List of countries by natural gas imports
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This is a list of countries by natural gas
imports mostly based on The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2182rank.html. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
imports 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...
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2182rank.html. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.
| Rank | Country/Region | Natural gas - imports (cu m) | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 957,600,000,000 | 2007 |
| 1 |  United States |
130,300,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 2 |  Japan |
95,620,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 3 |  Germany |
88,350,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 4 |  Italy |
73,950,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 5 |  Russia |
68,200,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 6 |  Ukraine |
65,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 7 |  Early Modern France |
42,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 8 |  Turkey |
35,830,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 9 |  Spain |
34,470,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 10 |  South Korea |
34,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 11 |  United Kingdom |
29,200,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 12 |  Netherlands |
25,730,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 13 |  Belarus |
21,600,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 14 |  Belgium |
17,340,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 15 |  Canada |
13,200,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 16 |  Mexico |
11,690,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Republic of China |
10,900,000,000 | 2007 |
| 17 |  Kazakhstan |
10,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 18 |  Hungary |
10,450,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 19 |  Poland |
10,120,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 20 |  Brazil |
10,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 21 |  India |
10,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 22 |  Thailand |
9,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 23 |  Austria |
9,658,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 24 |  Czech Republic |
8,628,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 25 |  Singapore |
6,600,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 26 |  Slovakia |
6,268,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 27 |  Iran |
6,100,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 28 |  Australia |
5,689,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 29 |  Kingdom of Romania |
4,800,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 30 |  Finland |
4,576,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 31 |  Republic of Ireland |
4,552,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 32 |  Greece |
4,100,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 33 |  Portugal |
4,095,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 34 |  Mainland China |
3,871,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 35 |  Lithuania |
3,440,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 36 |  Switzerland |
3,232,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 37 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
3,229,000,000 | 2007 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
3,080,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 38 |  Moldova |
2,440,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 39 |  Chile |
2,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 40 |  Jordan |
2,400,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 41 |  Serbia |
2,100,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 42 |  Armenia |
2,050,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 43 |  Latvia |
2,040,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 44 |  Argentina |
1,900,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 45 |  Georgia (country) |
1,480,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 46 |  United Arab Emirates |
1,343,000,000 | 2005 |
| 47 |  Luxembourg |
1,329,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 48 |  Slovenia |
1,073,000,000 | 2005 |
| 49 |  Independent State of Croatia |
1,055,000,000 | 2007 |
| 50 |  Sweden |
1,006,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 51 |  Estonia |
1,003,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 52 |  Kyrgyzstan |
750,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Puerto Rico |
736,200,000 | 2007 est. |
| 53 |  Tajikistan |
512,700,000 | 2008 |
| 54 |  Dominican Republic |
239,800,000 | 2005 |
| 55 |  Uruguay |
116,900,000 | 2007 |
| 56 |  Republic of Macedonia |
102,800,000 | 2007 |
| — |  Macau |
81,900,000 | 2008 est. |
| — |  Aruba |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 57 |  Afghanistan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 58 |  Bahrain |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 59 |  Botswana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 60 |  Solomon Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 61 |  Benin |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 62 |  Myanmar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 63 |  Bolivia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 64 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 | 2005 |
| 65 |  Belize |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 66 |  Bangladesh |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 67 |  The Bahamas |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Bermuda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  French Polynesia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Falkland Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 68 |  Fiji |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 69 |  Ethiopia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 70 |  El Salvador |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 71 |  Eritrea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 72 |  Equatorial Guinea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 73 |  Cyprus |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 74 |  Malaysia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 75 |  Maldives |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 76 |  Oman |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 77 |  Malta |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 78 |  Mauritania |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 79 |  Mauritius |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 80 |  Morocco |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 81 |  Mali |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 82 |  Liberia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 83 |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 84 |  Zambia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 85 |  Yemen |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 86 |  Swaziland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 87 |  Samoa |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Western Sahara |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 88 |  Namibia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  United States Virgin Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 89 |  Vietnam |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 90 |  Venezuela |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 91 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 92 |  Uzbekistan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 93 |  Burkina Faso |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 94 |  Uganda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 95 |  Tanzania |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 96 |  Turkmenistan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 97 |  East Timor |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 98 |  Tunisia |
0 | 2005 |
| 99 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 100 |  Togo |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 101 |  Tonga |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 102 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 103 |  Syria |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 104 |  Sudan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 105 |  Saint Lucia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 106 |  Somalia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 107 |  Sierra Leone |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Saint Helena |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 108 |  Senegal |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 109 |  South Africa |
0 | 2005 |
| 110 |  Seychelles |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 111 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 112 |  Saudi Arabia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 113 |  Rwanda |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 114 |  Panama |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 115 |  Pakistan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 116 |  Peru |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 117 |  Paraguay |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 118 |  New Zealand |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 119 |  Nicaragua |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Netherlands Antilles |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 120 |  Suriname |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 121 |  Nauru |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 122 |  Philippines |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 123 |  Qatar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 124 |  Guinea-Bissau |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 125 |  Papua New Guinea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 126 |  Nepal |
0 | 2008 est. |
| 127 |  Norway |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 128 |  Nigeria |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 129 |  Vanuatu |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 130 |  Niger |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Niue |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  New Caledonia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 131 |  Mozambique |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 132 |  Lebanon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 133 |  Laos |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 134 |  Kuwait |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 135 |  Kiribati |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 136 |  North Korea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 137 |  Kenya |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 138 |  Jamaica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 139 |  Iraq |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 140 |  Malawi |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Montserrat |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 141 |  Mongolia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 142 |  Madagascar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 143 |  Libya |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 144 |  Lesotho |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 145 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 146 |  Israel |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 147 |  Indonesia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 148 |  Iceland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 149 |  Honduras |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 150 |  Haiti |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 151 |  Guyana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 152 |  Guinea |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 153 |  Guatemala |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Guam |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Greenland |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 154 |  Grenada |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Gibraltar |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 155 |  Ghana |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 156 |  Gabon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 157 |  The Gambia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Cook Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 158 |  Cape Verde |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 159 |  Cuba |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 160 |  Central African Republic |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 161 |  Costa Rica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 162 |  Colombia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 163 |  Comoros |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 164 |  Cameroon |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 165 |  Egypt |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 166 |  Ecuador |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 167 |  Dominica |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 168 |  Djibouti |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 169 |  Denmark |
0 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 170 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 171 |  Republic of the Congo |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 172 |  Chad |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 173 |  Cambodia |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 174 |  Burundi |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 175 |  Brunei |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 176 |  Bhutan |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 177 |  Barbados |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 178 |  Azerbaijan |
0 | 2005 |
| — |  American Samoa |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 179 |  Angola |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 180 |  Albania |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 181 |  Algeria |
0 | 2007 est. |
| 182 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
0 | 2007 est. |