Natural Gas Production 1996
Natural gas production data reveals how countries harness this energy source. Compare outputs, explore rankings, and view interactive maps.
Newer data is available: Natural Gas Production by country 2024 →
Where does your country rank? Pick it to see its position.
Related Economy statistics
More ↓
Interactive Map
Complete Data Rankings
Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Russia | 5,523.217 TWh | |
2 |  United States | 5,102.321 TWh | |
3 |  Canada | 1,539.181 TWh | |
4 |  United Kingdom | 880.608 TWh | |
5 |  Netherlands | 801.083 TWh | |
6 |  Algeria | 652.513 TWh | |
7 |  Indonesia | 649.388 TWh | |
8 |  Uzbekistan | 442.365 TWh | |
9 |  Saudi Arabia | 421.895 TWh | |
10 |  Iran | 374.794 TWh | |
11 |  Norway | 371.175 TWh | |
12 |  Malaysia | 361.46 TWh | |
13 |  Venezuela | 330.014 TWh | |
14 |  United Arab Emirates | 329.55 TWh | |
15 |  Turkmenistan | 317.625 TWh | |
16 |  Mexico | 308.05 TWh | |
17 |  Australia | 296.337 TWh | |
18 |  Argentina | 281.344 TWh | |
19 |  China | 202.722 TWh | |
20 |  India | 197.317 TWh | |
21 |  Italy | 190.309 TWh | |
22 |  Germany | 182.062 TWh | |
23 |  Ukraine | 162.442 TWh | |
24 |  Romania | 160.075 TWh | |
25 |  Pakistan | 141.533 TWh | |
26 |  Thailand | 135.904 TWh | |
27 |  Egypt | 128.013 TWh | |
28 |  Brunei Darussalam | 113.675 TWh | |
29 |  Qatar | 97.039 TWh | |
30 |  Kuwait | 88.369 TWh | |
31 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 83.344 TWh | |
32 |  Bahrain | 77.7 TWh | |
33 |  Bangladesh | 72.365 TWh | |
34 |  Denmark | 66.935 TWh | |
35 |  Libya | 60.99 TWh | |
36 |  New Zealand | 57.429 TWh | |
37 |  Azerbaijan | 57.389 TWh | |
38 |  Brazil | 57.158 TWh | |
39 |  Nigeria | 51.652 TWh | |
40 |  Hungary | 46.525 TWh | |
41 |  Kazakhstan | 46.25 TWh | |
42 |  Colombia | 45.469 TWh | |
43 |  Oman | 41.281 TWh | |
44 |  Poland | 36.52 TWh | |
45 |  France | 31.092 TWh | |
46 |  Iraq | 30.78 TWh | |
47 |  Bolivia | 30.733 TWh | |
48 |  Ireland | 28.022 TWh | |
49 |  Japan | 27.728 TWh | |
50 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 27.71 TWh | |
51 |  South Africa | 19.948 TWh | |
52 |  Chile | 19.67 TWh | |
53 |  Croatia | 19.506 TWh | |
54 |  Myanmar | 15.72 TWh | |
55 |  Austria | 15.55 TWh | |
56 |  Tunisia | 9.599 TWh | |
57 |  Taiwan | 9.418 TWh | |
58 |  Angola | 6.068 TWh | |
59 |  Spain | 5.503 TWh | |
60 |  Peru | 3.917 TWh | |
61 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 3.901 TWh | |
62 |  Belarus | 3.218 TWh | |
63 |  Slovakia | 3.12 TWh | |
64 |  Jordan | 2.926 TWh | |
65 |  Vietnam | 2.77 TWh | |
66 |  Afghanistan | 2.492 TWh | |
67 |  Czech Republic | 2.352 TWh | |
68 |  Turkey | 2.192 TWh | |
69 |  Ecuador | 1.615 TWh | |
70 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.409 TWh | |
71 |  Gabon | 1.084 TWh | |
72 |  Greece | 0.598 TWh | |
73 |  Senegal | 0.558 TWh | |
74 |  Barbados | 0.488 TWh | |
75 |  Cuba | 0.466 TWh | |
76 |  Bulgaria | 0.41 TWh | |
77 |  Albania | 0.324 TWh | |
78 |  Tajikistan | 0.304 TWh | |
79 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.261 TWh | |
80 |  Morocco | 0.218 TWh | |
81 |  Israel | 0.15 TWh | |
82 |  Slovenia | 0.108 TWh | |
83 |  Philippines | 0.101 TWh | |
84 |  Belgium | 0.022 TWh | |
85 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
86 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
87 |  Armenia | 0 TWh | |
88 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
89 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
90 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
91 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
92 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
93 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
94 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 TWh | |
95 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
96 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
97 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
98 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
99 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
114 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Estonia | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Finland | 0 TWh | |
124 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
125 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
126 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Georgia | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
135 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
140 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Latvia | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Lithuania | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Luxembourg | 0 TWh | |
152 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
157 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Republic of Moldova | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Montserrat | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Mozambique | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
169 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
172 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
173 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
174 |  North Macedonia | 0 TWh | |
175 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
176 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
177 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
178 |  Portugal | 0 TWh | |
179 |  Puerto Rico | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
181 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
183 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Singapore | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
194 |  South Korea | 0 TWh | |
195 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
197 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Sweden | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Switzerland | 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 |
- #1Russia
- #2United States
- #3Canada
- #4United Kingdom
- #5Netherlands
- #6Algeria
- #7Indonesia
- #8Uzbekistan
- #9Saudi Arabia
- #10Iran
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 production | Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy and others via Our World in Data
Data produced by Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy; Etemad & Luciani; U.S. Energy Information Administration, compiled and published by Our World in Data as "Gas production".
Visit Data SourceCite this page
Geo Factbook. (n.d.). Natural Gas Production by Country, 1996. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-production/1996
The figures on this page come from Gas production | Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy and others via Our World in Data. For academic work, cite the original source as well.
›Embed this ranking on your site
Free to embed with attribution. Shows the top 10 countries and links back to the full ranking.
Historical Data by Year
Explore Natural Gas Production data across different years. Compare trends and see how statistics have changed over time.
More Economy Facts
See all Economy facts →Electricity from Nuclear Fuels
Electricity from nuclear fuels measures energy production in countries. Compare data, explore rankings, and visualize trends with interactive maps.
Highest: France67.72 % of electricity generationChicken Meat Production Volume
Chicken meat production volume measures the total output of chicken meat in metric tons per year across countries.
Highest: United States20.18M metric tonsGender Pay Gap Percentage
Gender pay gap percentage measures income disparities between men and women across various countries.
Highest: Nigeria26.71%You might also like
Life expectancy at birth
FeaturedLife expectancy at birth measures the average years a newborn is expected to live, reflecting a country's health standards and quality of life. This vital statistic highlights disparities in healthcare and living conditions across nations, making it essential for global health assessments.
Highest: Monaco89.29 yearsMedian age of population
FeaturedThe median age of a population is a key demographic indicator, reflecting the age distribution within a country. Understanding median age helps assess economic development, healthcare needs, and social dynamics. Countries with a higher median age may face challenges related to aging populations, while younger populations often indicate growth potential.
Highest: Monaco53.17 yearsTotal population
FeaturedDiscover the latest total population statistics for every country and region worldwide. Explore accurate, up-to-date data on global population growth, density, and demographic trends — sourced from trusted international databases like the UN and World Bank. Perfect for researchers, students, and data enthusiasts looking to understand how the world’s population is changing.
Highest: India1.48B persons