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Natural gas consumption by country

The United States used 22% of the world’s natural gas in 2024; the top three countries used 44%.

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

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Natural gas consumptionShare of world consumption, 2024

Summary

The countries that report used 4,232 bcm of natural gas in 2024, 2.2% more than in 2023. The United States 937 bcm (22%), Russia 500 bcm (12%) and China 425 bcm (10%); together, 44% 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

Consumption in billion cubic metres a year (bcm), for every country with a figure for 2024, with 2023 for comparison.
United States937 bcm22.1%924 bcm+1%
Russia500 bcm11.8%474 bcm+5%
China425 bcm10.0%395 bcm+7%
Iran264 bcm6.2%259 bcm+2%
Canada138 bcm3.3%134 bcm+3%
Saudi Arabia123 bcm2.9%121 bcm+2%
Mexico97.8 bcm2.3%98.7 bcm−1%
Japan89.2 bcm2.1%90.0 bcm−1%
Germany77.7 bcm1.8%79.0 bcm−2%
United Arab Emirates71.8 bcm1.7%71.4 bcm+1%
India71.2 bcm1.7%71.2 bcm−0%
Italy62.6 bcm1.5%62.1 bcm+1%
United Kingdom62.5 bcm1.5%64.0 bcm−2%
South Korea61.9 bcm1.5%59.0 bcm+5%
Egypt59.5 bcm1.4%59.4 bcm+0%
Türkiye53.2 bcm1.3%50.2 bcm+6%
Algeria53.1 bcm1.3%52.3 bcm+2%
Uzbekistan51.7 bcm1.2%53.2 bcm−3%
Indonesia50.0 bcm1.2%49.6 bcm+1%
Australia49.2 bcm1.2%50.0 bcm−2%
Malaysia47.4 bcm1.1%44.8 bcm+6%
Qatar46.8 bcm1.1%48.5 bcm−3%
Argentina46.6 bcm1.1%45.1 bcm+3%
Thailand45.4 bcm1.1%44.8 bcm+1%
Turkmenistan43.2 bcm1.0%42.4 bcm+2%
Pakistan34.5 bcm0.8%35.5 bcm−3%
Netherlands31.8 bcm0.8%31.4 bcm+1%
France30.9 bcm0.7%33.0 bcm−7%
Brazil30.4 bcm0.7%29.0 bcm+5%
Oman29.7 bcm0.7%28.9 bcm+3%
Taiwan28.9 bcm0.7%27.1 bcm+7%
Kuwait28.3 bcm0.7%27.0 bcm+5%
Spain27.9 bcm0.7%29.1 bcm−4%
Bangladesh27.0 bcm0.6%30.1 bcm−10%
Venezuela25.4 bcm0.6%24.0 bcm+6%
Kazakhstan25.0 bcm0.6%22.2 bcm+13%
Poland22.2 bcm0.5%20.3 bcm+9%
Ukraine20.8 bcm0.5%20.2 bcm+3%
Nigeria20.1 bcm0.5%19.0 bcm+5%
Bahrain18.7 bcm0.4%18.5 bcm+1%
Iraq18.3 bcm0.4%19.0 bcm−4%
Trinidad and Tobago15.5 bcm0.4%15.4 bcm+1%
Belarus15.4 bcm0.4%16.3 bcm−6%
Belgium14.1 bcm0.3%14.5 bcm−3%
Singapore13.8 bcm0.3%12.7 bcm+9%
Israel13.5 bcm0.3%12.4 bcm+10%
Colombia12.4 bcm0.3%12.0 bcm+4%
Azerbaijan11.4 bcm0.3%14.2 bcm−20%
Libya10.7 bcm0.3%8.85 bcm+21%
Romania9.22 bcm0.2%9.33 bcm−1%
Peru9.16 bcm0.2%9.48 bcm−3%
Hungary8.52 bcm0.2%8.44 bcm+1%
Austria6.94 bcm0.2%7.02 bcm−1%
Vietnam6.77 bcm0.2%7.57 bcm−11%
Czechia6.69 bcm0.2%6.81 bcm−2%
Chile6.30 bcm0.1%7.10 bcm−11%
Greece6.07 bcm0.1%4.65 bcm+30%
Hong Kong5.55 bcm0.1%5.18 bcm+7%
Tunisia5.38 bcm0.1%5.44 bcm−1%
Ireland5.09 bcm0.1%4.88 bcm+4%
Jordan4.88 bcm0.1%4.98 bcm−2%
Bolivia4.77 bcm0.1%4.17 bcm+14%
Norway4.72 bcm0.1%5.47 bcm−14%
Slovakia4.43 bcm0.1%4.27 bcm+4%
Ghana4.24 bcm0.1%3.80 bcm+12%
Myanmar4.03 bcm0.1%3.77 bcm+7%
South Africa3.90 bcm0.1%3.85 bcm+1%
Brunei3.90 bcm0.1%3.71 bcm+5%
Syria3.75 bcm0.1%3.75 bcm0%
Portugal3.59 bcm0.1%4.38 bcm−18%
New Zealand3.30 bcm0.1%4.10 bcm−20%
Philippines3.29 bcm0.1%2.93 bcm+12%
Georgia3.25 bcm0.1%3.21 bcm+1%
Switzerland2.98 bcm0.1%2.93 bcm+1%
Serbia2.86 bcm0.1%2.82 bcm+1%
Bulgaria2.74 bcm0.1%2.54 bcm+8%
Côte d'Ivoire2.71 bcm0.1%2.85 bcm−5%
Armenia2.66 bcm0.1%2.66 bcm+0%
Dominican Republic2.62 bcm0.1%2.28 bcm+15%
Puerto Rico2.52 bcm0.1%2.32 bcm+9%
Equatorial Guinea2.48 bcm0.1%2.96 bcm−16%
Croatia2.33 bcm0.1%2.56 bcm−9%
Denmark2.29 bcm0.1%2.25 bcm+2%
Moldova2.18 bcm0.1%1.71 bcm+28%
Tanzania1.99 bcm<0.1%2.07 bcm−4%
Mozambique1.92 bcm<0.1%1.60 bcm+19%
Lithuania1.83 bcm<0.1%1.50 bcm+22%
Finland1.67 bcm<0.1%1.59 bcm+5%
Republic of the Congo1.38 bcm<0.1%1.29 bcm+7%
Angola1.21 bcm<0.1%1.19 bcm+2%
Cuba0.97 bcm<0.1%0.97 bcm+0%
Morocco0.93 bcm<0.1%0.92 bcm+2%
Sweden0.93 bcm<0.1%0.91 bcm+3%
Slovenia0.90 bcm<0.1%0.83 bcm+8%
Latvia0.84 bcm<0.1%0.79 bcm+6%
Jamaica0.75 bcm<0.1%0.82 bcm−9%
Cameroon0.62 bcm<0.1%0.56 bcm+12%
Luxembourg0.59 bcm<0.1%0.56 bcm+6%
Kyrgyzstan0.57 bcm<0.1%0.46 bcm+24%
Panama0.56 bcm<0.1%0.56 bcm−2%
Gabon0.48 bcm<0.1%0.46 bcm+3%
El Salvador0.46 bcm<0.1%0.66 bcm−30%
Papua New Guinea0.45 bcm<0.1%0.25 bcm+81%
Malta0.44 bcm<0.1%0.45 bcm−3%
Estonia0.35 bcm<0.1%0.31 bcm+11%
North Macedonia0.34 bcm<0.1%0.36 bcm−6%
Ecuador0.27 bcm<0.1%0.25 bcm+8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.21 bcm<0.1%0.21 bcm+0%
Macao0.16 bcm<0.1%0.12 bcm+32%
Benin0.15 bcm<0.1%0.15 bcm0%
Togo0.14 bcm<0.1%0.14 bcm0%
Tajikistan0.12 bcm<0.1%0.04 bcm+184%
Uruguay0.09 bcm<0.1%0.08 bcm+14%
Rwanda0.09 bcm<0.1%0.09 bcm0%
Guatemala0.07 bcm<0.1%0.07 bcm+6%
Gibraltar0.06 bcm<0.1%0.08 bcm−21%
Albania0.05 bcm<0.1%0.05 bcm+9%
Senegal0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm0%
Niger0.03 bcm<0.1%0.03 bcm−9%
Barbados0.02 bcm<0.1%0.02 bcm+17%
Bahamas0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm−1%
Yemen0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm0%
Suriname0.01 bcm<0.1%0.01 bcm0%
Haiti0.00 bcm<0.1%0.00 bcm−32%
Guyana0.00 bcm<0.1%0.00 bcm−2%
Aruba0.00 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–
Burkina Faso0.00 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–
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–
Eritrea0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Western Sahara0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Ethiopia0.00 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–
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–
Honduras0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Iceland0.00 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–
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–
Madagascar0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Maldives0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Mali0.00 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–
North Korea0.00 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–
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–
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–
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–
Timor-Leste0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Tonga0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Tuvalu0.00 bcm0.0%0.00 bcm–
Uganda0.00 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 countries4,232 bcm100%4,141 bcm+2%

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

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