Country Comparison > Natural gas - proved reserves

Rank	Country	Natural gas - proved reserves (cubic meters)
1	Russia	47,570,000,000,000
2	Iran	26,370,000,000,000
3	Qatar	25,790,000,000,000
4	Saudi Arabia	6,568,000,000,000
5	United Arab Emirates	5,823,000,000,000
6	United States	5,551,000,000,000
7	Nigeria	5,015,000,000,000
8	Algeria	4,359,000,000,000
9	Venezuela	4,112,000,000,000
10	Iraq	3,170,000,000,000
11	Turkmenistan	2,860,000,000,000
12	Indonesia	2,630,000,000,000
13	China	2,450,000,000,000
14	Norway	2,288,000,000,000
15	Malaysia	2,037,000,000,000
16	Uzbekistan	1,798,000,000,000
17	Kazakhstan	1,765,000,000,000
18	Netherlands	1,684,000,000,000
19	Egypt	1,589,000,000,000
20	Canada	1,537,000,000,000
21	Kuwait	1,521,000,000,000
22	Libya	1,430,000,000,000
23	Ukraine	1,075,000,000,000
24	India	1,056,000,000,000
25	Azerbaijan	849,500,000,000
26	Oman	795,200,000,000
27	Pakistan	764,600,000,000
28	Australia	750,600,000,000
29	Trinidad and Tobago	702,800,000,000
30	Bolivia	651,800,000,000
31	Argentina	512,400,000,000
32	United Kingdom	509,200,000,000
33	Yemen	459,000,000,000
34	Mexico	434,100,000,000
35	Thailand	400,700,000,000
36	Brunei	374,800,000,000
37	France	341,000,000,000
38	Papua New Guinea	331,300,000,000
39	Brazil	312,700,000,000
40	Burma	271,600,000,000
41	Germany	246,500,000,000
42	Syria	240,000,000,000
43	Peru	236,900,000,000
44	Italy	217,300,000,000
45	East Timor	200,000,000,000
46	Vietnam	184,700,000,000
47	Poland	158,100,000,000
48	Bangladesh	135,800,000,000
49	Mozambique	122,200,000,000
50	Colombia	109,700,000,000
51	Philippines	107,500,000,000
52	Cameroon	105,900,000,000
53	Romania	96,410,000,000
54	Chile	93,970,000,000
55	Bahrain	88,260,000,000
56	Congo, Republic of the	86,900,000,000
57	Sudan	86,000,000,000
58	Denmark	75,660,000,000
59	Tunisia	74,680,000,000
60	Cuba	67,890,000,000
61	Namibia	59,750,000,000
62	Rwanda	54,320,000,000
63	Afghanistan	47,530,000,000
64	Serbia	46,170,000,000
65	Angola	44,000,000,000
66	Japan	38,020,000,000
67	Israel	37,340,000,000
68	Equatorial Guinea	35,310,000,000
69	Hungary	32,860,000,000
70	Gabon	32,590,000,000
71	New Zealand	29,670,000,000
72	Cote d'Ivoire	27,160,000,000
73	Croatia	27,160,000,000
74	Ethiopia	23,900,000,000
75	Ghana	22,810,000,000
76	Tanzania	21,730,000,000
77	Slovakia	14,390,000,000
78	Austria	14,390,000,000
79	Taiwan	13,550,000,000
80	Ireland	9,505,000,000
81	Ecuador	9,369,000,000
82	Georgia	8,147,000,000
83	Turkey	8,147,000,000
84	Jordan	5,975,000,000
85	Bulgaria	5,703,000,000
86	Kyrgyzstan	5,432,000,000
87	Somalia	5,432,000,000
88	Tajikistan	5,432,000,000
89	Czech Republic	3,802,000,000
90	Guatemala	2,960,000,000
91	Belarus	2,716,000,000
92	Spain	2,444,000,000
93	Morocco	1,629,000,000
94	Benin	1,086,000,000
95	Greece	950,500,000
96	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	950,500,000
97	Albania	814,700,000
98	Barbados	135,800,000
99	South Africa	27,160,000
100	Saint Helena	0
101	Slovenia	0
102	Sierra Leone	0
103	Singapore	0
104	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
106	Seychelles	0
107	Puerto Rico	0
108	Guinea-Bissau	0
109	Saint Lucia	0
110	Sweden	0
111	Switzerland	0
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
113	Tonga	0
114	Togo	0
115	Sao Tome and Principe	0
116	Mauritius	0
117	Mauritania	0
118	Malta	0
119	New Caledonia	0
120	Niue	0
121	Niger	0
122	Vanuatu	0
123	Madagascar	0
124	Macau	0
125	Moldova	0
126	Mongolia	0
127	Montserrat	0
128	Malawi	0
129	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	0
130	Mali	0
131	Paraguay	0
132	Panama	0
133	Portugal	0
134	Maldives	0
135	Nepal	0
136	Nauru	0
137	Suriname	0
138	Netherlands Antilles	0
139	Nicaragua	0
140	Botswana	0
141	Bermuda	0
142	Belgium	0
143	Bahamas, The	0
144	Armenia	0
145	American Samoa	0
146	Aruba	0
147	Antigua and Barbuda	0
148	Belize	0
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
150	Solomon Islands	0
151	Bhutan	0
152	Cayman Islands	0
153	Comoros	0
154	Burundi	0
155	Chad	0
156	Sri Lanka	0
157	Korea, North	0
158	Kiribati	0
159	Korea, South	0
160	Kenya	0
161	Costa Rica	0
162	Lesotho	0
163	Luxembourg	0
164	Laos	0
165	Lebanon	0
166	Lithuania	0
167	Liberia	0
168	Iceland	0
169	Guinea	0
170	Central African Republic	0
171	Guyana	0
172	Haiti	0
173	Hong Kong	0
174	Honduras	0
175	Jamaica	0
176	Finland	0
177	Fiji	0
178	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
179	Faroe Islands	0
180	French Polynesia	0
181	Gambia, The	0
182	Guam	0
183	Gibraltar	0
184	Grenada	0
185	Greenland	0
186	Uganda	0
187	Burkina Faso	0
188	Uruguay	0
189	Western Sahara	0
190	Samoa	0
191	Swaziland	0
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
193	British Virgin Islands	0
194	Estonia	0
195	Eritrea	0
196	El Salvador	0
197	Djibouti	0
198	Dominica	0
199	Dominican Republic	0
200	Cape Verde	0
201	Cook Islands	0
202	Cyprus	0
203	Virgin Islands	0
204	Zambia	0
205	Zimbabwe	0

Definition: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009