List of countries by natural gas consumption
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This is a list of countries by annual natural gas
consumption
mostly based on The World Factbook
. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
Natural gas
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consumption
Consumption (economics)
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mostly based on The World Factbook
The World Factbook
The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
| Rank | Country/Region | Natural Gas- consumption (m³) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... |
3,198,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 1 |  United States |
652,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  European Union |
497,300,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 2 |  Russia |
481,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Arab League |
258,844,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 3 |  Iran |
111,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 4 |  Japan |
100,300,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 5 |  Germany |
97,440,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 6 |  Canada |
92,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 7 |  United Kingdom |
91,100,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 8 |  Italy |
84,890,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia |
75,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 10 |  Mainland China |
70,510,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 11 |  Mexico |
68,290,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 12 |  Ukraine |
66,320,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 13 |  Uzbekistan |
51,180,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 14 |  Netherlands |
46,420,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 15 |  Argentina |
44,100,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 16 |  United Arab Emirates |
43,110,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 17 |  Early Modern France |
42,690,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 18 |  India |
41,700,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 19 |  South Korea |
37,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 20 |  Turkey |
36,600,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 21 |  Thailand |
35,300,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 22 |  Spain |
34,430,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 23 |  Malaysia |
32,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 24 |  Egypt |
31,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 25 |  Pakistan |
30,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 26 |  Kazakhstan |
30,580,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 27 |  Australia |
29,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 28 |  Venezuela |
26,500,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 29 |  Algeria |
26,300,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 30 |  Indonesia |
23,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 31 |  Belarus |
21,760,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 32 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
20,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 33 |  Qatar |
20,500,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 34 |  Brazil |
19,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 35 |  Turkmenistan |
19,480,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 36 |  Belgium |
17,390,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 37 |  Kingdom of Romania |
17,090,000,000 | 2007 |
| 38 |  Poland |
16,380,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 39 |  Bangladesh |
15,700,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Republic of China |
13,600,000,000 | 2007 |
| 40 |  Hungary |
13,360,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 41 |  Nigeria |
12,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 42 |  Kuwait |
12,500,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 43 |  Bahrain |
11,330,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 44 |  Oman |
11,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 45 |  Azerbaijan |
9,770,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 46 |  Iraq |
9,454,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 47 |  Czech Republic |
8,622,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 48 |  Austria |
8,436,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 49 |  Colombia |
7,220,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 50 |  Vietnam |
6,860,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 51 |  Singapore |
6,600,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 52 |  Norway |
6,500,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 53 |  Libya |
6,390,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 54 |  Slovakia |
6,216,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 55 |  Republic of Ireland |
4,984,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 56 |  New Zealand |
4,572,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 57 |  Denmark |
4,555,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 58 |  Syria |
4,400,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 59 |  Chile |
4,200,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 60 |  Portugal |
4,112,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 61 |  Greece |
4,069,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 62 |  Brunei |
3,990,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 63 |  Tunisia |
3,850,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 64 |  Myanmar |
3,620,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 65 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
3,500,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 66 |  Lithuania |
3,440,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 67 |  Peru |
3,400,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 68 |  Independent State of Croatia |
3,300,000,000 | 2007 |
| 69 |  Switzerland |
3,232,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 70 |  South Africa |
3,100,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| — |  Hong Kong |
3,080,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 71 |  Bolivia |
3,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 72 |  Serbia |
2,550,000,000 | 2005 est. |
| 73 |  Moldova |
2,440,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 74 |  Israel |
2,270,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 75 |  Finland |
2,268,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 76 |  Jordan |
2,250,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 77 |  Philippines |
2,200,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 78 |  Armenia |
2,050,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 79 |  Latvia |
2,040,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 80 |  Georgia (country) |
1,490,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 81 |  Mozambique |
1,450,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 82 |  Luxembourg |
1,329,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 83 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1,300,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 84 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
1,300,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 85 |  Cuba |
1,218,000,000 | 2007 |
| 86 |  Slovenia |
1,105,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 87 |  Sweden |
1,006,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 88 |  Estonia |
1,003,000,000 | 2007 |
| 89 |  Kyrgyzstan |
768,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Puerto Rico |
736,200,000 | 2007 est. |
| 90 |  Angola |
680,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 91 |  Tajikistan |
242,700,000 | 2008 |
| 92 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
400,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 93 |  Ecuador |
280,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 94 |  Dominican Republic |
250,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 95 |  Republic of the Congo |
180,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 96 |  Tanzania |
146,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 97 |  Papua New Guinea |
140,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 98 |  Uruguay |
102,800,000 | 2007 est. |
| 99 |  Gabon |
100,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 100 |  Republic of Macedonia |
100,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| — |  Macau |
81,600,000 | 2008 est. |
| 101 |  Morocco |
60,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 102 |  Senegal |
50,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 103 |  Albania |
30,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 104 |  Barbados |
29,170,000 | 2006 est. |
| 105 |  Afghanistan |
20,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 106 |  Cameroon |
20,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| — |  Aruba |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 107 |  The Bahamas |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 108 |  Solomon Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 109 |  Burundi |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 110 |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 111 |  Zambia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 112 |  Yemen |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 113 |  Swaziland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 114 |  Samoa |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Western Sahara |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 115 |  Namibia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  United States Virgin Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 116 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 117 |  Burkina Faso |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 118 |  Uganda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 119 |  East Timor |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 120 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 121 |  Togo |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 122 |  Tonga |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 123 |  Sudan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 124 |  Saint Lucia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 125 |  Somalia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 126 |  Sierra Leone |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Saint Helena |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 127 |  Seychelles |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 128 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 129 |  Rwanda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 130 |  Guinea-Bissau |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 131 |  Panama |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 132 |  Paraguay |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 133 |  Nicaragua |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Netherlands Antilles |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 134 |  Suriname |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 135 |  Nauru |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 136 |  Nepal |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 137 |  Maldives |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 138 |  Malta |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 139 |  Mauritania |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 140 |  Mauritius |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 141 |  Mali |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 142 |  Malawi |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Montserrat |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 143 |  Mongolia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 144 |  Madagascar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 145 |  Vanuatu |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 146 |  Niger |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Niue |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  New Caledonia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 147 |  Lesotho |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 148 |  Liberia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 149 |  Lebanon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 150 |  Laos |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Republic of Kosovo |
0 | 2007 |
| 151 |  Kiribati |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 152 |  North Korea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 153 |  Kenya |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 154 |  Jamaica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 155 |  Iceland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 156 |  Honduras |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 157 |  Haiti |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 158 |  Guyana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 159 |  Guinea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 160 |  Guatemala |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Guam |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 161 |  Ethiopia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 162 |  El Salvador |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 163 |  Eritrea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 164 |  Dominica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 165 |  Djibouti |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 166 |  Cyprus |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Cook Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 167 |  Cape Verde |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 168 |  Central African Republic |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 169 |  Costa Rica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 170 |  Comoros |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 171 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 172 |  Sri Lanka |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 173 |  Chad |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 174 |  Cambodia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Greenland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 175 |  Grenada |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Gibraltar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 176 |  Ghana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 177 |  The Gambia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  French Polynesia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Falkland Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 178 |  Fiji |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 179 |  Bhutan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 180 |  Benin |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 181 |  Belize |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Bermuda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  American Samoa |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 182 |  Botswana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 183 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
0 | 2007 est. |