Natural Gas Consumption 2001
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 | 6,006.58 TWh | |
2 |  Russia | 3,721.688 TWh | |
3 |  United Kingdom | 1,008.532 TWh | |
4 |  Germany | 874.482 TWh | |
5 |  Canada | 840.422 TWh | |
6 |  Japan | 777.284 TWh | |
7 |  Ukraine | 719.272 TWh | |
8 |  Italy | 680.646 TWh | |
9 |  Iran | 665.327 TWh | |
10 |  Saudi Arabia | 510.055 TWh | |
11 |  Uzbekistan | 490.586 TWh | |
12 |  France | 436.684 TWh | |
13 |  Netherlands | 418.194 TWh | |
14 |  Mexico | 361.905 TWh | |
15 |  Indonesia | 341.346 TWh | |
16 |  Venezuela | 328.482 TWh | |
17 |  United Arab Emirates | 314.73 TWh | |
18 |  Argentina | 302.35 TWh | |
19 |  Malaysia | 277.096 TWh | |
20 |  China | 276.458 TWh | |
21 |  India | 254.277 TWh | |
22 |  Thailand | 245.605 TWh | |
23 |  Egypt | 235.813 TWh | |
24 |  Australia | 221.693 TWh | |
25 |  South Korea | 217.578 TWh | |
26 |  Algeria | 197.322 TWh | |
27 |  Spain | 190.694 TWh | |
28 |  Pakistan | 189.545 TWh | |
29 |  Turkey | 153.459 TWh | |
30 |  Belgium | 153.376 TWh | |
31 |  Romania | 153.281 TWh | |
32 |  Belarus | 151.066 TWh | |
33 |  Hungary | 124.565 TWh | |
34 |  Brazil | 122.862 TWh | |
35 |  Poland | 120.68 TWh | |
36 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 108.944 TWh | |
37 |  Turkmenistan | 105.201 TWh | |
38 |  Qatar | 104.719 TWh | |
39 |  Bangladesh | 101.432 TWh | |
40 |  Bahrain | 96.443 TWh | |
41 |  Czech Republic | 93.414 TWh | |
42 |  Kuwait | 90.25 TWh | |
43 |  Oman | 84.276 TWh | |
44 |  Austria | 82.882 TWh | |
45 |  Chile | 79.502 TWh | |
46 |  Azerbaijan | 75.776 TWh | |
47 |  Taiwan | 72.894 TWh | |
48 |  Slovakia | 71.738 TWh | |
49 |  Nigeria | 67.293 TWh | |
50 |  New Zealand | 61.993 TWh | |
51 |  Colombia | 59.39 TWh | |
52 |  Libya | 58.407 TWh | |
53 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 55.657 TWh | |
54 |  Denmark | 53.315 TWh | |
55 |  Tunisia | 45.308 TWh | |
56 |  Singapore | 43.556 TWh | |
57 |  Finland | 42.76 TWh | |
58 |  Ireland | 41.763 TWh | |
59 |  Kazakhstan | 40.932 TWh | |
60 |  Norway | 39.263 TWh | |
61 |  Switzerland | 29.456 TWh | |
62 |  Bulgaria | 28.639 TWh | |
63 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 28.397 TWh | |
64 |  Croatia | 26.925 TWh | |
65 |  Iraq | 26.22 TWh | |
66 |  Portugal | 25.749 TWh | |
67 |  Lithuania | 24.966 TWh | |
68 |  Republic of Moldova | 22.575 TWh | |
69 |  Kyrgyzstan | 21.846 TWh | |
70 |  Greece | 19.345 TWh | |
71 |  Vietnam | 19.3 TWh | |
72 |  Myanmar | 18.135 TWh | |
73 |  Armenia | 15.171 TWh | |
74 |  Brunei Darussalam | 14.629 TWh | |
75 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 14.629 TWh | |
76 |  Tajikistan | 14.087 TWh | |
77 |  South Africa | 13.829 TWh | |
78 |  Latvia | 13.24 TWh | |
79 |  Georgia | 12.57 TWh | |
80 |  Slovenia | 9.882 TWh | |
81 |  Sweden | 9.118 TWh | |
82 |  Bolivia | 8.869 TWh | |
83 |  Luxembourg | 8.68 TWh | |
84 |  Estonia | 8.263 TWh | |
85 |  Puerto Rico | 6.827 TWh | |
86 |  Angola | 5.743 TWh | |
87 |  Peru | 3.561 TWh | |
88 |  Ecuador | 3.326 TWh | |
89 |  Cuba | 3.251 TWh | |
90 |  Jordan | 3.143 TWh | |
91 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.08 TWh | |
92 |  Philippines | 1.342 TWh | |
93 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.192 TWh | |
94 |  Gabon | 0.867 TWh | |
95 |  North Macedonia | 0.766 TWh | |
96 |  Mozambique | 0.65 TWh | |
97 |  Afghanistan | 0.542 TWh | |
98 |  Senegal | 0.465 TWh | |
99 |  Morocco | 0.437 TWh | |
100 |  Uruguay | 0.433 TWh | |
101 |  Barbados | 0.347 TWh | |
102 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.325 TWh | |
103 |  Albania | 0.324 TWh | |
104 |  Israel | 0.095 TWh | |
105 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
114 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
125 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
126 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
132 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
135 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
139 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
140 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
152 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
157 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
162 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
169 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
172 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
173 |  Montserrat | 0 TWh | |
174 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
175 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
176 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
177 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
178 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
179 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
181 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
183 |  State of Palestine | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
194 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
195 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
197 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
201 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
202 |  Tanzania | 0 TWh | |
203 |  Togo | 0 TWh | |
204 |  Tonga | 0 TWh | |
205 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 TWh | |
206 |  Tuvalu | 0 TWh | |
207 |  Uganda | 0 TWh | |
208 |  United States Virgin Islands | 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
- #6Japan
- #7Ukraine
- #8Italy
- #9Iran
- #10Saudi Arabia
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #213Zimbabwe
- #212Zambia
- #211Yemen
- #210Western Sahara
- #209Vanuatu
- #208United States Virgin Islands
- #207Uganda
- #206Tuvalu
- #205Turks and Caicos Islands
- #204Tonga
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, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-consumption/2001
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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