Natural Gas Consumption 1996
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Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  United States | 6,088.898 TWh | |
2 |  Russia | 3,745.231 TWh | |
3 |  Germany | 869.91 TWh | |
4 |  United Kingdom | 859.841 TWh | |
5 |  Ukraine | 836.627 TWh | |
6 |  Canada | 785.582 TWh | |
7 |  Japan | 646.772 TWh | |
8 |  Italy | 535.757 TWh | |
9 |  Netherlands | 452.194 TWh | |
10 |  Saudi Arabia | 421.895 TWh | |
11 |  Uzbekistan | 417.34 TWh | |
12 |  France | 380.147 TWh | |
13 |  Iran | 374.794 TWh | |
14 |  Venezuela | 330.014 TWh | |
15 |  Mexico | 312.783 TWh | |
16 |  Argentina | 301.183 TWh | |
17 |  Indonesia | 297.305 TWh | |
18 |  United Arab Emirates | 264.713 TWh | |
19 |  Romania | 225.837 TWh | |
20 |  Algeria | 207.708 TWh | |
21 |  India | 197.317 TWh | |
22 |  Australia | 194.827 TWh | |
23 |  China | 187.362 TWh | |
24 |  Malaysia | 162.948 TWh | |
25 |  Pakistan | 141.533 TWh | |
26 |  Belgium | 138.421 TWh | |
27 |  South Korea | 127.404 TWh | |
28 |  Egypt | 125.125 TWh | |
29 |  Thailand | 123.139 TWh | |
30 |  Belarus | 121.382 TWh | |
31 |  Turkmenistan | 119.35 TWh | |
32 |  Hungary | 119.062 TWh | |
33 |  Poland | 109.848 TWh | |
34 |  Spain | 100.49 TWh | |
35 |  Qatar | 97.039 TWh | |
36 |  Kazakhstan | 94.624 TWh | |
37 |  Kuwait | 88.369 TWh | |
38 |  Czech Republic | 87.687 TWh | |
39 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 83.344 TWh | |
40 |  Austria | 81.061 TWh | |
41 |  Turkey | 75.7 TWh | |
42 |  Bangladesh | 72.365 TWh | |
43 |  Bahrain | 71.194 TWh | |
44 |  Slovakia | 63.946 TWh | |
45 |  Nigeria | 59.166 TWh | |
46 |  Brazil | 57.627 TWh | |
47 |  Azerbaijan | 57.389 TWh | |
48 |  Libya | 56.565 TWh | |
49 |  Bulgaria | 54.084 TWh | |
50 |  New Zealand | 50.875 TWh | |
51 |  Colombia | 45.103 TWh | |
52 |  Taiwan | 44.343 TWh | |
53 |  Denmark | 43.755 TWh | |
54 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 40.025 TWh | |
55 |  Oman | 36.432 TWh | |
56 |  Finland | 34.189 TWh | |
57 |  Norway | 33.494 TWh | |
58 |  Ireland | 30.901 TWh | |
59 |  Iraq | 30.78 TWh | |
60 |  Lithuania | 25.227 TWh | |
61 |  Croatia | 25.207 TWh | |
62 |  Switzerland | 24.875 TWh | |
63 |  Tunisia | 22.358 TWh | |
64 |  Republic of Moldova | 22.024 TWh | |
65 |  Chile | 21.167 TWh | |
66 |  Kyrgyzstan | 19.767 TWh | |
67 |  Armenia | 19.506 TWh | |
68 |  Georgia | 19.506 TWh | |
69 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 19.269 TWh | |
70 |  Myanmar | 17.454 TWh | |
71 |  Singapore | 14.25 TWh | |
72 |  Tajikistan | 13.308 TWh | |
73 |  Bolivia | 11.356 TWh | |
74 |  South Africa | 11.245 TWh | |
75 |  Latvia | 9.705 TWh | |
76 |  Brunei Darussalam | 9.316 TWh | |
77 |  Slovenia | 8.735 TWh | |
78 |  Sweden | 8.422 TWh | |
79 |  Estonia | 7.471 TWh | |
80 |  Luxembourg | 7.081 TWh | |
81 |  Angola | 6.068 TWh | |
82 |  Peru | 3.917 TWh | |
83 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 3.901 TWh | |
84 |  Ecuador | 3.431 TWh | |
85 |  Jordan | 2.926 TWh | |
86 |  Vietnam | 2.77 TWh | |
87 |  Afghanistan | 2.492 TWh | |
88 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.437 TWh | |
89 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.409 TWh | |
90 |  Gabon | 1.084 TWh | |
91 |  Greece | 0.573 TWh | |
92 |  Senegal | 0.558 TWh | |
93 |  Barbados | 0.488 TWh | |
94 |  Cuba | 0.466 TWh | |
95 |  Albania | 0.324 TWh | |
96 |  Morocco | 0.163 TWh | |
97 |  Israel | 0.15 TWh | |
98 |  Philippines | 0.086 TWh | |
99 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
108 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
125 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
126 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
134 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
135 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
140 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
152 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
157 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Montserrat | 0 TWh | |
169 |  Mozambique | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
172 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
173 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
174 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
175 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
176 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
177 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
178 |  North Macedonia | 0 TWh | |
179 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
181 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Portugal | 0 TWh | |
183 |  Puerto Rico | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
194 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
195 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
197 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Tanzania | 0 TWh | |
201 |  Togo | 0 TWh | |
202 |  Tonga | 0 TWh | |
203 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 TWh | |
204 |  Tuvalu | 0 TWh | |
205 |  Uganda | 0 TWh | |
206 |  United States Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
207 |  Uruguay | 0 TWh | |
208 |  Vanuatu | 0 TWh | |
209 |  Western Sahara | 0 TWh | |
210 |  Yemen | 0 TWh | |
211 |  Zambia | 0 TWh | |
212 |  Zimbabwe | 0 TWh |
- #1United States
- #2Russia
- #3Germany
- #4United Kingdom
- #5Ukraine
- #6Canada
- #7Japan
- #8Italy
- #9Netherlands
- #10Saudi Arabia
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #212Zimbabwe
- #211Zambia
- #210Yemen
- #209Western Sahara
- #208Vanuatu
- #207Uruguay
- #206United States Virgin Islands
- #205Uganda
- #204Tuvalu
- #203Turks and Caicos Islands
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
Gas consumption | Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy and others via Our World in Data
Data produced by Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy; U.S. Energy Information Administration; Etemad & Luciani, compiled and published by Our World in Data as "Gas consumption".
Visit Data SourceCite this page
Geo Factbook. (n.d.). Natural Gas Consumption by Country, 1996. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-consumption/1996
The figures on this page come from Gas consumption | Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy and others via Our World in Data. For academic work, cite the original source as well.
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