Primary Energy Natural Gas Consumption by Country

Natural gas consumption as a primary energy source measures the energy content of natural gas consumed in each country, expressed in quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu) per year. The figures represent energy use within each country and can reflect both domestically produced and imported gas. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 127 countries, with 126 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 155.4510 quad Btu in 2024, up from 152.0863 quad Btu in 2023.

The United States was the largest consumer at 34.1793 quad Btu, followed by Russia at 18.1098 and China at 15.6800. Iran (9.8372) and Canada (5.1193) rounded out the five largest reported values. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Primary Energy Natural Gas Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2024 (quad Btu)
1	United States US	34.18
2	Russia RU	18.11
3	China CN	15.68
4	Iran IR	9.84
5	Canada CA	5.12
6	Saudi Arabia SA	4.56
7	Japan JP	3.62
8	Mexico MX	3.43
9	Germany DE	2.83
10	India IN	2.68
11	United Arab Emirates AE	2.65
12	South Korea KR	2.45
13	United Kingdom GB	2.35
14	Italy IT	2.26
15	Egypt EG	2.2
16	Algeria DZ	1.99
17	Türkiye TR	1.93
18	Indonesia ID	1.92
19	Uzbekistan UZ	1.86
20	Qatar QA	1.84
21	Australia AU	1.78
22	Malaysia MY	1.76
23	Argentina AR	1.72
24	Turkmenistan TM	1.6
25	Thailand TH	1.57
26	France FR	1.21
27	Taiwan TW	1.13
28	Oman OM	1.07
29	Spain ES	1.07
30	Pakistan PK	1.06
31	Kuwait KW	1.05
32	Brazil BR	1.05
33	Netherlands NL	1
34	Bangladesh BD	1
35	Venezuela VE	0.98
36	Kazakhstan KZ	0.93
37	Poland PL	0.75
38	Nigeria NG	0.74
39	Ukraine UA	0.73
40	Bahrain BH	0.69
41	Iraq IQ	0.68
42	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0.57
43	Belarus BY	0.57
44	Singapore SG	0.51
45	Belgium BE	0.5
46	Israel IL	0.49
47	Azerbaijan AZ	0.42
48	Colombia CO	0.41
49	Libya LY	0.4
50	Peru PE	0.39
51	Romania RO	0.32
52	Hungary HU	0.31
53	Austria AT	0.25
54	Vietnam VN	0.25
55	Czech Republic CZ	0.24
56	Chile CL	0.23
57	Greece GR	0.23
58	Tunisia TN	0.21
59	Hong Kong HK	0.21
60	Ireland IE	0.19
61	Bolivia BO	0.18
62	Norway NO	0.18
63	Slovakia SK	0.16
64	Ghana GH	0.16
65	Myanmar MM	0.15
66	Jordan JO	0.14
67	South Africa ZA	0.14
68	Brunei BN	0.14
69	Syria SY	0.14
70	Portugal PT	0.14
71	Philippines PH	0.12
72	Georgia GE	0.12
73	New Zealand NZ	0.12
74	Switzerland CH	0.11
75	Serbia RS	0.1
76	Bulgaria BG	0.1
77	Armenia AM	0.1
78	Dominican Republic DO	0.1
79	Ivory Coast CI	0.1
80	Puerto Rico PR	0.09
81	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0.09
82	Denmark DK	0.09
83	Croatia HR	0.09
84	Mozambique MZ	0.08
85	Tanzania TZ	0.07
86	Moldova MD	0.07
87	Lithuania LT	0.07
88	Finland FI	0.06
89	Congo CG	0.05
90	Angola AO	0.04
91	Sweden SE	0.04
92	Morocco MA	0.04
93	Cuba CU	0.03
94	Slovenia SI	0.03
95	Latvia LV	0.03
96	Jamaica JM	0.03
97	Cameroon CM	0.02
98	Luxembourg LU	0.02
99	Kyrgyzstan KG	0.02
100	Panama PA	0.02
101	Gabon GA	0.02
102	El Salvador SV	0.02
103	Papua New Guinea PG	0.02
104	Malta MT	0.02
105	Estonia EE	0.01
106	North Macedonia MK	0.01
107	Ecuador EC	0.01
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.01
109	Macau MO	0.01
110	Benin BJ	0.01
111	Togo TG	0.01
112	Tajikistan TJ	0
113	Uruguay UY	0
114	Rwanda RW	0
115	Guatemala GT	0
116	Gibraltar GI	0
117	Albania AL	0
118	Senegal SN	0
119	Niger NE	0
120	Barbados BB	0
121	Bahamas BS	0
122	Yemen YE	0
123	Suriname SR	0
124	Haiti HT	0
125	Guyana GY	0
126	Lebanon LB	0
127	Afghanistan AF	-

Natural gas consumption was relatively concentrated at the top, with the United States alone representing about 22.0% of the 2024 world total. The top two together held about 33.6%, the top three about 43.7%, the top five about 53.3%, and the top ten about 64.4%. The countries outside the top ten together accounted for roughly 35.6% of the 2024 total.

Change from 2023 to 2024

China's consumption increased by 1.0902 quad Btu in 2024, reaching 15.6800 quad Btu, a rise of about 7.5%. The world total rose from 152.0863 to 155.4510 quad Btu (+3.3647 quad Btu, about 2.2%). Bangladesh recorded the largest decline among countries with reported values for both years, falling from 1.1082 to 0.9963 quad Btu (-0.1119 quad Btu, about 10.1%).

How consumption changed across major consumers

All five of the largest consumers increased their natural gas use in 2024. China posted the strongest growth at 7.5%, ahead of Russia at 5.3%, Canada at 3.0%, Iran at 1.7% and the United States at 1.5%.

2019 to 2024 in this series

Reported world values were 146.0994 quad Btu in 2019, 144.7791 quad Btu in 2020, 151.7279 quad Btu in 2021, 150.2410 quad Btu in 2022, 152.0863 quad Btu in 2023 and 155.4510 quad Btu in 2024. Consumption ended about 6.4% above the 2019 level. World consumption reached its highest level of the six-year period in 2024, after dipping in 2020 and again in 2022.

Gas consumption in context

Production and consumption tell different stories across the major gas markets. China consumed 15.6800 quad Btu in 2024 compared with 9.1697 quad Btu of production, while Russia produced 24.3557 and consumed 18.1098. The United States was the largest producer as well as the largest consumer, with 39.1208 quad Btu of production and 34.1793 of consumption. These differences show why a consumption ranking should not be treated as a production ranking.

Primary Energy Natural Gas Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	32.26	31.67	31.71	33.38	33.68	34.18
2	Russia	16.7	16.02	17.87	16.89	17.19	18.11
3	China	11.09	12.11	13.68	13.59	14.59	15.68
4	Iran	8.22	8.69	9	9.13	9.67	9.84
5	Canada	4.66	4.5	4.66	4.9	4.97	5.12
6	Saudi Arabia	4.17	4.21	4.27	4.51	4.48	4.56
7	Japan	4.39	4.23	3.83	3.76	3.65	3.62
8	Mexico	3.13	3.14	3.27	3.23	3.46	3.43
9	Germany	3.48	3.19	3.41	2.98	2.88	2.83
10	India	2.29	2.33	2.47	2.36	2.68	2.68
11	United Arab Emirates	2.49	2.54	2.5	2.49	2.64	2.65
12	South Korea	2.15	2.11	2.43	2.45	2.33	2.45
13	United Kingdom	2.96	2.79	2.92	2.67	2.4	2.35
14	Italy	2.69	2.59	2.77	2.49	2.24	2.26
15	Egypt	2.19	2.24	2.3	2.22	2.2	2.2
16	Algeria	1.74	1.68	1.84	1.92	1.96	1.99
17	Türkiye	1.63	1.75	2.16	1.94	1.82	1.93
18	Indonesia	1.64	1.76	1.79	1.78	1.91	1.92
19	Uzbekistan	1.53	1.49	1.64	1.72	1.91	1.86
20	Qatar	1.69	1.65	1.71	1.65	1.9	1.84
21	Australia	1.8	1.78	1.73	1.89	1.8	1.78
22	Malaysia	1.44	1.33	1.6	1.74	1.67	1.76
23	Argentina	1.89	1.75	1.73	1.73	1.67	1.72
24	Turkmenistan	1.49	1.52	1.52	1.55	1.57	1.6
25	Thailand	1.85	1.68	1.68	1.55	1.55	1.57
26	France	1.63	1.51	1.6	1.46	1.29	1.21
27	Taiwan	0.85	0.94	1.03	1.07	1.06	1.13
28	Oman	0.87	0.86	0.94	0.99	1.04	1.07
29	Spain	1.37	1.23	1.3	1.26	1.11	1.07
30	Pakistan	1.25	1.24	1.22	1.1	1.09	1.06
31	Kuwait	0.87	0.85	0.87	0.91	1	1.05
32	Brazil	1.19	1.07	1.38	1.07	1	1.05
33	Netherlands	1.41	1.38	1.33	1.05	0.99	1
34	Bangladesh	1.13	1.12	1.12	1.08	1.11	1
35	Venezuela	0.76	0.73	0.82	0.91	0.92	0.98
36	Kazakhstan	0.54	0.59	0.68	0.78	0.82	0.93
37	Poland	0.7	0.72	0.77	0.67	0.68	0.75
38	Nigeria	0.69	0.73	0.74	0.69	0.7	0.74
39	Ukraine	1	1.04	0.92	0.68	0.71	0.73
40	Bahrain	0.65	0.66	0.68	0.67	0.69	0.69
41	Iraq	0.67	0.65	0.64	0.71	0.7	0.68
42	Trinidad and Tobago	0.66	0.6	0.6	0.59	0.57	0.57
43	Belarus	0.68	0.64	0.65	0.61	0.6	0.57
44	Singapore	0.49	0.5	0.52	0.51	0.47	0.51
45	Belgium	0.65	0.65	0.66	0.55	0.52	0.5
46	Israel	0.4	0.41	0.43	0.44	0.44	0.49
47	Azerbaijan	0.42	0.43	0.48	0.51	0.53	0.42
48	Colombia	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.41
49	Libya	0.34	0.23	0.35	0.35	0.33	0.4
50	Peru	0.34	0.29	0.34	0.39	0.4	0.39
51	Romania	0.37	0.39	0.41	0.34	0.33	0.32
52	Hungary	0.37	0.38	0.4	0.34	0.31	0.31
53	Austria	0.33	0.32	0.34	0.3	0.25	0.25
54	Vietnam	0.36	0.31	0.26	0.28	0.28	0.25
55	Czech Republic	0.32	0.32	0.35	0.28	0.25	0.24
56	Chile	0.23	0.22	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.23
57	Greece	0.2	0.22	0.24	0.19	0.17	0.23
58	Tunisia	0.21	0.2	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21
59	Hong Kong	0.12	0.18	0.2	0.18	0.19	0.21
60	Ireland	0.21	0.21	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.19
61	Bolivia	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.18
62	Norway	0.25	0.24	0.22	0.21	0.2	0.18
63	Slovakia	0.17	0.18	0.2	0.17	0.16	0.16
64	Ghana	0.08	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.16
65	Myanmar	0.14	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.15
66	Jordan	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.14
67	South Africa	0.2	0.19	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
68	Brunei	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.14
69	Syria	0.13	0.1	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14
70	Portugal	0.23	0.23	0.22	0.21	0.17	0.14
71	Philippines	0.15	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.12
72	Georgia	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.12	0.12	0.12
73	New Zealand	0.18	0.17	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.12
74	Switzerland	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.11	0.11	0.11
75	Serbia	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.1	0.1	0.1
76	Bulgaria	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.1	0.09	0.1
77	Armenia	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
78	Dominican Republic	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.1
79	Ivory Coast	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.1
80	Puerto Rico	0.07	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.09	0.09
81	Equatorial Guinea	0.08	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.09
82	Denmark	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.09	0.09	0.09
83	Croatia	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.09
84	Mozambique	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.08
85	Tanzania	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.07
86	Moldova	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.08	0.05	0.07
87	Lithuania	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.07
88	Finland	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.06
89	Congo	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
90	Angola	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
91	Sweden	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04
92	Morocco	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.04
93	Cuba	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
94	Slovenia	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
95	Latvia	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03
96	Jamaica	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03
97	Cameroon	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
98	Luxembourg	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02
99	Kyrgyzstan	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02
100	Panama	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
101	Gabon	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
102	El Salvador	0	0	0	0.01	0.02	0.02
103	Papua New Guinea	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.02
104	Malta	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02
105	Estonia	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01
106	North Macedonia	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01
107	Ecuador	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
109	Macau	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.01
110	Benin	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
111	Togo	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
112	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0
126	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	Afghanistan	0.01	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual primary energy consumption from natural gas in quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu). 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 natural gas energy consumption only and does not include other sources or production, which are reported separately in the source.