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Natural gas production by country, dry gas

The United States produced 25% of the world’s natural gas in 2024; the top three countries produced 47%.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Data2024Updated 10 Nov 2026Preliminary

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Natural gas productionShare of world production, 2024

Summary

The countries that report produced 4,218 bcm of natural gas in 2024, 1.5% more than in 2023. The United States 1,069 bcm (25%), Russia 642 bcm (15%) and Iran 279 bcm (6.6%); together, 47% of the world total.

214 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. The latest year is preliminary: EIA revises it as countries report.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Data2024Updated 10 Nov 2026Preliminary

Countries and territories with data

Production in billion cubic metres a year (bcm), for every country with a figure for 2024, with 2023 for comparison.
United States1,069 bcm25.4%1,070 bcm−0%
Russia642 bcm15.2%598 bcm+7%
Iran279 bcm6.6%274 bcm+2%
China258 bcm6.1%239 bcm+8%
Canada199 bcm4.7%194 bcm+2%
Qatar170 bcm4.0%171 bcm−1%
Australia152 bcm3.6%151 bcm+1%
Norway131 bcm3.1%123 bcm+6%
Saudi Arabia123 bcm2.9%121 bcm+2%
Algeria98.8 bcm2.3%105 bcm−6%
Malaysia80.6 bcm1.9%77.8 bcm+4%
Turkmenistan77.6 bcm1.8%84.3 bcm−8%
Indonesia69.8 bcm1.7%69.1 bcm+1%
United Arab Emirates59.4 bcm1.4%58.3 bcm+2%
Egypt47.5 bcm1.1%57.4 bcm−17%
Argentina46.8 bcm1.1%43.4 bcm+8%
Uzbekistan46.2 bcm1.1%48.6 bcm−5%
Oman44.3 bcm1.1%42.0 bcm+6%
Nigeria39.1 bcm0.9%37.1 bcm+5%
Azerbaijan37.9 bcm0.9%35.8 bcm+6%
India35.9 bcm0.9%35.2 bcm+2%
Mexico31.3 bcm0.7%34.5 bcm−9%
United Kingdom30.8 bcm0.7%34.0 bcm−9%
Kazakhstan29.3 bcm0.7%28.8 bcm+2%
Thailand27.0 bcm0.6%25.0 bcm+8%
Israel26.6 bcm0.6%24.3 bcm+10%
Venezuela25.4 bcm0.6%24.0 bcm+6%
Trinidad and Tobago25.3 bcm0.6%26.0 bcm−3%
Pakistan24.1 bcm0.6%26.1 bcm−8%
Brazil22.1 bcm0.5%22.7 bcm−2%
Bangladesh20.1 bcm0.5%23.3 bcm−13%
Kuwait19.9 bcm0.5%18.9 bcm+5%
Bahrain19.2 bcm0.5%19.0 bcm+1%
Ukraine18.2 bcm0.4%17.8 bcm+2%
Peru13.6 bcm0.3%13.8 bcm−1%
Myanmar12.9 bcm0.3%13.6 bcm−6%
Mozambique12.2 bcm0.3%10.7 bcm+14%
Libya12.1 bcm0.3%11.4 bcm+6%
Papua New Guinea11.4 bcm0.3%11.6 bcm−1%
Bolivia11.2 bcm0.3%12.3 bcm−9%
Brunei10.5 bcm0.2%9.87 bcm+7%
Iraq10.3 bcm0.2%10.2 bcm+1%
Colombia10.1 bcm0.2%11.0 bcm−8%
Netherlands9.68 bcm0.2%11.8 bcm−18%
Romania9.16 bcm0.2%8.96 bcm+2%
Equatorial Guinea6.65 bcm0.2%6.83 bcm−3%
Vietnam6.37 bcm0.2%7.48 bcm−15%
Angola5.80 bcm0.1%5.86 bcm−1%
Poland5.20 bcm0.1%5.34 bcm−3%
Germany4.13 bcm0.1%4.34 bcm−5%
Syria3.75 bcm0.1%3.75 bcm0%
Ghana3.42 bcm0.1%3.12 bcm+10%
New Zealand3.34 bcm0.1%4.02 bcm−17%
Côte d'Ivoire2.71 bcm0.1%2.85 bcm−5%
Italy2.62 bcm0.1%2.73 bcm−4%
Cameroon2.52 bcm0.1%2.51 bcm+1%
Türkiye2.26 bcm0.1%0.81 bcm+180%
Denmark2.25 bcm0.1%2.02 bcm+11%
Tanzania1.99 bcm<0.1%1.99 bcm0%
Japan1.90 bcm<0.1%2.02 bcm−6%
Republic of the Congo1.77 bcm<0.1%1.29 bcm+37%
Hungary1.72 bcm<0.1%1.62 bcm+6%
Philippines1.66 bcm<0.1%2.14 bcm−22%
Tunisia1.17 bcm<0.1%1.48 bcm−21%
Ireland1.10 bcm<0.1%1.17 bcm−6%
Chile1.09 bcm<0.1%1.36 bcm−20%
Cuba0.97 bcm<0.1%0.97 bcm+0%
Croatia0.65 bcm<0.1%0.69 bcm−6%
Austria0.54 bcm<0.1%0.56 bcm−5%
Gabon0.48 bcm<0.1%0.46 bcm+3%
Serbia0.32 bcm<0.1%0.34 bcm−5%
Ecuador0.27 bcm<0.1%0.25 bcm+8%
Jordan0.23 bcm<0.1%0.23 bcm0%
Czechia0.18 bcm<0.1%0.16 bcm+11%
Rwanda0.09 bcm<0.1%0.09 bcm0%
Guatemala0.07 bcm<0.1%0.07 bcm+6%
Belarus0.07 bcm<0.1%0.07 bcm0%
Taiwan0.06 bcm<0.1%0.06 bcm0%
South Africa0.06 bcm<0.1%0.06 bcm−0%
Albania0.05 bcm<0.1%0.05 bcm+9%
Morocco0.04 bcm<0.1%0.06 bcm−23%
Slovakia0.04 bcm<0.1%0.05 bcm−19%
Senegal0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm0%
Kyrgyzstan0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm+9%
Spain0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm−14%
Niger0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm0%
Tajikistan0.02 bcm<0.1%0.02 bcm−2%
Belgium0.02 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm+15%
France0.01 bcm<0.1%0.02 bcm−30%
Yemen0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm0%
Georgia0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm−11%
Bulgaria0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm−16%
Suriname0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm0%
Barbados0.00 bcm<0.1%0.00 bcm−16%
Slovenia0.00 bcm<0.1%0.00 bcm−17%
Greece0.00 bcm<0.1%0.00 bcm+2%
Aruba0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Armenia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
American Samoa0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Antarctica0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Antigua and Barbuda0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Burundi0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Benin0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Burkina Faso0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Bahamas0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Belize0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Bermuda0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Bhutan0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Botswana0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Central African Republic0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Switzerland0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Cook Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Comoros0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Cabo Verde0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Costa Rica0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Cayman Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Cyprus0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Djibouti0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Dominica0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Dominican Republic0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Eritrea0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Western Sahara0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Estonia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Ethiopia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Finland0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Fiji0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Falkland Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Faroe Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Micronesia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Gibraltar0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Guinea0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Gambia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Guinea-Bissau0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Grenada0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Greenland0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Guam0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Guyana0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Hong Kong0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Honduras0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Haiti0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Iceland0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Jamaica0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Kenya0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Cambodia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Kiribati0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
South Korea0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Laos0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Lebanon0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Liberia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Saint Lucia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Sri Lanka0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Lesotho0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Lithuania0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Luxembourg0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Latvia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Macao0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Moldova0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Madagascar0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Maldives0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
North Macedonia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Mali0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Malta0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Montenegro0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Mongolia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Northern Mariana Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Mauritania0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Montserrat0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Mauritius0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Malawi0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Namibia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
New Caledonia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Nicaragua0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Niue0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Nepal0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Nauru0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Panama0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Puerto Rico0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
North Korea0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Portugal0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Paraguay0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Palestine0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
French Polynesia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Sudan0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Singapore0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Solomon Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Sierra Leone0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
El Salvador0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Somalia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
South Sudan0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
São Tomé and Príncipe0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Sweden0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Eswatini0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Seychelles0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Turks and Caicos Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Chad0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Togo0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Timor-Leste0.00 bcm0.0%0.52 bcm−100%
Tonga0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Tuvalu0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Uganda0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Uruguay0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
British Virgin Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
US Virgin Islands0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Vanuatu0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Samoa0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Kosovo0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Zambia0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Zimbabwe0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Total, reporting countries4,218 bcm100%4,155 bcm+2%

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Data2023 and 2024Updated 10 Nov 2026Preliminary

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