Natural gas production
Dry natural gas produced in the year, after the liquids are removed at processing plants, in billion cubic feet, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration International Energy Statistics.
One billion cubic feet is about 28.3 million cubic metres. US states are served as marketed production (natural_gas_marketed_production), which is larger because it still contains the liquids. EIA International Energy Statistics, compiled by EIA from national statistics and other reports. Countries that no longer exist (the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany) have no current ISO code and are not served; their successors start when EIA starts them.
Key facts
- Natural gas production in the World was 148,969.6 billion cubic feet in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Natural gas production in the United States was 37,766.6 billion cubic feet in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- The United States had the highest natural gas production of 213 countries in 2024, at 37,766.6 billion cubic feet, and Zimbabwe the lowest, at 0 billion cubic feet. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Published for 219 places, with figures from 1980 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by natural gas production, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Ecuador
- Yemen
- Réunion
- Estonia
- Egypt
- Republic of the Congo
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