Natural Gas Production 2001
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 | 5,347.57 TWh | |
2 |  United States | 5,318.95 TWh | |
3 |  Canada | 1,794.192 TWh | |
4 |  United Kingdom | 1,108.137 TWh | |
5 |  Algeria | 864.725 TWh | |
6 |  Indonesia | 686.265 TWh | |
7 |  Netherlands | 646.472 TWh | |
8 |  Iran | 626.052 TWh | |
9 |  Norway | 541.311 TWh | |
10 |  Uzbekistan | 514.649 TWh | |
11 |  Saudi Arabia | 510.055 TWh | |
12 |  Malaysia | 490.239 TWh | |
13 |  Turkmenistan | 463.251 TWh | |
14 |  United Arab Emirates | 383.76 TWh | |
15 |  Argentina | 361.187 TWh | |
16 |  Mexico | 331.407 TWh | |
17 |  Venezuela | 328.482 TWh | |
18 |  Australia | 326.413 TWh | |
19 |  China | 305.676 TWh | |
20 |  Qatar | 279.45 TWh | |
21 |  India | 254.277 TWh | |
22 |  Egypt | 242.55 TWh | |
23 |  Thailand | 203.245 TWh | |
24 |  Pakistan | 189.545 TWh | |
25 |  Germany | 178.334 TWh | |
26 |  Ukraine | 161.562 TWh | |
27 |  Oman | 154.246 TWh | |
28 |  Nigeria | 152.613 TWh | |
29 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 147.149 TWh | |
30 |  Italy | 146.247 TWh | |
31 |  Romania | 125.374 TWh | |
32 |  Brunei Darussalam | 111.121 TWh | |
33 |  Bangladesh | 101.432 TWh | |
34 |  Bahrain | 95.54 TWh | |
35 |  Kuwait | 90.25 TWh | |
36 |  Denmark | 87.384 TWh | |
37 |  Kazakhstan | 82.304 TWh | |
38 |  Brazil | 78.738 TWh | |
39 |  New Zealand | 69.184 TWh | |
40 |  Myanmar | 68.775 TWh | |
41 |  Colombia | 59.39 TWh | |
42 |  Libya | 58.71 TWh | |
43 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 55.042 TWh | |
44 |  Azerbaijan | 50.514 TWh | |
45 |  Bolivia | 45.471 TWh | |
46 |  Poland | 40.612 TWh | |
47 |  Hungary | 32.002 TWh | |
48 |  Japan | 31.009 TWh | |
49 |  Tunisia | 27.339 TWh | |
50 |  Iraq | 26.22 TWh | |
51 |  South Africa | 22.756 TWh | |
52 |  France | 19.986 TWh | |
53 |  Vietnam | 19.3 TWh | |
54 |  Croatia | 19.072 TWh | |
55 |  Austria | 18.015 TWh | |
56 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 14.629 TWh | |
57 |  Chile | 13.041 TWh | |
58 |  Taiwan | 8.797 TWh | |
59 |  Ireland | 8.764 TWh | |
60 |  Spain | 5.768 TWh | |
61 |  Angola | 5.743 TWh | |
62 |  Peru | 3.561 TWh | |
63 |  Turkey | 3.32 TWh | |
64 |  Cuba | 3.251 TWh | |
65 |  Jordan | 3.143 TWh | |
66 |  Ecuador | 2.153 TWh | |
67 |  Belarus | 2.147 TWh | |
68 |  Philippines | 2.022 TWh | |
69 |  Slovakia | 1.947 TWh | |
70 |  Czech Republic | 1.575 TWh | |
71 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.192 TWh | |
72 |  Gabon | 0.867 TWh | |
73 |  Georgia | 0.65 TWh | |
74 |  Mozambique | 0.65 TWh | |
75 |  Afghanistan | 0.542 TWh | |
76 |  Morocco | 0.542 TWh | |
77 |  Tajikistan | 0.542 TWh | |
78 |  Greece | 0.518 TWh | |
79 |  Senegal | 0.465 TWh | |
80 |  Barbados | 0.349 TWh | |
81 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.325 TWh | |
82 |  Albania | 0.324 TWh | |
83 |  Bulgaria | 0.203 TWh | |
84 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.173 TWh | |
85 |  Israel | 0.095 TWh | |
86 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
87 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
88 |  Armenia | 0 TWh | |
89 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
90 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
91 |  Belgium | 0 TWh | |
92 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
93 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
94 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
95 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
96 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 TWh | |
97 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
98 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
99 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Cameroon | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Congo | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
116 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Estonia | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Finland | 0 TWh | |
125 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
126 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Gambia | 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 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
168 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
169 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
172 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
173 |  North Macedonia | 0 TWh | |
174 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
175 |  State of Palestine | 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 |  Slovenia | 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
- #6Indonesia
- #7Netherlands
- #8Iran
- #9Norway
- #10Uzbekistan
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, 2001. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-production/2001
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