Americas

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 44 measured · 48 members

    United States1,069.43117

    28 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Americas.

  • Oceania

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 19 measured · 21 members

    Australia152.17628

    16 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.

22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
  • Central Asia

    29.26409

    the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members

    Turkmenistan77.60007

    Tajikistan0.01804

    Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.

  • Southern Asia

    10.07230

    the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members

    Iran279.00146

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.

  • Western Asia

    7.03503

    the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members

    Qatar169.95443

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.

  • Northern Africa

    6.63570

    the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members

    Algeria98.80508

    Sudan0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.

  • South-eastern Asia

    6.37155

    the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members

    Malaysia80.57765

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.

  • South America

    5.59125

    the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members

    Argentina46.78012

    3 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in South America.

  • Eastern Europe

    0.95269

    the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members

    Russia642.04097

    Moldova0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.

  • Middle Africa

    0.47735

    the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members

    Equatorial Guinea6.65087

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.

  • Western Europe

    0.01500

    the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members

    Netherlands9.68341

    2 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.

  • Southern Europe

    0.00100

    the middle country, of 14 measured · 17 members

    Italy2.61968

    7 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.

  • Caribbean

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 20 measured · 24 members

    Trinidad and Tobago25.28675

    17 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.

  • Central America

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members

    Mexico31.28363

    6 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Central America.

  • Eastern Africa

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members

    Mozambique12.16910

    15 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.

  • Eastern Asia

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members

    China258.44362

    5 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.

  • Melanesia

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members

    Papua New Guinea11.40710

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.

  • Micronesia

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members

    5 share 0.00000

    5 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.

  • Northern Europe

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 11 measured · 13 members

    Norway130.91798

    7 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.

  • Polynesia

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 7 measured · 7 members

    7 share 0.00000

    7 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.

  • Southern Africa

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members

    South Africa0.05799

    4 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.

  • Western Africa

    0.00000

    the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members

    Nigeria39.08911

    11 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.

  • Australia and New Zealand

    2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.

    Australia152.17628

    New Zealand3.34423

    Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Northern America

    4 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, United States.

    United States1,069.43117

    2 share 0.00000

    Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.

03The whole field at once

The spread

209 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 0.00000; a quarter are above 3.34423, and a quarter below 0.00000. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.

02505007501,000Africa54 comparedAlgeria: 98.80508Egypt: 47.47230Nigeria: 39.08911Mozambique: 12.16910Libya: 12.10181Equatorial Guinea: 6.65087Angola: 5.80001Ghana: 3.41600Côte d’Ivoire: 2.70858Cameroon: 2.52377Tanzania: 1.99198Republic of the Congo: 1.77253Tunisia: 1.16959Gabon: 0.47735Rwanda: 0.09038South Africa: 0.05799Morocco: 0.04299Senegal: 0.03468Niger: 0.02693Benin: 0.00000Botswana: 0.00000Burkina Faso: 0.00000Burundi: 0.00000Cabo Verde: 0.00000Central African Republic: 0.00000Chad: 0.00000Comoros: 0.00000Djibouti: 0.00000DR Congo: 0.00000Eswatini: 0.00000Ethiopia: 0.00000Gambia: 0.00000Guinea: 0.00000Guinea-Bissau: 0.00000Kenya: 0.00000Lesotho: 0.00000Liberia: 0.00000Madagascar: 0.00000Malawi: 0.00000Mali: 0.00000Mauritania: 0.00000Mauritius: 0.00000São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.00000Seychelles: 0.00000Sierra Leone: 0.00000Somalia: 0.00000Sudan: 0.00000Togo: 0.00000Uganda: 0.00000Zambia: 0.00000Zimbabwe: 0.00000Namibia: 0.00000Eritrea: 0.00000South Sudan: 0.00000Benin 0.00000 · Algeria 98.80508Americas44 comparedUnited States: 1,069.43117Canada: 198.95219Argentina: 46.78012Mexico: 31.28363Venezuela: 25.42990Trinidad and Tobago: 25.28675Brazil: 22.13561Peru: 13.56203Bolivia: 11.16766Colombia: 10.08964Chile: 1.09287Cuba: 0.97000Ecuador: 0.26619Guatemala: 0.07219Suriname: 0.00713Barbados: 0.00373Antigua and Barbuda: 0.00000Bahamas: 0.00000Belize: 0.00000Bermuda: 0.00000British Virgin Islands: 0.00000Cayman Islands: 0.00000Costa Rica: 0.00000Dominica: 0.00000Dominican Republic: 0.00000El Salvador: 0.00000Greenland: 0.00000Grenada: 0.00000Guyana: 0.00000Haiti: 0.00000Honduras: 0.00000Jamaica: 0.00000Montserrat: 0.00000Nicaragua: 0.00000Panama: 0.00000Paraguay: 0.00000Puerto Rico: 0.00000Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.00000Saint Lucia: 0.00000Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.00000Turks and Caicos Islands: 0.00000United States Virgin Islands: 0.00000Uruguay: 0.00000Aruba: 0.00000Antigua and Barbuda 0.00000United States 1,069.43117Asia50 comparedIran: 279.00146China: 258.44362Qatar: 169.95443Saudi Arabia: 123.38515Malaysia: 80.57765Turkmenistan: 77.60007Indonesia: 69.79689United Arab Emirates: 59.41125Uzbekistan: 46.19846Oman: 44.34933Azerbaijan: 37.87514India: 35.93615Kazakhstan: 29.26409Thailand: 26.98401Israel: 26.62983Pakistan: 24.12562Bangladesh: 20.14460Kuwait: 19.91236Bahrain: 19.15835Myanmar: 12.87107Brunei: 10.51522Iraq: 10.32221Vietnam: 6.37155Syria: 3.74785Türkiye: 2.25919Japan: 1.90260Philippines: 1.65891Jordan: 0.22882Taiwan: 0.06015Kyrgyzstan: 0.03117Tajikistan: 0.01804Yemen: 0.01038Georgia: 0.01036Bhutan: 0.00000Cambodia: 0.00000Cyprus: 0.00000Hong Kong: 0.00000Laos: 0.00000Lebanon: 0.00000Macau: 0.00000Maldives: 0.00000Mongolia: 0.00000Nepal: 0.00000North Korea: 0.00000Singapore: 0.00000South Korea: 0.00000Sri Lanka: 0.00000Armenia: 0.00000Palestine: 0.00000Timor-Leste: 0.00000Bhutan 0.00000 · Iran 279.00146Europe42 comparedRussia: 642.04097Norway: 130.91798United Kingdom: 30.81793Ukraine: 18.16560Netherlands: 9.68341Romania: 9.15882Poland: 5.20468Germany: 4.12792Italy: 2.61968Denmark: 2.24992Hungary: 1.72382Ireland: 1.09857Croatia: 0.65110Austria: 0.53664Serbia: 0.32220Czechia: 0.18157Belarus: 0.06925Albania: 0.05450Slovakia: 0.03751Spain: 0.02945Belgium: 0.01500France: 0.01263Bulgaria: 0.00925Slovenia: 0.00335Greece: 0.00199Faroe Islands: 0.00000Finland: 0.00000Gibraltar: 0.00000Iceland: 0.00000Luxembourg: 0.00000Malta: 0.00000Portugal: 0.00000Sweden: 0.00000Switzerland: 0.00000Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.00000Estonia: 0.00000Latvia: 0.00000Lithuania: 0.00000Moldova: 0.00000North Macedonia: 0.00000Montenegro: 0.00000Kosovo: 0.00000Faroe Islands 0.00000Russia 642.04097Oceania19 comparedAustralia: 152.17628Papua New Guinea: 11.40710New Zealand: 3.34423American Samoa: 0.00000Cook Islands: 0.00000Fiji: 0.00000French Polynesia: 0.00000Guam: 0.00000Kiribati: 0.00000Micronesia: 0.00000Nauru: 0.00000New Caledonia: 0.00000Niue: 0.00000Northern Mariana Islands: 0.00000Samoa: 0.00000Solomon Islands: 0.00000Tonga: 0.00000Tuvalu: 0.00000Vanuatu: 0.00000American Samoa 0.00000 · Australia 152.17628middle country 0.00000

04All 210 ever measured

Every country

In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better: this is the size of an industry, and most countries produce no gas and read zero. The figure is dry, marketed gas, so gas flared or pumped back into oil fields is not counted.

The raw table

Showing 25 of 210 countries

  1. United StatesNorthern America1,069.43117
  2. RussiaEastern Europe642.04097
  3. IranSouthern Asia279.00146
  4. ChinaEastern Asia258.44362
  5. CanadaNorthern America198.95219
  6. QatarWestern Asia169.95443
  7. AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand152.17628
  8. NorwayNorthern Europe130.91798
  9. Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia123.38515
  10. AlgeriaNorthern Africa98.80508
  11. MalaysiaSouth-eastern Asia80.57765
  12. TurkmenistanCentral Asia77.60007
  13. IndonesiaSouth-eastern Asia69.79689
  14. United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia59.41125
  15. EgyptNorthern Africa47.47230
  16. ArgentinaSouth America46.78012
  17. UzbekistanCentral Asia46.19846
  18. OmanWestern Asia44.34933
  19. NigeriaWestern Africa39.08911
  20. AzerbaijanWestern Asia37.87514
  21. IndiaSouthern Asia35.93615
  22. MexicoCentral America31.28363
  23. United KingdomNorthern Europe30.81793
  24. KazakhstanCentral Asia29.26409
  25. ThailandSouth-eastern Asia26.98401

Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.

051980–2024 · 45 editions

Over time

Each point is one year from 1980. Output rises as fields, pipelines and export terminals open and falls as fields deplete; sanctions and war can move it sharply in a single year.

012345198019861992199820042010201620222024AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericasOceania
  • the middle country
  • the middle half of countries
  • the middle of the 178 countries measured every time
  • each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
YearCountriesMiddle countryMiddle halfMeasured every time
20242090.000000.00000 – 3.344230.00000
20232090.000000.00000 – 3.115690.00000
20222090.000000.00000 – 3.205350.00000
20212090.000000.00000 – 4.159790.00000
20202100.000000.00000 – 3.992110.00000
20192100.000000.00000 – 4.638090.00000
20182100.000000.00000 – 4.455410.00000
20172100.000000.00000 – 5.039300.00000
20162100.000000.00000 – 4.340620.00000
20152100.000000.00000 – 4.538540.00000
20142100.000000.00000 – 4.862550.00000
20132100.000000.00000 – 4.730790.00000
20122100.000000.00000 – 4.323790.00000
20112090.000000.00000 – 3.820040.00000
20102090.000000.00000 – 3.526030.00000
20092090.000000.00000 – 3.150030.00000
20082090.000000.00000 – 2.970030.00000
20072080.000000.00000 – 2.727530.00000
20062080.000000.00000 – 2.520020.00000
20052060.000000.00000 – 2.182520.00000
20042060.000000.00000 – 2.013270.00000
20032060.000000.00000 – 2.232770.00000
20022050.000000.00000 – 2.150020.00000
20012050.000000.00000 – 1.910020.00000
20002050.000000.00000 – 1.805020.00000
19992050.000000.00000 – 1.720020.00000
19982050.000000.00000 – 1.760020.00000
19972050.000000.00000 – 1.750020.00000
19962040.000000.00000 – 1.817730.00000
19952040.000000.00000 – 1.962570.00000
19942040.000000.00000 – 1.944990.00000
19932030.000000.00000 – 1.931540.00000
19922010.000000.00000 – 1.820010.00000
19911820.000000.00000 – 1.234660.00000
19901810.000000.00000 – 1.868910.00000
19891800.000000.00000 – 1.451240.00000
19881800.000000.00000 – 1.097280.00000
19871800.000000.00000 – 1.175150.00000
19861800.000000.00000 – 1.111440.00000
19851790.000000.00000 – 1.189310.00000
19841790.000000.00000 – 0.962770.00000
19831790.000000.00000 – 0.877820.00000
19821790.000000.00000 – 0.920300.00000
19811790.000000.00000 – 0.792870.00000
19801790.000000.00000 – 0.637130.00000

062023 → 2024

Who rose and fell

The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.

Rose most

before → after
  1. Russia597.59044 → 642.04097+44.45053
  2. China239.40155 → 258.44362+19.04208
  3. Norway123.05190 → 130.91798+7.86609
  4. Iran274.03284 → 279.00146+4.96862
  5. Canada194.10188 → 198.95219+4.85032

Fell most

before → after
  1. Egypt57.43471 → 47.47230−9.96241
  2. Turkmenistan84.27665 → 77.60007−6.67658
  3. Algeria105.28310 → 98.80508−6.47802
  4. United Kingdom34.04229 → 30.81793−3.22436
  5. Mexico34.47724 → 31.28363−3.19361

209 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024.

07Across every edition

Natural gas production in records

The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.

08The measure

About natural gas production

This is how much natural gas a country produces in a year, in billions of cubic metres. It is the companion to crude oil production, and it shows who supplies the gas that heats homes and fuels power stations worldwide.

What the number is: Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres).

09Where it fits

Connections

Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.

All statistics

In the Country Index

Context, with no vote

This statistic is published in full under Energy, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.

EnergyWhich statistics vote, and why

Moves with

Where natural gas production is higher, these tend to be higher too.

Moves against

Where natural gas production is higher, these tend to be lower.

Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 384 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.

On the same subject

10Keep reading

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The subject

More from EIA

11Questions

Natural gas production: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural gas production?

United States, at 1,069.43117, among the 209 countries compared in 2024.

Which country has the lowest natural gas production?

113 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000, among the 209 compared in 2024, so no single country is named.

How many countries does the Natural Gas Production cover?

209 in 2024, and 210 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 179 to 210 between editions.

What is the world average natural gas production?

This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 209 compared in 2024, the figure was 0.00000.

Is this U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s own ranking?

No ranking is shown. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.

How often is the Natural Gas Production published?

This site holds 45 editions, describing 1980 to 2024.

Where does the data come from, and can I download it?

From U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), under Public domain (U.S. government work). From the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download and stored as EIA publishes it. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.

12Method

Sources, method and citation

Source

Natural Gas Production — U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download and stored as EIA publishes it.

Newest edition

Report year 2024Data year 2024

Cite the source as: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). International Energy Statistics — Dry natural gas production (billion cubic metres).

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work), checked 2026-09-29.

The full 2024 table, row for row

How this page reads the numbers

  • No rank or position is shown: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
  • This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
  • A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
  • Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.

The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Natural gas production by country: Natural Gas Production, data from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/natural-gas-production

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