Natural Gas Production 1998
Natural gas production data reveals how countries harness this energy source. Compare outputs, explore rankings, and view interactive maps.
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Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Russia | 5,412.863 TWh | |
2 |  United States | 5,173.28 TWh | |
3 |  Canada | 1,656.041 TWh | |
4 |  United Kingdom | 943.974 TWh | |
5 |  Algeria | 801.621 TWh | |
6 |  Netherlands | 676.778 TWh | |
7 |  Indonesia | 655.565 TWh | |
8 |  Norway | 519.283 TWh | |
9 |  Uzbekistan | 494.725 TWh | |
10 |  Saudi Arabia | 444.79 TWh | |
11 |  Iran | 444.718 TWh | |
12 |  Malaysia | 412.26 TWh | |
13 |  United Arab Emirates | 361.433 TWh | |
14 |  Venezuela | 358.924 TWh | |
15 |  Mexico | 329.341 TWh | |
16 |  Australia | 302.737 TWh | |
17 |  Argentina | 287.763 TWh | |
18 |  India | 235.429 TWh | |
19 |  China | 234.621 TWh | |
20 |  Italy | 182.382 TWh | |
21 |  Thailand | 181.637 TWh | |
22 |  Germany | 174.87 TWh | |
23 |  Qatar | 162.294 TWh | |
24 |  Ukraine | 158.637 TWh | |
25 |  Pakistan | 148.63 TWh | |
26 |  Egypt | 134.75 TWh | |
27 |  Romania | 129.669 TWh | |
28 |  Turkmenistan | 120.12 TWh | |
29 |  Brunei Darussalam | 105.017 TWh | |
30 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 90.443 TWh | |
31 |  Kuwait | 90.165 TWh | |
32 |  Bahrain | 87.713 TWh | |
33 |  Denmark | 78.867 TWh | |
34 |  Bangladesh | 76.864 TWh | |
35 |  Brazil | 65.173 TWh | |
36 |  Colombia | 64.896 TWh | |
37 |  Libya | 60.42 TWh | |
38 |  Nigeria | 60.177 TWh | |
39 |  Kazakhstan | 56.344 TWh | |
40 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 54.194 TWh | |
41 |  New Zealand | 53.812 TWh | |
42 |  Azerbaijan | 51.003 TWh | |
43 |  Oman | 48.756 TWh | |
44 |  Hungary | 38.321 TWh | |
45 |  Poland | 37.781 TWh | |
46 |  Japan | 28.789 TWh | |
47 |  Iraq | 28.025 TWh | |
48 |  Bolivia | 27.055 TWh | |
49 |  France | 23.739 TWh | |
50 |  Tunisia | 23.086 TWh | |
51 |  Chile | 21.626 TWh | |
52 |  Ireland | 18.174 TWh | |
53 |  Myanmar | 17.292 TWh | |
54 |  Croatia | 17.013 TWh | |
55 |  Austria | 16.342 TWh | |
56 |  South Africa | 15.713 TWh | |
57 |  Taiwan | 9.211 TWh | |
58 |  Vietnam | 8.685 TWh | |
59 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 8.669 TWh | |
60 |  Angola | 6.285 TWh | |
61 |  Turkey | 6.011 TWh | |
62 |  Cuba | 4.334 TWh | |
63 |  Peru | 3.937 TWh | |
64 |  Jordan | 3.034 TWh | |
65 |  Slovakia | 2.583 TWh | |
66 |  Afghanistan | 2.492 TWh | |
67 |  Belarus | 2.361 TWh | |
68 |  Czech Republic | 2.187 TWh | |
69 |  Ecuador | 1.345 TWh | |
70 |  Spain | 1.321 TWh | |
71 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.192 TWh | |
72 |  Gabon | 1.084 TWh | |
73 |  Georgia | 0.65 TWh | |
74 |  Mozambique | 0.65 TWh | |
75 |  Tajikistan | 0.65 TWh | |
76 |  Morocco | 0.542 TWh | |
77 |  Greece | 0.521 TWh | |
78 |  Barbados | 0.401 TWh | |
79 |  Senegal | 0.372 TWh | |
80 |  Albania | 0.324 TWh | |
81 |  Bulgaria | 0.309 TWh | |
82 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.217 TWh | |
83 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.152 TWh | |
84 |  Israel | 0.112 TWh | |
85 |  Philippines | 0.101 TWh | |
86 |  Slovenia | 0.098 TWh | |
87 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
88 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
89 |  Armenia | 0 TWh | |
90 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
91 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
92 |  Belgium | 0 TWh | |
93 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
94 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
95 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
96 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
97 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 TWh | |
98 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
99 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
117 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Estonia | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
125 |  Finland | 0 TWh | |
126 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
127 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
135 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
140 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
141 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Latvia | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Lithuania | 0 TWh | |
152 |  Luxembourg | 0 TWh | |
153 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
157 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Republic of Moldova | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Montserrat | 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 |  State of Palestine | 0 TWh | |
177 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
178 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
179 |  Portugal | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Puerto Rico | 0 TWh | |
181 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
183 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Singapore | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
194 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
195 |  South Korea | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
197 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Sweden | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Switzerland | 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 |
- #1Russia
- #2United States
- #3Canada
- #4United Kingdom
- #5Algeria
- #6Netherlands
- #7Indonesia
- #8Norway
- #9Uzbekistan
- #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
- #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 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, 1998. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-production/1998
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