Natural Gas Production 2008
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 | 6,114.53 TWh | |
2 |  United States | 5,460.674 TWh | |
3 |  Canada | 1,664.916 TWh | |
4 |  Iran | 1,235.674 TWh | |
5 |  Norway | 970.52 TWh | |
6 |  Algeria | 826.008 TWh | |
7 |  China | 809.317 TWh | |
8 |  Qatar | 796.753 TWh | |
9 |  Saudi Arabia | 764.18 TWh | |
10 |  Indonesia | 748.299 TWh | |
11 |  United Kingdom | 727.706 TWh | |
12 |  Netherlands | 709.083 TWh | |
13 |  Malaysia | 692.051 TWh | |
14 |  Turkmenistan | 616 TWh | |
15 |  Uzbekistan | 610.225 TWh | |
16 |  Egypt | 567.586 TWh | |
17 |  United Arab Emirates | 489.84 TWh | |
18 |  Mexico | 472.306 TWh | |
19 |  Argentina | 428.484 TWh | |
20 |  Australia | 416.829 TWh | |
21 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 373.995 TWh | |
22 |  Pakistan | 346.076 TWh | |
23 |  Venezuela | 334.232 TWh | |
24 |  Nigeria | 327.792 TWh | |
25 |  Thailand | 297.979 TWh | |
26 |  India | 293.919 TWh | |
27 |  Kazakhstan | 251.191 TWh | |
28 |  Oman | 241.363 TWh | |
29 |  Ukraine | 202.948 TWh | |
30 |  Bangladesh | 163.764 TWh | |
31 |  Azerbaijan | 159.526 TWh | |
32 |  Libya | 151.05 TWh | |
33 |  Brazil | 143.761 TWh | |
34 |  Bolivia | 137.92 TWh | |
35 |  Germany | 136.351 TWh | |
36 |  Myanmar | 121.83 TWh | |
37 |  Kuwait | 120.65 TWh | |
38 |  Bahrain | 120.176 TWh | |
39 |  Brunei Darussalam | 118.5 TWh | |
40 |  Denmark | 104.901 TWh | |
41 |  Romania | 104.584 TWh | |
42 |  Italy | 88.152 TWh | |
43 |  Colombia | 87.189 TWh | |
44 |  Vietnam | 72.365 TWh | |
45 |  Timor-Leste | 71.192 TWh | |
46 |  Iraq | 64.576 TWh | |
47 |  Equatorial Guinea | 64.476 TWh | |
48 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 55.608 TWh | |
49 |  Japan | 46 TWh | |
50 |  New Zealand | 44.446 TWh | |
51 |  Poland | 42.913 TWh | |
52 |  Peru | 34.979 TWh | |
53 |  Mozambique | 33.715 TWh | |
54 |  Tunisia | 33.229 TWh | |
55 |  Israel | 32.615 TWh | |
56 |  Philippines | 31.433 TWh | |
57 |  Hungary | 25.932 TWh | |
58 |  Croatia | 21.42 TWh | |
59 |  Chile | 18.815 TWh | |
60 |  Austria | 17.01 TWh | |
61 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 16.576 TWh | |
62 |  South Africa | 14.737 TWh | |
63 |  Cuba | 11.91 TWh | |
64 |  Turkey | 10.831 TWh | |
65 |  France | 10.017 TWh | |
66 |  Angola | 7.369 TWh | |
67 |  Tanzania | 6.076 TWh | |
68 |  Ireland | 4.574 TWh | |
69 |  Congo | 4.009 TWh | |
70 |  Taiwan | 3.208 TWh | |
71 |  Ecuador | 3.006 TWh | |
72 |  South Korea | 2.515 TWh | |
73 |  Czech Republic | 2.072 TWh | |
74 |  Jordan | 1.821 TWh | |
75 |  Belarus | 1.633 TWh | |
76 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.409 TWh | |
77 |  Bulgaria | 1.141 TWh | |
78 |  Slovakia | 1.13 TWh | |
79 |  Serbia | 1.029 TWh | |
80 |  Gabon | 0.867 TWh | |
81 |  Morocco | 0.661 TWh | |
82 |  Afghanistan | 0.542 TWh | |
83 |  Senegal | 0.465 TWh | |
84 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.325 TWh | |
85 |  Tajikistan | 0.325 TWh | |
86 |  Albania | 0.314 TWh | |
87 |  Cameroon | 0.217 TWh | |
88 |  Greece | 0.189 TWh | |
89 |  Barbados | 0.184 TWh | |
90 |  Spain | 0.181 TWh | |
91 |  Georgia | 0.075 TWh | |
92 |  Slovenia | 0.033 TWh | |
93 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
94 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
95 |  Armenia | 0 TWh | |
96 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
97 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
98 |  Belgium | 0 TWh | |
99 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Benin | 0 TWh | |
101 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
105 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
116 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
121 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Estonia | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
125 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
126 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Finland | 0 TWh | |
130 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
131 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Ghana | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
135 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
138 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Guatemala | 0 TWh | |
140 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
145 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Latvia | 0 TWh | |
152 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Lithuania | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Luxembourg | 0 TWh | |
157 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Republic of Moldova | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
169 |  Montenegro | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Montserrat | 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 |  Portugal | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Puerto Rico | 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 |  Singapore | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
201 |  Sudan | 0 TWh | |
202 |  Suriname | 0 TWh | |
203 |  Sweden | 0 TWh | |
204 |  Switzerland | 0 TWh | |
205 |  Togo | 0 TWh | |
206 |  Tonga | 0 TWh | |
207 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 TWh | |
208 |  Tuvalu | 0 TWh | |
209 |  Uganda | 0 TWh | |
210 |  United States Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
211 |  Uruguay | 0 TWh | |
212 |  Vanuatu | 0 TWh | |
213 |  Western Sahara | 0 TWh | |
214 |  Yemen | 0 TWh | |
215 |  Zambia | 0 TWh | |
216 |  Zimbabwe | 0 TWh |
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #216Zimbabwe
- #215Zambia
- #214Yemen
- #213Western Sahara
- #212Vanuatu
- #211Uruguay
- #210United States Virgin Islands
- #209Uganda
- #208Tuvalu
- #207Turks 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".
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Geo Factbook. (n.d.). Natural Gas Production by Country, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/natural-gas-production/2008
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