In 2009, world production of natural gas was cut down by 2.8%[1]. Different trends were noticed among largest gas producers. The US became the world's largest gas producer in 2009, exceeding Russian volumes[2]. Its production increased by 4.4% and balanced a shrinking output in the European countries (-9%, despite increasing outputs in Norway and the Netherlands). The OECD thus posted a slight growth of 0.1% in 2009. Conversely, gas production in Russia was scaled down by 12% while Algeria experienced a substantial decline in its production (-6%). In the Middle East, gas production development slowed down and grew at a slower pace than the previous year (4% from 7% in 2008).
This is a list of countries by natural gas production mostly based on The World Factbook [1].
Rank | Country/Region | Annual natural gas production (m³) | Date of information |
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— | World | 3,127,000,000,000 | 2008 est. |
1 | United States | 593,400,000,000 | 2009 est. |
2 | Russia | 583,600,000,000 | 2009 est. |
3 | Iran | 200,000,000,000 | 2009 est. |
— | European Union | 181,600,000,000 | 2009 est. |
4 | Canada | 161,300,000,000 | 2009 est. |
5 | Norway | 103,500,000,000 | 2009 est. |
6 | Algeria | 86,500,000,000 | 2008 est. |
7 | Indonesia | 85,700,000,000 | 2009 est. |
8 | China | 82,940,000,000 | 2009 est. |
9 | Netherlands | 79,580,000,000 | 2009 est. |
10 | Saudi Arabia | 77,100,000,000 | 2009 est. |
11 | Qatar | 76,980,000,000 | 2008 est. |
12 | Uzbekistan | 67,600,000,000 | 2008 est. |
13 | Egypt | 62,700,000,000 | 2009 est. |
14 | Mexico | 60,350,000,000 | 2009 est. |
15 | United Kingdom | 58,560,000,000 | 2009 est. |
16 | Malaysia | 57,300,000,000 | 2008 est. |
17 | United Arab Emirates | 50,240,000,000 | 2008 est. |
18 | Australia | 42,330,000,000 | 2009 est. |
19 | Argentina | 41,360,000,000 | 2009 est. |
20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39,300,000,000 | 2008 est. |
21 | India | 38,650,000,000 | 2009 est. |
22 | Pakistan | 37,500,000,000 | 2008 est. |
23 | Kazakhstan | 35,610,000,000 | 2009 est. |
24 | Turkmenistan | 34,000,000,000 | 2009 est. |
25 | Nigeria | 32,820,000,000 | 2008 est. |
26 | Thailand | 28,760,000,000 | 2008 est. |
27 | Oman | 24,000,000,000 | 2008 est. |
28 | Venezuela | 23,060,000,000 | 2009 est. |
29 | Azerbaijan | 23,000,000,000 | 2009 est. |
30 | Ukraine | 21,200,000,000 | 2009 est. |
31 | Bangladesh | 19,910,000,000 | 2010 est. |
32 | Libya | 15,900,000,000 | 2008 est. |
33 | Germany | 15,290,000,000 | 2009 est. |
34 | Bolivia | 14,200,000,000 | 2008 est. |
35 | Brunei | 13,400,000,000 | 2008 est. |
36 | Kuwait | 12,700,000,000 | 2008 est. |
37 | Bahrain | 12,640,000,000 | 2008 est. |
38 | Burma | 12,400,000,000 | 2008 est. |
39 | Romania | 11,420,000,000 | 2008 est. |
40 | Brazil | 10,280,000,000 | 2009 est. |
41 | Colombia | 10,000,000,000 | 2011 est. |
42 | Vietnam | 9,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
43 | Denmark | 8,398,000,000 | 2009 est. |
44 | Italy | 8,119,000,000 | 2009 est. |
45 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,670,000,000 | 2008 est. |
46 | Syria | 6,040,000,000 | 2008 est. |
47 | Poland | 5,842,000,000 | 2009 est. |
48 | New Zealand | 4,305,000,000 | 2009 est. |
49 | Japan | 3,539,000,000 | 2009 est. |
50 | Peru | 3,390,000,000 | 2008 est. |
51 | Mozambique | 3,300,000,000 | 2008 est. |
52 | South Africa | 3,250,000,000 | 2008 est. |
53 | Tunisia | 2,970,000,000 | 2008 est. |
54 | Philippines | 2,940,000,000 | 2008 est. |
55 | Croatia | 2,847,000,000 | 2009 est. |
56 | Hungary | 2,609,000,000 | 2009 est. |
57 | Iraq | 1,880,000,000 | 2008 est. |
58 | Chile | 1,650,000,000 | 2008 est. |
59 | Austria | 1,580,000,000 | 2009 est. |
60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,300,000,000 | 2008 est. |
61 | Israel | 1,190,000,000 | 2008 est. |
62 | Turkey | 1,014,000,000 | 2009 est. |
63 | France | 877,000,000 | 2009 est. |
64 | Angola | 680,000,000 | 2008 est. |
65 | Korea, South | 651,000,000 | 2009 est. |
66 | Tanzania | 560,700,000 | 2008 est. |
67 | Cuba | 400,000,000 | 2008 est. |
68 | Ireland | 392,000,000 | 2009 est. |
69 | Serbia | 356,000,000 | 2010 est. |
70 | Taiwan | 350,700,000 | 2009 est. |
71 | Ecuador | 283,200,000 | 2009 est. |
72 | Jordan | 250,000,000 | 2008 est. |
73 | Congo, Republic of the | 180,000,000 | 2008 est. |
74 | Czech Republic | 178,000,000 | 2009 est. |
75 | Belarus | 152,000,000 | 2008 est. |
76 | Slovakia | 103,000,000 | 2009 est. |
77 | Papua New Guinea | 100,000,000 | 2008 est. |
78 | Gabon | 90,000,000 | 2008 est. |
79 | Morocco | 60,000,000 | 2008 est. |
80 | Bulgaria | 54,000,000 | 2010 est. |
81 | Senegal | 50,000,000 | 2008 est. |
82 | Albania | 30,000,000 | 2008 est. |
83 | Afghanistan | 30,000,000 | 2008 est. |
84 | Kyrgyzstan | 30,000,000 | 2008 est. |
85 | Barbados | 29,170,000 | 2008 est. |
86 | Cameroon | 20,000,000 | 2008 est. |
87 | Tajikistan | 16,100,000 | 2009 est. |
88 | Spain | 13,000,000 | 2009 est. |
89 | Greece | 9,000,000 | 2009 est. |
90 | Georgia | 8,000,000 | 2008 est. |
91 | Yemen | 454,700 | 2009 est. |
92 | Moldova | 60,000 | 2010 est. |
93 | Aruba | 1 | 2008 est. |
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