Natural Gas Consumption 1997
Natural gas consumption data reveals energy usage trends across countries. Compare figures, explore rankings, and visualize with interactive maps.
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Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  United States | 6,125.315 TWh | |
2 |  Russia | 3,454.083 TWh | |
3 |  United Kingdom | 884.182 TWh | |
4 |  Germany | 831.034 TWh | |
5 |  Canada | 801.057 TWh | |
6 |  Ukraine | 753.343 TWh | |
7 |  Japan | 671.348 TWh | |
8 |  Italy | 556.298 TWh | |
9 |  Saudi Arabia | 430.73 TWh | |
10 |  Netherlands | 423.694 TWh | |
11 |  Uzbekistan | 409.351 TWh | |
12 |  Iran | 397.524 TWh | |
13 |  France | 364.469 TWh | |
14 |  Venezuela | 342.213 TWh | |
15 |  Mexico | 314.374 TWh | |
16 |  Indonesia | 310.114 TWh | |
17 |  United Arab Emirates | 282.75 TWh | |
18 |  Argentina | 277.551 TWh | |
19 |  India | 214.526 TWh | |
20 |  Malaysia | 202.292 TWh | |
21 |  China | 197.985 TWh | |
22 |  Algeria | 194.04 TWh | |
23 |  Australia | 191.305 TWh | |
24 |  Romania | 185.365 TWh | |
25 |  South Korea | 154.828 TWh | |
26 |  Thailand | 154.466 TWh | |
27 |  Pakistan | 141.115 TWh | |
28 |  Belarus | 138.84 TWh | |
29 |  Belgium | 132.045 TWh | |
30 |  Spain | 131.489 TWh | |
31 |  Egypt | 128.975 TWh | |
32 |  Hungary | 112.914 TWh | |
33 |  Poland | 109.525 TWh | |
34 |  Qatar | 103.757 TWh | |
35 |  Turkey | 93.079 TWh | |
36 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 90.443 TWh | |
37 |  Czech Republic | 89.189 TWh | |
38 |  Kuwait | 88.065 TWh | |
39 |  Bahrain | 86.365 TWh | |
40 |  Turkmenistan | 84.026 TWh | |
41 |  Austria | 78.126 TWh | |
42 |  Kazakhstan | 74.275 TWh | |
43 |  Bangladesh | 71.133 TWh | |
44 |  Slovakia | 64.891 TWh | |
45 |  Nigeria | 63.392 TWh | |
46 |  Brazil | 62.625 TWh | |
47 |  Libya | 59.058 TWh | |
48 |  Colombia | 56.74 TWh | |
49 |  New Zealand | 54.805 TWh | |
50 |  Azerbaijan | 54.655 TWh | |
51 |  Taiwan | 52.025 TWh | |
52 |  Denmark | 45.719 TWh | |
53 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 45.402 TWh | |
54 |  Bulgaria | 43.147 TWh | |
55 |  Oman | 42.119 TWh | |
56 |  Norway | 38.681 TWh | |
57 |  Finland | 33.638 TWh | |
58 |  Ireland | 32.297 TWh | |
59 |  Tunisia | 30.403 TWh | |
60 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 30.087 TWh | |
61 |  Iraq | 28.975 TWh | |
62 |  Chile | 28.799 TWh | |
63 |  Republic of Moldova | 26.429 TWh | |
64 |  Croatia | 26.13 TWh | |
65 |  Switzerland | 24.015 TWh | |
66 |  Lithuania | 23.288 TWh | |
67 |  Kyrgyzstan | 20.806 TWh | |
68 |  Georgia | 20.589 TWh | |
69 |  Myanmar | 16.472 TWh | |
70 |  Bolivia | 14.493 TWh | |
71 |  Singapore | 14.25 TWh | |
72 |  Armenia | 14.087 TWh | |
73 |  Tajikistan | 12.353 TWh | |
74 |  Brunei Darussalam | 10.51 TWh | |
75 |  Latvia | 9.705 TWh | |
76 |  South Africa | 9.315 TWh | |
77 |  Slovenia | 9.285 TWh | |
78 |  Sweden | 8.32 TWh | |
79 |  Cuba | 8.127 TWh | |
80 |  Estonia | 7.26 TWh | |
81 |  Luxembourg | 7.256 TWh | |
82 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 6.502 TWh | |
83 |  Angola | 6.177 TWh | |
84 |  Vietnam | 5.124 TWh | |
85 |  Jordan | 3.143 TWh | |
86 |  Ecuador | 3.128 TWh | |
87 |  Afghanistan | 2.492 TWh | |
88 |  Peru | 2.32 TWh | |
89 |  Greece | 1.989 TWh | |
90 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.437 TWh | |
91 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.192 TWh | |
92 |  Gabon | 1.084 TWh | |
93 |  Portugal | 1.006 TWh | |
94 |  Barbados | 0.466 TWh | |
95 |  Senegal | 0.372 TWh | |
96 |  Morocco | 0.3 TWh | |
97 |  Albania | 0.216 TWh | |
98 |  Israel | 0.179 TWh | |
99 |  Philippines | 0.052 TWh | |
100 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
109 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
125 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
126 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
127 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
135 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
136 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
140 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
152 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
157 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
158 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
169 |  Montserrat | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Mozambique | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
172 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
173 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
174 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
175 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
176 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
177 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
178 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
179 |  North Macedonia | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
181 |  State of Palestine | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
183 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Puerto Rico | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
194 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
195 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
197 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
201 |  Tanzania | 0 TWh | |
202 |  Togo | 0 TWh | |
203 |  Tonga | 0 TWh | |
204 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 TWh | |
205 |  Tuvalu | 0 TWh | |
206 |  Uganda | 0 TWh | |
207 |  United States Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
208 |  Uruguay | 0 TWh | |
209 |  Vanuatu | 0 TWh | |
210 |  Western Sahara | 0 TWh | |
211 |  Yemen | 0 TWh | |
212 |  Zambia | 0 TWh | |
213 |  Zimbabwe | 0 TWh |
- #1United States
- #2Russia
- #3United Kingdom
- #4Germany
- #5Canada
- #6Ukraine
- #7Japan
- #8Italy
- #9Saudi Arabia
- #10Netherlands
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #213Zimbabwe
- #212Zambia
- #211Yemen
- #210Western Sahara
- #209Vanuatu
- #208Uruguay
- #207United States Virgin Islands
- #206Uganda
- #205Tuvalu
- #204Turks 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, 1997. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-consumption/1997
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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