List of countries by natural gas exports

This is a list of countries by natural gas exports based on statistics from The U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Natural Gas in this list means dry natural gas; which is used in homes and business for heating, cooling, cooking and electricity generation, it can also be compressed and used as a fuel.^[1]

Dry natural gas in mainly composed of methane. In contrast, wet natural gas also contains significant portions of other liquids such as ethane, propane or butane (also known as Natural Gas Liquids). Wet natural gas is used for petrochemicals as well as gasoline (petrol).

In 2022, the United States has led the world in both natural gas production and natural gas exports.

Until 2022, Russia was the world's largest exporter of natural gas, exporting over 250 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in some years. However, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russian natural gas exports plummeted. The steep decline in exports was mostly caused by western countries sanctioning Russian energy. In 2021 Russia exported 251 bcm of natural gas compared to 176 bcm in 2022, a 75 bcm decline.

Countries by rank

Country	Continent	Natural Gas Exports 2022 (million m3)[2]
United States *	North America	195,000
Russia *	Europe/Asia	176,000
Qatar *	Asia	126,000
Norway *	Europe	121,000
Australia *	Oceania	106,000
Canada *	North America	85,000
Algeria *	Africa	50,000
Turkmenistan *	Asia	45,000
Netherlands *	Europe	43,000
Malaysia *	Asia	39,000
United Kingdom *	Europe	23,000
Azerbaijan *	Asia/Europe	22,000
Indonesia *	Asia	22,000
Nigeria *	Africa	20,000
Iran *	Asia	19,000
France *	Europe	15,000
Oman *	Asia	15,000
Myanmar *	Asia	13,000
Greece *	Europe	11,000
Papua New Guinea *	Oceania	11,000
Trinidad and Tobago *	South America	11,000
Bolivia *	South America	10,000
Belgium *	Europe	9,900
Israel *	Asia	9,600
Egypt *	Africa	9,300
Kazakhstan *	Asia/Europe	7,800
United Arab Emirates *	Asia	7,000
Brunei *	Asia	6,100
Spain *	Europe	6,100
Uzbekistan *	Asia	5,600
China *	Asia	5,600
Equatorial Guinea *	Africa	5,000
Peru *	South America	5,000
Italy *	Europe	4,600
Angola *	Africa	4,100
Mozambique *	Africa	4,000
Argentina *	South America	3,400
East Timor *	Asia	2,900
Libya *	Africa	2,600
Denmark *	Europe	2,000
Lithuania *	Europe	1,900
Cameroon *	Africa	1,800
Croatia *	Europe	1,000
Romania *	Europe	800
Estonia *	Europe	700
Poland *	Europe	600
Turkey *	Asia/Europe	600
Singapore *	Asia	400
Japan *	Asia	300
Finland *	Europe	100
Dominican Republic	North America	<100
Mexico *	North America	<100
South Korea *	Asia	<100
Sweden *	Europe	<100
Ukraine *	Europe	<100
World		1,288,000

See also

• List of countries by natural gas imports
• List of countries by natural gas consumption
• List of countries by natural gas proven reserves
• List of natural gas fields
• Giant oil and gas fields

References

This page was last edited on 5 May 2024, at 05:53