Country Comparison > Natural gas - imports

Rank	Country	Natural gas - imports (cubic meters)
1	Germany	119,499,997,184
2	Japan	116,599,996,416
3	China	97,630,003,200
4	United States	86,149,996,544
5	Italy	69,660,000,256
6	Turkey	55,130,001,408
7	Netherlands	51,000,000,512
8	Mexico	50,119,999,488
9	Korea, South	48,649,998,336
10	France	48,590,000,128
11	United Kingdom	46,999,998,464
12	Spain	34,630,000,640
13	Canada	26,360,000,512
14	India	23,960,000,512
15	Taiwan	22,140,000,256
16	United Arab Emirates	20,220,000,256
17	Belgium	18,090,000,384
18	Belarus	17,529,999,360
19	Russia	15,770,000,384
20	Poland	15,719,999,488
21	Thailand	14,410,000,384
22	Austria	14,019,999,744
23	Singapore	13,479,999,488
24	Hungary	13,370,000,384
25	Ukraine	12,970,000,384
26	Brazil	10,510,000,128
27	Argentina	9,825,999,872
28	Czech Republic	8,890,999,808
29	Egypt	7,079,000,064
30	Portugal	6,541,000,192
31	Jordan	6,456,000,000
32	Pakistan	6,002,999,808
33	Australia	5,776,000,000
34	Kazakhstan	5,747,999,744
35	Kuwait	5,125,000,192
36	Slovakia	4,984,000,000
37	Greece	4,984,000,000
38	Chile	4,446,000,128
39	South Africa	4,161,999,872
40	Iran	3,992,999,936
41	Tunisia	3,851,000,064
42	Switzerland	3,680,999,936
43	Hong Kong	3,369,999,872
44	Bulgaria	3,256,000,000
45	Malaysia	2,803,000,064
46	Moldova	2,520,000,000
47	Lithuania	2,492,000,000
48	Armenia	2,350,000,128
49	Finland	2,321,999,872
50	Georgia	2,294,000,128
51	Azerbaijan	2,095,000,064
52	Serbia	2,010,000,000
53	Oman	1,982,000,000
54	Croatia	1,840,999,936
55	Ireland	1,642,000,000
56	Iraq	1,359,000,064
57	Puerto Rico	1,303,000,064
58	Latvia	1,246,000,000
59	Romania	1,218,000,000
60	Dominican Republic	1,160,999,936
61	Morocco	1,132,999,936
62	Slovenia	906,099,968
63	Luxembourg	792,800,000
64	Sweden	764,499,968
65	Israel	509,700,000
66	Denmark	509,700,000
67	Estonia	481,400,000
68	Ghana	317,400,000
69	Malta	311,500,000
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	226,500,000
71	Macedonia	198,200,000
72	Jamaica	198,200,000
73	Macau	175,500,000
74	Kyrgyzstan	169,900,000
75	Uruguay	70,790,000
76	Colombia	48,140,000
77	Norway	5,663,000
78	Barbados	5,653,000
79	Bahamas, The	48,020
80	Aruba	1
81	Antigua and Barbuda	0
82	Afghanistan	0
83	Algeria	0
84	Andorra	0
85	Angola	0
86	American Samoa	0
87	Botswana	0
88	Bermuda	0
89	Bahrain	0
90	Albania	0
91	Bangladesh	0
92	Belize	0
93	Bolivia	0
94	Burma	0
95	Benin	0
96	Bhutan	0
97	Solomon Islands	0
98	Cambodia	0
99	Chad	0
100	Sri Lanka	0
101	Congo, Republic of the	0
102	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0
103	Costa Rica	0
104	Central African Republic	0
105	Cuba	0
106	Cape Verde	0
107	Cook Islands	0
108	Cayman Islands	0
109	Cameroon	0
110	Comoros	0
111	Djibouti	0
112	Dominica	0
113	Brunei	0
114	Burundi	0
115	Ecuador	0
116	Equatorial Guinea	0
117	Gibraltar	0
118	Grenada	0
119	Greenland	0
120	Gambia, The	0
121	Gabon	0
122	Guam	0
123	Eritrea	0
124	El Salvador	0
125	Ethiopia	0
126	Fiji	0
127	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
128	Faroe Islands	0
129	French Polynesia	0
130	Nepal	0
131	Nauru	0
132	Suriname	0
133	Nicaragua	0
134	New Zealand	0
135	South Sudan	0
136	Paraguay	0
137	Peru	0
138	Maldives	0
139	Panama	0
140	Papua New Guinea	0
141	Guinea-Bissau	0
142	Qatar	0
143	Mauritius	0
144	Mauritania	0
145	Mali	0
146	Libya	0
147	Madagascar	0
148	Mozambique	0
149	New Caledonia	0
150	Niue	0
151	Niger	0
152	Vanuatu	0
153	Nigeria	0
154	Korea, North	0
155	Kiribati	0
156	Kosovo	0
157	Laos	0
158	Lebanon	0
159	Liberia	0
160	Lesotho	0
161	Mongolia	0
162	Montserrat	0
163	Malawi	0
164	Montenegro	0
165	Kenya	0
166	Honduras	0
167	Iceland	0
168	Indonesia	0
169	Guatemala	0
170	Guinea	0
171	Guyana	0
172	Haiti	0
173	Uzbekistan	0
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
175	Venezuela	0
176	British Virgin Islands	0
177	Vietnam	0
178	Virgin Islands	0
179	Namibia	0
180	West Bank	0
181	Western Sahara	0
182	Samoa	0
183	Swaziland	0
184	Yemen	0
185	Zambia	0
186	Zimbabwe	0
187	Burkina Faso	0
188	Turkmenistan	0
189	Tanzania	0
190	Uganda	0
191	Syria	0
192	Trinidad and Tobago	0
193	Saint Lucia	0
194	Sudan	0
195	Svalbard	0
196	East Timor	0
197	Tuvalu	0
198	Tajikistan	0
199	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
200	Tonga	0
201	Togo	0
202	Sao Tome and Principe	0
203	Sierra Leone	0
204	Somalia	0
205	Senegal	0
206	Saint Helena	0
207	Philippines	0
208	Marshall Islands	0
209	Rwanda	0
210	Saudi Arabia	0
211	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
213	Seychelles	0

Definition: This entry is the total natural gas imported in cubic meters (cu m).

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Natural gas - imports map

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