Country Comparison > Natural gas - proved reserves

Rank	Country	Natural gas - proved reserves (cubic meters)
1	Russia	47,799,999,660,032
2	Iran	33,720,000,053,248
3	Qatar	24,069,999,165,440
4	Saudi Arabia	8,619,000,070,144
5	Turkmenistan	7,503,999,926,272
6	United Arab Emirates	6,091,000,250,368
7	Venezuela	5,739,000,102,912
8	Nigeria	5,475,000,123,392
9	China	5,440,000,229,376
10	Algeria	4,503,999,873,024
11	Iraq	3,820,000,116,736
12	Indonesia	2,865,999,904,768
13	Mozambique	2,832,000,090,112
14	Kazakhstan	2,406,999,916,544
15	Egypt	2,185,999,941,632
16	Canada	2,055,999,979,520
17	Australia	1,989,000,036,352
18	Uzbekistan	1,840,999,956,480
19	Kuwait	1,784,000,020,480
20	Norway	1,781,999,992,832
21	Libya	1,505,000,030,208
22	India	1,290,000,007,168
23	Malaysia	1,183,000,035,328
24	Ukraine	1,104,000,057,344
25	Azerbaijan	991,100,010,496
26	Netherlands	801,400,029,184
27	Vietnam	699,399,995,392
28	Oman	651,299,979,264
29	Burma	637,100,032,000
30	Pakistan	588,800,000,000
31	Yemen	478,499,995,648
32	Peru	455,900,004,352
33	Trinidad and Tobago	447,399,985,152
34	Brazil	377,400,000,512
35	Argentina	336,600,006,656
36	Angola	308,100,005,888
37	Bolivia	295,899,987,968
38	Mexico	279,799,988,224
39	Brunei	260,499,996,672
40	Syria	240,699,998,208
41	Papua New Guinea	210,499,993,600
42	East Timor	199,999,995,904
43	Thailand	193,399,996,416
44	Bangladesh	185,799,999,488
45	Israel	176,000,008,192
46	United Kingdom	176,000,008,192
47	Cameroon	135,099,998,208
48	Colombia	113,900,003,328
49	Romania	105,500,000,256
50	Philippines	98,540,003,328
51	Chile	97,970,003,968
52	Bahrain	92,030,001,152
53	Congo, Republic of the	90,609,999,872
54	Sudan	84,949,999,616
55	Poland	79,789,998,080
56	Cuba	70,789,996,544
57	Tunisia	65,130,000,384
58	South Sudan	63,709,999,104
59	Namibia	62,290,001,920
60	Rwanda	56,630,001,664
61	Afghanistan	49,550,000,128
62	Serbia	48,140,001,280
63	Germany	39,500,001,280
64	Italy	38,109,999,104
65	Equatorial Guinea	36,809,998,336
66	New Zealand	33,699,999,744
67	Mauritania	28,320,000,000
68	Gabon	28,320,000,000
69	Ethiopia	24,920,000,512
70	Croatia	24,920,000,512
71	Ghana	22,649,999,360
72	Japan	20,899,999,744
73	Slovakia	14,160,000,000
74	Uganda	14,160,000,000
75	Denmark	12,860,000,256
76	Ecuador	10,899,999,744
77	Ireland	9,911,000,064
78	Georgia	8,495,000,064
79	France	8,409,999,872
80	Korea, South	7,079,000,064
81	Hungary	6,598,000,128
82	Austria	6,512,999,936
83	Tanzania	6,512,999,936
84	Taiwan	6,229,000,192
85	Jordan	6,031,000,064
86	Kyrgyzstan	5,663,000,064
87	Bulgaria	5,663,000,064
88	Tajikistan	5,663,000,064
89	Somalia	5,663,000,064
90	Turkey	5,096,999,936
91	Czech Republic	3,964,000,000
92	Guatemala	2,960,000,000
93	Belarus	2,832,000,000
94	Spain	2,548,000,000
95	Morocco	1,444,000,000
96	Benin	1,132,999,936
97	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	991,100,032
98	Greece	991,100,032
99	Albania	821,200,000
100	Barbados	141,600,000
101	Botswana	0
102	Bermuda	0
103	Belgium	0
104	Bahamas, The	0
105	Armenia	0
106	Andorra	0
107	American Samoa	0
108	Aruba	0
109	Antigua and Barbuda	0
110	Belize	0
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
112	Solomon Islands	0
113	Bhutan	0
114	Burundi	0
115	Cambodia	0
116	Chad	0
117	Sri Lanka	0
118	Cayman Islands	0
119	Costa Rica	0
120	Central African Republic	0
121	Comoros	0
122	Cape Verde	0
123	Cook Islands	0
124	Djibouti	0
125	Dominica	0
126	Dominican Republic	0
127	Fiji	0
128	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
129	Micronesia, Federated States of	0
130	Faroe Islands	0
131	French Polynesia	0
132	Estonia	0
133	Eritrea	0
134	El Salvador	0
135	Gambia, The	0
136	Gibraltar	0
137	Grenada	0
138	Greenland	0
139	Guam	0
140	Guinea	0
141	Guyana	0
142	Haiti	0
143	Hong Kong	0
144	Honduras	0
145	Iceland	0
146	Jamaica	0
147	Korea, North	0
148	Kiribati	0
149	Kenya	0
150	Laos	0
151	Lebanon	0
152	Latvia	0
153	Lithuania	0
154	Liberia	0
155	Madagascar	0
156	Macau	0
157	Mongolia	0
158	Montserrat	0
159	Malawi	0
160	Montenegro	0
161	Macedonia	0
162	Mali	0
163	Mauritius	0
164	Malta	0
165	Lesotho	0
166	Luxembourg	0
167	Kosovo	0
168	Maldives	0
169	New Caledonia	0
170	Niue	0
171	Niger	0
172	Vanuatu	0
173	Nepal	0
174	Nauru	0
175	Suriname	0
176	Nicaragua	0
177	Paraguay	0
178	Guinea-Bissau	0
179	Panama	0
180	Portugal	0
181	Saint Lucia	0
182	Puerto Rico	0
183	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
184	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
185	Seychelles	0
186	South Africa	0
187	Senegal	0
188	Saint Helena	0
189	Sierra Leone	0
190	Singapore	0
191	Sweden	0
192	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
193	Tonga	0
194	Togo	0
195	Sao Tome and Principe	0
196	United States	0
197	Burkina Faso	0
198	Uruguay	0
199	West Bank	0
200	Western Sahara	0
201	Samoa	0
202	Swaziland	0
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
204	British Virgin Islands	0
205	Zambia	0
206	Zimbabwe	0
207	Virgin Islands	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, 2020

See also: Natural gas - proved reserves map

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