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Energy > Natural gas > Consumption: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 689.9 billion cu m 2011
2 European Union 487.9 billion cu m 2009
3 Russia 460 billion cu m 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 169.48 billion cu m 2011
4 China 147.1 billion cu m 2011
5 Iran 144.6 billion cu m 2010
6 Japan 112.6 billion cu m 2011
7 Canada 103.3 billion cu m 2011
8 Saudi Arabia 99.23 billion cu m 2011
9 United Kingdom 82.21 billion cu m 2011
10 Germany 78.99 billion cu m 2011
11 Italy 77.83 billion cu m 2011
12 India 61.1 billion cu m 2011
13 United Arab Emirates 60.54 billion cu m 2010
14 Mexico 59.15 billion cu m 2011
Emerging markets average (profile) 59.14 billion cu m 2007
15 Ukraine 56.2 billion cu m 2010
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 56.15 billion cu m 2007
High income OECD countries average (profile) 55.13 billion cu m 2011
16 Netherlands 49.05 billion cu m 2011
17 Uzbekistan 46.8 billion cu m 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) 46.53 billion cu m 2011
18 Egypt 46.17 billion cu m 2010
19 South Korea 45.9 billion cu m 2011
20 Thailand 45.08 billion cu m 2010
21 Turkey 44.71 billion cu m 2011
22 Argentina 43.29 billion cu m 2010
23 Pakistan 42.9 billion cu m 2011
24 France 41.52 billion cu m 2011
25 Indonesia 39.56 billion cu m 2010
Eastern Europe average (profile) 34.49 billion cu m 2001
26 Spain 33.55 billion cu m 2011
27 Venezuela 33.1 billion cu m 2011
28 Malaysia 32.62 billion cu m 2010
OPEC countries average (profile) 30.94 billion cu m 2010
29 Algeria 28.82 billion cu m 2010
30 Australia 27.56 billion cu m 2011
31 Brazil 26.7 billion cu m 2011
32 Turkmenistan 25 billion cu m 2011
33 Trinidad and Tobago 23.32 billion cu m 2010
Eurozone average (profile) 22.38 billion cu m 2010
NATO countries average (profile) 22.15 billion cu m 2010
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 22 billion cu m 2010
34 Belarus 21.82 billion cu m 2010
35 Qatar 21.8 billion cu m 2010
South Asia average (profile) 21.14 billion cu m 2010
European Union average (profile) 20.31 billion cu m 2009
36 Bangladesh 19.91 billion cu m 2010
37 Oman 17.53 billion cu m 2011
38 Taiwan 16.37 billion cu m 2011
39 Poland 14.38 billion cu m 2011
40 Romania 14.2 billion cu m 2011
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 13.46 billion cu m 2010
41 Belgium 13.46 billion cu m 2011
Muslim countries average (profile) 13.45 billion cu m 2010
42 Bahrain 12.77 billion cu m 2010
43 Kuwait 12.62 billion cu m 2010
44 Hungary 11.9 billion cu m 2012
=45 Vietnam 10.2 billion cu m 2012
=45 Kazakhstan 10.2 billion cu m 2011
47 Azerbaijan 9.92 billion cu m 2010
48 Syria 9.63 billion cu m 2010
Former British colonies average (profile) 9.42 billion cu m 2010
49 Austria 9.27 billion cu m 2011
50 Colombia 9.08 billion cu m 2010
51 Czech Republic 8.94 billion cu m 2011
52 Singapore 8.78 billion cu m 2011
53 Bolivia 8.59 billion cu m 2012
54 Libya 6.84 billion cu m 2010
Christian countries average (profile) 6.78 billion cu m 2010
55 Slovakia 6.47 billion cu m 2011
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 6.24 billion cu m 2010
56 Peru 5.49 billion cu m 2010
57 Chile 5.3 billion cu m 2010
58 Portugal 5.21 billion cu m 2011
59 Nigeria 5.03 billion cu m 2010
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 4.99 billion cu m 2010
60 Ireland 4.98 billion cu m 2011
Hot countries average (profile) 4.92 billion cu m 2010
61 Norway 4.81 billion cu m 2011
62 Greece 4.74 billion cu m 2011
63 New Zealand 4.28 billion cu m 2011
64 Denmark 4.18 billion cu m 2011
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 4.11 billion cu m 2010
65 Finland 4.1 billion cu m 2011
66 South Africa 4.01 billion cu m 2010
67 Switzerland 3.68 billion cu m 2011
68 Israel 3.65 billion cu m 2010
69 Lithuania 3.3 billion cu m 2012
70 Tunisia 3.28 billion cu m 2010
71 Burma 3.24 billion cu m 2010
72 Brunei 2.97 billion cu m 2010
73 Philippines 2.86 billion cu m 2010
74 Serbia 2.84 billion cu m 2012
75 Hong Kong 2.79 billion cu m 2012
76 Croatia 2.75 billion cu m 2012
77 Bulgaria 2.54 billion cu m 2010
78 Serbia and Montenegro 2.35 billion cu m 2010
Former French colonies average (profile) 2.19 billion cu m 2010
79 Armenia 2.08 billion cu m 2011
80 Georgia 1.97 billion cu m 2012
81 Equatorial Guinea 1.58 billion cu m 2010
82 Latvia 1.52 billion cu m 2010
83 Cote d'Ivoire 1.5 billion cu m 2010
84 Jordan 1.4 billion cu m 2011
85 Iraq 1.3 billion cu m 2010
86 Sweden 1.3 billion cu m 2011
87 Luxembourg 1.18 billion cu m 2011
88 Moldova 1.09 billion cu m 2011
89 Slovenia 1.06 billion cu m 2010
90 Cuba 1.03 billion cu m 2012
91 Yemen 950 million cu m 2010
92 Congo, Republic of the 930 million cu m 2010
93 Dominican Republic 820 million cu m 2010
94 Tanzania 780 million cu m 2010
95 Puerto Rico 770 million cu m 2010
96 Angola 733 million cu m 2010
97 Estonia 701 million cu m 2010
failed states average (profile) 594.67 million cu m 2010
98 Morocco 560 million cu m 2010
99 Kyrgyzstan 462.5 million cu m 2010
100 Ecuador 330 million cu m 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 294.65 million cu m 2010
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 230 million cu m 2010
102 Cameroon 210 million cu m 2010
103 Tajikistan 172 million cu m 2012
104 Lebanon 150 million cu m 2010
105 Afghanistan 140 million cu m 2010
106 Republic of Macedonia 136.6 million cu m 2011
107 Ghana 120 million cu m 2010
108 Papua New Guinea 110 million cu m 2010
=109 Gabon 80 million cu m 2010
=109 Mozambique 80 million cu m 2010
=109 Uruguay 80 million cu m 2010
=112 Barbados 20 million cu m 2010
=112 Senegal 20 million cu m 2010
114 Albania 10 million cu m 2010
115 Aruba 1 cu m 2010
=116 Bermuda 0.0 2012
=116 Sri Lanka 0.0 2012
=116 Nicaragua 0.0 2012
=116 Macau 0.0 2012
=116 Maldives 0.0 2012
=116 Namibia 0.0 2012
=116 British Virgin Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Mali 0.0 2010
=116 Chad 0.0 2010
=116 Uganda 0.0 2010
=116 Niger 0.0 2010
=116 Faroe Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Kiribati 0.0 2010
=116 Haiti 0.0 2010
=116 French Polynesia 0.0 2010
=116 Guinea-Bissau 0.0 2010
=116 Grenada 0.0 2010
=116 Seychelles 0.0 2010
=116 Djibouti 0.0 2010
=116 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0 2010
=116 Burundi 0.0 2010
=116 Bhutan 0.0 2010
=116 Malta 0.0 2010
=116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0 2010
=116 Iceland 0.0 2010
=116 Zambia 0.0 2010
=116 Montserrat 0.0 2010
=116 New Caledonia 0.0 2010
=116 North Korea 0.0 2010
=116 South Sudan 0.0 2010
=116 Guyana 0.0 2010
=116 Honduras 0.0 2010
=116 Comoros 0.0 2010
=116 Nepal 0.0 2010
=116 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0.0 2010
=116 East Timor 0.0 2010
=116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0 2010
=116 Ethiopia 0.0 2010
=116 Swaziland 0.0 2010
=116 Burkina Faso 0.0 2010
=116 Dominica 0.0 2010
=116 Liberia 0.0 2010
=116 Madagascar 0.0 2010
=116 Vanuatu 0.0 2010
=116 Nauru 0.0 2010
=116 Malawi 0.0 2010
=116 Montenegro 0.0 2010
=116 Virgin Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Central African Republic 0.0 2010
=116 Mauritius 0.0 2010
=116 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Guinea 0.0 2010
=116 Panama 0.0 2010
=116 Costa Rica 0.0 2010
=116 American Samoa 0.0 2010
=116 Gibraltar 0.0 2010
=116 El Salvador 0.0 2010
=116 Rwanda 0.0 2010
=116 Belize 0.0 2010
=116 Sierra Leone 0.0 2010
=116 Fiji 0.0 2010
=116 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0.0 2010
=116 Sudan 0.0 2010
=116 Suriname 0.0 2010
=116 Zimbabwe 0.0 2010
=116 Mauritania 0.0 2010
=116 Paraguay 0.0 2010
=116 Botswana 0.0 2010
=116 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 2010
=116 Cambodia 0.0 2010
=116 The Gambia 0.0 2010
=116 Cape Verde 0.0 2010
=116 Guatemala 0.0 2010
=116 The Bahamas 0.0 2010
=116 Greenland 0.0 2010
=116 Niue 0.0 2010
=116 Samoa 0.0 2010
=116 Jamaica 0.0 2010
=116 West Bank 0.0 2010
=116 Guam 0.0 2010
=116 Lesotho 0.0 2010
=116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0 2010
=116 Kenya 0.0 2010
=116 Eritrea 0.0 2010
=116 Solomon Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Saint Lucia 0.0 2010
=116 Cyprus 0.0 2010
=116 Mongolia 0.0 2010
=116 Somalia 0.0 2010
=116 Laos 0.0 2010
=116 Cook Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Benin 0.0 2010
=116 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0 2010
=116 Togo 0.0 2010
=116 Tonga 0.0 2010
=116 Western Sahara 0.0 2010
=116 Cayman Islands 0.0 2010
=116 Kosovo 0.0 2007

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