Natural Gas Electricity Generation by Country

Natural gas electricity generation by country measures electricity generated from natural gas for each country, in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh) per year. Natural gas is the second-largest fossil fuel used for electricity generation worldwide, behind coal. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 124 countries, with 124 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 6,647.54 BkWh in 2024, up from 6,528.57 BkWh in 2023.

The United States (1,869.90 BkWh) generated well over a quarter of the world's gas electricity in 2024 — about 3.7 times Russia (500.00 BkWh). Japan (309.00 BkWh), Iran (303.93 BkWh) and China (303.82 BkWh) completed the top five, with Iran and China separated by just 0.11 BkWh. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

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#	Country	2024 (BkWh)
1	United States US	1,869.9
2	Russia RU	500
3	Japan JP	309
4	Iran IR	303.93
5	China CN	303.82
6	Saudi Arabia SA	262.61
7	Mexico MX	242.34
8	Egypt EG	167.66
9	South Korea KR	159.52
10	Thailand TH	136.37
11	Taiwan TW	122.5
12	United Arab Emirates AE	120
13	Italy IT	103.43
14	Canada CA	101.79
15	Algeria DZ	95
16	Germany DE	91.99
17	United Kingdom GB	85.55
18	Iraq IQ	79.3
19	Argentina AR	74.88
20	Malaysia MY	68
21	Bangladesh BD	67.03
22	Indonesia ID	66.41
23	Türkiye TR	64.87
24	India IN	60.64
25	Kuwait KW	57.42
26	Uzbekistan UZ	57
27	Israel IL	56.88
28	Singapore SG	55.42
29	Qatar QA	54.4
30	Spain ES	47.65
31	Brazil BR	46.97
32	Australia AU	44.17
33	Oman OM	43.62
34	Pakistan PK	42
35	Netherlands NL	41.77
36	Bahrain BH	37.85
37	Turkmenistan TM	33
38	Kazakhstan KZ	32.56
39	Nigeria NG	28.17
40	Belarus BY	27
41	Libya LY	25.79
42	Azerbaijan AZ	24.5
43	Hong Kong HK	24
44	Peru PE	23.23
45	Vietnam VN	21.63
46	Poland PL	21.23
47	Greece GR	20.38
48	Tunisia TN	20.2
49	France FR	18.43
50	Philippines PH	18.05
51	Colombia CO	17.41
52	Ireland IE	15.17
53	Ghana GH	14.91
54	Jordan JO	14.67
55	Belgium BE	13.36
56	Syria SY	13
57	Chile CL	12.67
58	Myanmar MM	10
59	Trinidad and Tobago TT	9.5
60	Ukraine UA	9.49
61	Bolivia BO	8.73
62	Ivory Coast CI	7.65
63	Austria AT	7.59
64	Romania RO	7.24
65	Hungary HU	7.08
66	Dominican Republic DO	7
67	Portugal PT	5.63
68	Tanzania TZ	5.55
69	Puerto Rico PR	5.4
70	Moldova MD	5.2
71	Brunei BN	4.4
72	Morocco MA	4.33
73	New Zealand NZ	4.31
74	Congo CG	4.03
75	Czech Republic CZ	3.66
76	Venezuela VE	3.6
77	Armenia AM	3.52
78	Croatia HR	3.22
79	Mozambique MZ	3.13
80	Georgia GE	2.81
81	Jamaica JM	2.8
82	Panama PA	2.8
83	Cuba CU	2.65
84	Slovakia SK	2.44
85	Bulgaria BG	2.04
86	Malta MT	1.79
87	Serbia RS	1.71
88	Latvia LV	1.68
89	Cameroon CM	1.6
90	Angola AO	1.4
91	North Macedonia MK	1.29
92	Norway NO	1.2
93	Gabon GA	1.15
94	Equatorial Guinea GQ	1.08
95	Ecuador EC	0.95
96	Papua New Guinea PG	0.91
97	Finland FI	0.8
98	Denmark DK	0.74
99	Benin BJ	0.73
100	Lithuania LT	0.62
101	Togo TG	0.5
102	Macau MO	0.49
103	Slovenia SI	0.48
104	Rwanda RW	0.3
105	Switzerland CH	0.25
106	Tajikistan TJ	0.2
107	Kyrgyzstan KG	0.19
108	Gibraltar GI	0.18
109	Sweden SE	0.17
110	Yemen YE	0.06
111	Luxembourg LU	0.06
112	Niger NE	0.05
113	Barbados BB	0.03
114	Suriname SR	0.02
115	Estonia EE	0.02
116	Senegal SN	0.02
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.01
118	Guyana GY	0.01
119	El Salvador SV	0
120	Belize BZ	0
121	DR Congo CD	0
122	Guatemala GT	0
123	Lebanon LB	0
124	Uruguay UY	0

The United States accounted for about 28.1% of the world total in 2024. The top two together held about 35.7%, the top three about 40.3%, the top five about 49.4%, and the top ten about 64.0%.

The United States led the latest growth

The United States recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising from 1,806.06 to 1,869.90 BkWh (+63.84 BkWh, about 3.5%). The world total rose from 6,528.57 to 6,647.54 BkWh (+118.97 BkWh, about 1.8%). The largest decline among reported pairs was Spain, falling from 59.49 to 47.65 BkWh (-11.85 BkWh, about 19.9%).

Different directions among major gas generators

China (+7.2%) grew the fastest in percentage terms among the top five, while the United States (+3.5%) added the most in absolute terms. Russia (-2.1%) and Japan (-1.1%) both declined; Iran (+0.4%) barely moved. Spain's -19.9% was the steepest fall among larger producers.

2019 to 2024 in this series

Reported world values were 6,250.36 BkWh in 2019, 6,248.73 BkWh in 2020, 6,434.28 BkWh in 2021, 6,445.92 BkWh in 2022, 6,528.57 BkWh in 2023 and 6,647.54 BkWh in 2024. Generation ended about 6.4% above the 2019 level, with the total remaining essentially unchanged in 2020 before rising in each of the following four years.

Gas electricity in context

Gas is the second fossil source for electricity (6,647.54 BkWh) behind coal (10,387.43), yet its geography is American-led rather than Chinese-led: the United States holds 28.1% here against 4.6% for China. Japan, Iran and China cluster tightly in third to fifth, separated by just 5.18 BkWh. The ranking reflects electricity generated from gas, not gas produced or consumed.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	1,588.53	1,626.79	1,579.19	1,687.06	1,806.06	1,869.9
2	Russia	514.28	468.75	513.88	519.45	510.83	500
3	Japan	372.29	371.69	346.66	342.15	312.35	309
4	Iran	238.44	263.03	285.4	294.9	302.79	303.93
5	China	212.76	234.94	251.89	255.62	283.28	303.82
6	Saudi Arabia	219.12	229.49	238.88	243.93	257.07	262.61
7	Mexico	193.18	179.81	222.75	186.3	231.51	242.34
8	Egypt	166.48	175.1	169.21	165.38	163.11	167.66
9	South Korea	146.09	159.51	182.61	160.4	150.43	159.52
10	Thailand	121.12	112.64	113.11	114.64	129.4	136.37
11	Taiwan	91.15	99.89	108.36	112.01	111.63	122.5
12	United Arab Emirates	134	128.85	128.85	125.97	119.09	120
13	Italy	135.63	128.26	138.35	135.85	110.86	103.43
14	Canada	63.77	68.2	72.65	77.12	96.3	101.79
15	Algeria	80.36	78.13	84.42	90.22	94.64	95
16	Germany	84.38	89.73	90.52	80.36	80.88	91.99
17	United Kingdom	131.93	111.43	119.39	123.99	91.38	85.55
18	Iraq	66.44	71.51	70.87	90.24	75.68	79.3
19	Argentina	90.98	87.07	89.57	76.91	67.78	74.88
20	Malaysia	72.28	53.68	58.43	64.18	67.43	68
21	Bangladesh	68.37	70.88	69.81	69.19	66.43	67.03
22	Indonesia	49.32	48.05	51.6	51.43	59.85	66.41
23	Türkiye	57.29	70.93	105.12	69.61	67.08	64.87
24	India	66.29	60.22	58.98	50.65	58.76	60.64
25	Kuwait	42.4	39.24	41.08	43.51	55.06	57.42
26	Uzbekistan	52.56	55.84	60.06	61.03	56.38	57
27	Israel	46.07	48.5	50.96	51.3	54.27	56.88
28	Singapore	51.76	50.85	52.94	52.53	54.2	55.42
29	Qatar	49.87	49.26	51.64	54.03	54.37	54.4
30	Spain	83.7	69.74	68.75	82.92	59.49	47.65
31	Brazil	65.57	59.48	86.96	42.11	38.59	46.97
32	Australia	52.78	48.81	44	46.76	41.98	44.17
33	Oman	37.71	36.95	39.56	41.26	42.77	43.62
34	Pakistan	46.02	49.47	48.67	46.98	41.86	42
35	Netherlands	68.33	70.11	54.37	46.08	43.66	41.77
36	Bahrain	33.09	33.36	33.87	35.6	37.38	37.85
37	Turkmenistan	22.5	25.76	28.39	32.59	32.59	33
38	Kazakhstan	21.5	24.03	26.01	28.22	32.33	32.56
39	Nigeria	27.95	30.19	31.1	28.61	31.64	28.17
40	Belarus	39.19	34.69	32.19	29.4	26.99	27
41	Libya	23.25	21.63	26.61	26.7	24.9	25.79
42	Azerbaijan	24.11	24.38	25.64	27.01	27.08	24.5
43	Hong Kong	15.54	21.87	22.26	22.84	24.39	24
44	Peru	21.73	18.67	21.18	26.02	27.44	23.23
45	Vietnam	42.51	34.8	26.31	29.41	26.37	21.63
46	Poland	14.8	17.29	15.82	11.36	16.49	21.23
47	Greece	14.5	17.42	21.34	18.48	15.98	20.38
48	Tunisia	21.01	20.47	20.97	20.52	20.23	20.2
49	France	37.09	33.25	31.4	43.15	29.84	18.43
50	Philippines	22.35	19.5	18.68	17.88	16.67	18.05
51	Colombia	13.17	15.19	13.76	13.49	14.37	17.41
52	Ireland	15.91	15.61	14.55	15.59	15.35	15.17
53	Ghana	7.19	11.59	13.8	14.23	14.39	14.91
54	Jordan	16.66	15.95	15.52	16.49	14.67	14.67
55	Belgium	25.53	26.77	21.69	21.4	18.28	13.36
56	Syria	10.07	8.85	9.42	7.71	12.95	13
57	Chile	15.87	15.29	15.9	16.09	16.76	12.67
58	Myanmar	6.08	6.99	7.88	11.47	10.04	10
59	Trinidad and Tobago	9.15	9.18	9.22	9.45	9.47	9.5
60	Ukraine	11.93	14.2	14.34	9.7	10.91	9.49
61	Bolivia	6.33	6.33	6.45	7.27	8.18	8.73
62	Ivory Coast	7.12	7.8	8.62	9.14	7.65	7.65
63	Austria	11.32	9.95	10.62	10.88	7.5	7.59
64	Romania	7.72	8.11	8.27	7.63	6.83	7.24
65	Hungary	8.02	8.46	9	8.2	7.28	7.08
66	Dominican Republic	5.55	6.25	7.71	5.55	7.3	7
67	Portugal	17.26	17.6	15.57	17.96	10.42	5.63
68	Tanzania	5.11	4.51	5.36	6.68	7.38	5.55
69	Puerto Rico	7.63	5.62	5.28	5.39	5.39	5.4
70	Moldova	5.32	5.82	6.18	4.63	5.44	5.2
71	Brunei	4.4	4.47	4.42	4.34	4.42	4.4
72	Morocco	4.7	3.46	3.46	0.69	4.26	4.33
73	New Zealand	5.42	5.94	4.65	4.31	3.36	4.31
74	Congo	2.63	2.74	2.83	3.6	3.81	4.03
75	Czech Republic	5.79	6.13	6.56	3.87	3.66	3.66
76	Venezuela	21.3	11.66	11.78	12.11	3.69	3.6
77	Armenia	3.05	3.17	3.38	3.88	3.72	3.52
78	Croatia	2.63	3.18	2.87	3.26	3.6	3.22
79	Mozambique	3.78	3	3.04	3.06	3.12	3.13
80	Georgia	2.84	2.82	2.38	3.39	3.45	2.81
81	Jamaica	1.26	2.48	2.54	2.39	2.81	2.8
82	Panama	2.81	1.4	1.59	1.42	2.79	2.8
83	Cuba	2.45	2.01	1.58	1.95	2.5	2.65
84	Slovakia	3.07	3.57	4.37	2.1	2.28	2.44
85	Bulgaria	2.15	2.29	2.62	1.77	1.94	2.04
86	Malta	1.83	1.84	1.91	1.94	1.96	1.79
87	Serbia	0.67	0.51	1.07	1.45	1.97	1.71
88	Latvia	2.87	1.89	1.93	1.09	1.42	1.68
89	Cameroon	2.17	2.68	2.29	1.99	1.59	1.6
90	Angola	1.64	1.65	1.67	1.67	1.39	1.4
91	North Macedonia	0.88	1.05	1.43	0.91	1.38	1.29
92	Norway	2.06	1.6	0.31	1.15	1.53	1.2
93	Gabon	1.1	1.1	1.11	1.12	1.14	1.15
94	Equatorial Guinea	0.94	0.91	0.95	1.03	1.07	1.08
95	Ecuador	1.39	1.15	1.13	1.04	0.95	0.95
96	Papua New Guinea	0.61	0.82	0.86	0.91	0.91	0.91
97	Finland	3.85	3.77	3.61	0.9	0.66	0.8
98	Denmark	2.1	1.18	1.42	0.94	0.77	0.74
99	Benin	0.32	0.75	0.89	0.73	0.73	0.73
100	Lithuania	0.52	1.7	1.22	0.52	0.52	0.62
101	Togo	0.46	0.46	0.48	0.65	0.52	0.5
102	Macau	0.45	0.21	0.25	0.25	0.37	0.49
103	Slovenia	0.53	0.58	0.52	0.49	0.5	0.48
104	Rwanda	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.21	0.3	0.3
105	Switzerland	0.61	0.59	0.48	0.36	0.27	0.25
106	Tajikistan	0.31	0.33	0.31	0.29	0.22	0.2
107	Kyrgyzstan	0.09	0.08	0.17	0.12	0.2	0.19
108	Gibraltar	0.07	0.21	0.23	0.21	0.19	0.18
109	Sweden	0.28	0.1	0.27	0.14	0.16	0.17
110	Yemen	0.32	0.41	0.63	0.54	0.06	0.06
111	Luxembourg	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.1	0.08	0.06
112	Niger	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
113	Barbados	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
114	Suriname	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
115	Estonia	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.02	0.02
116	Senegal	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.02	0.07	0.1	0.13	0.01	0.01
118	Guyana	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
119	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Guatemala	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0
123	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Uruguay	0.12	0	0.01	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual electricity generation from natural gas in billion kilowatt-hours (BkWh). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers gas generation only; other sources and total generation are reported separately in the source.