Primary Energy Production from Natural Gas by Country

This page measures natural gas production in energy terms, using quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu) rather than physical gas volume. The figures represent the energy content of dry natural gas production, measured before the gas is converted into electricity or used for other purposes. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 100 countries, with 99 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 156.1149 quad Btu in 2024, up from 153.5945 quad Btu in 2023.

The United States (39.1208 quad Btu) led in 2024, about 1.6 times Russia (24.3557 quad Btu). Iran (10.4046 quad Btu), China (9.1697 quad Btu) and Canada (7.3991 quad Btu) completed the top five. Empty means no reported value, not zero.

Primary Energy Production from Natural Gas by Country

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#	Country	2024 (quad Btu)
1	United States US	39.12
2	Russia RU	24.36
3	Iran IR	10.4
4	China CN	9.17
5	Canada CA	7.4
6	Qatar QA	6.67
7	Australia AU	5.67
8	Norway NO	4.87
9	Saudi Arabia SA	4.56
10	Algeria DZ	3.71
11	Malaysia MY	3
12	Turkmenistan TM	2.87
13	Indonesia ID	2.69
14	United Arab Emirates AE	2.2
15	Egypt EG	1.76
16	Argentina AR	1.73
17	Uzbekistan UZ	1.66
18	Oman OM	1.59
19	Nigeria NG	1.45
20	Azerbaijan AZ	1.4
21	India IN	1.33
22	Kazakhstan KZ	1.18
23	United Kingdom GB	1.17
24	Mexico MX	1.14
25	Venezuela VE	0.98
26	Israel IL	0.97
27	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0.93
28	Thailand TH	0.93
29	Bangladesh BD	0.74
30	Brazil BR	0.74
31	Pakistan PK	0.74
32	Kuwait KW	0.74
33	Bahrain BH	0.71
34	Ukraine UA	0.61
35	Peru PE	0.58
36	Myanmar MM	0.48
37	Mozambique MZ	0.48
38	Libya LY	0.45
39	Papua New Guinea PG	0.42
40	Bolivia BO	0.41
41	Brunei BN	0.39
42	Iraq IQ	0.38
43	Colombia CO	0.33
44	Romania RO	0.32
45	Netherlands NL	0.31
46	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0.25
47	Vietnam VN	0.23
48	Angola AO	0.21
49	Poland PL	0.14
50	Syria SY	0.14
51	Germany DE	0.13
52	Ghana GH	0.13
53	New Zealand NZ	0.12
54	Ivory Coast CI	0.1
55	Italy IT	0.09
56	Cameroon CM	0.09
57	Denmark DK	0.09
58	Türkiye TR	0.08
59	Japan JP	0.08
60	Tanzania TZ	0.07
61	Congo CG	0.07
62	Philippines PH	0.06
63	Hungary HU	0.06
64	Tunisia TN	0.04
65	Chile CL	0.04
66	Ireland IE	0.04
67	Cuba CU	0.03
68	Croatia HR	0.02
69	Austria AT	0.02
70	Gabon GA	0.02
71	Serbia RS	0.01
72	Ecuador EC	0.01
73	Jordan JO	0.01
74	Czech Republic CZ	0.01
75	Rwanda RW	0
76	Guatemala GT	0
77	Belarus BY	0
78	South Africa ZA	0
79	Taiwan TW	0
80	Albania AL	0
81	Morocco MA	0
82	Slovakia SK	0
83	Kyrgyzstan KG	0
84	Spain ES	0
85	Senegal SN	0
86	Niger NE	0
87	Tajikistan TJ	0
88	Belgium BE	0
89	France FR	0
90	Yemen YE	0
91	Georgia GE	0
92	Bulgaria BG	0
93	Suriname SR	0
94	Barbados BB	0
95	Slovenia SI	0
96	Greece GR	0
97	Moldova MD	0
98	South Korea KR	0
99	Timor-Leste TL	0
100	Afghanistan AF	-

The United States accounted for about 25.1% of the world total in 2024. The top two together held about 40.7%, the top three about 47.3%, the top five about 57.9%, and the top ten about 74.3%. That leaves roughly one-quarter of the world total outside the top ten, so natural gas production is concentrated among a relatively small group of major producers.

Change from 2023 to 2024

Russia recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rebounding from 22.6695 to 24.3557 quad Btu (+1.6862 quad Btu, about 7.4%). The world total rose from 153.5945 to 156.1149 quad Btu (+2.5204 quad Btu, about 1.6%), so Russia alone accounted for about two-thirds of the world increase. The largest decline among reported pairs was Egypt, falling from 2.1236 to 1.7553 quad Btu (-0.3683 quad Btu, about 17.3%).

The main shifts in 2024

Russia's rebound was the biggest contributor to the year's increase, while China (+8.0%) and Norway (+6.4%) also recorded strong gains. Canada (+2.5%), Iran (+1.8%) and the United States (+0.3%) grew more modestly. Among the top ten producers, Qatar (-0.5%) and Algeria (-6.2%) were the only countries to decline, with Algeria recording the larger drop.

2019 to 2024 in this series

Reported world values were 149.7209 quad Btu in 2019, 146.5848 quad Btu in 2020, 152.6585 quad Btu in 2021, 153.4517 quad Btu in 2022, 153.5945 quad Btu in 2023 and 156.1149 quad Btu in 2024. Production ended about 4.3% above the 2019 level. The series therefore shows a moderate net increase over the six-year period, despite the dip in 2020 and the uneven recovery that followed.

Gas energy in context

Natural gas production is far less concentrated than coal production, where the top ten countries account for 94.5% of the total. Here, the top ten account for 74.3%, while the United States alone produces 25.1% of the world total. The ranking reflects energy produced, not natural gas consumed or exported.

Primary Energy Production from Natural Gas by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	35.19	35.06	35.81	37.56	39.01	39.12
2	Russia	26.89	25.35	27.79	24.62	22.67	24.36
3	Iran	8.76	9.28	9.55	9.74	10.22	10.4
4	China	6.36	6.95	7.51	8.03	8.49	9.17
5	Canada	6.39	6.28	6.53	6.98	7.22	7.4
6	Qatar	6.57	6.57	6.63	6.68	6.7	6.67
7	Australia	5.41	5.39	5.48	5.73	5.64	5.67
8	Norway	4.48	4.36	4.46	4.83	4.58	4.87
9	Saudi Arabia	4.17	4.21	4.27	4.51	4.48	4.56
10	Algeria	3.34	3.18	3.93	3.8	3.95	3.71
11	Malaysia	2.67	2.42	2.65	2.91	2.89	3
12	Turkmenistan	3.09	2.94	2.98	3.2	3.12	2.87
13	Indonesia	2.58	2.68	2.67	2.6	2.66	2.69
14	United Arab Emirates	2.06	2.06	2.04	2.03	2.15	2.2
15	Egypt	2.41	2.24	2.53	2.41	2.12	1.76
16	Argentina	1.61	1.49	1.5	1.63	1.6	1.73
17	Uzbekistan	2.01	1.65	1.78	1.73	1.75	1.66
18	Oman	1.3	1.28	1.38	1.45	1.51	1.59
19	Nigeria	1.71	1.73	1.61	1.48	1.37	1.45
20	Azerbaijan	0.85	0.91	1.16	1.26	1.32	1.4
21	India	1.16	1.02	1.2	1.24	1.3	1.33
22	Kazakhstan	0.94	0.86	1.08	1.09	1.16	1.18
23	United Kingdom	1.5	1.5	1.24	1.44	1.3	1.17
24	Mexico	1.1	1.11	1.13	1.19	1.26	1.14
25	Venezuela	0.76	0.73	0.82	0.91	0.92	0.98
26	Israel	0.37	0.55	0.69	0.78	0.88	0.97
27	Trinidad and Tobago	1.32	1.14	0.95	1	0.96	0.93
28	Thailand	1.32	1.17	1.13	0.91	0.86	0.93
29	Bangladesh	0.95	0.91	0.89	0.86	0.86	0.74
30	Brazil	0.83	0.78	0.79	0.74	0.76	0.74
31	Pakistan	0.94	0.99	0.88	0.82	0.8	0.74
32	Kuwait	0.65	0.61	0.59	0.62	0.7	0.74
33	Bahrain	0.66	0.67	0.68	0.64	0.7	0.71
34	Ukraine	0.67	0.66	0.64	0.59	0.6	0.61
35	Peru	0.57	0.51	0.48	0.58	0.59	0.58
36	Myanmar	0.65	0.63	0.64	0.56	0.51	0.48
37	Mozambique	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.42	0.48
38	Libya	0.55	0.4	0.47	0.45	0.42	0.45
39	Papua New Guinea	0.43	0.44	0.42	0.44	0.43	0.42
40	Bolivia	0.58	0.56	0.58	0.52	0.45	0.41
41	Brunei	0.47	0.46	0.42	0.39	0.36	0.39
42	Iraq	0.4	0.27	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.38
43	Colombia	0.38	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.36	0.33
44	Romania	0.34	0.3	0.3	0.31	0.31	0.32
45	Netherlands	1.05	0.76	0.68	0.57	0.37	0.31
46	Equatorial Guinea	0.22	0.21	0.25	0.29	0.25	0.25
47	Vietnam	0.36	0.31	0.26	0.28	0.27	0.23
48	Angola	0.25	0.28	0.22	0.2	0.22	0.21
49	Poland	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.14	0.14
50	Syria	0.13	0.1	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14
51	Germany	0.19	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.14	0.13
52	Ghana	0.06	0.1	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.13
53	New Zealand	0.17	0.17	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.12
54	Ivory Coast	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.1
55	Italy	0.17	0.15	0.12	0.11	0.1	0.09
56	Cameroon	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
57	Denmark	0.13	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.09
58	Türkiye	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.08
59	Japan	0.1	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08
60	Tanzania	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.07
61	Congo	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.07
62	Philippines	0.15	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.08	0.06
63	Hungary	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06
64	Tunisia	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.04
65	Chile	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04
66	Ireland	0.1	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.04
67	Cuba	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
68	Croatia	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
69	Austria	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
70	Gabon	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
71	Serbia	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
72	Ecuador	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
73	Jordan	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
74	Czech Republic	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
75	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	South Africa	0.05	0.04	0	0	0	0
79	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	Spain	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
85	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	France	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	South Korea	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0
99	Timor-Leste	0.21	0.25	0.23	0.11	0.02	0
100	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 production 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 production only and does not include other sources or consumption, which are reported separately in the source.