Countries with the largest proven reserves of natural gas


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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.
Rank country (cu m) Date of Information
1 Russia 47,570,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
2 Iran 28,080,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
3 Qatar 25,260,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
4 Saudi Arabia 7,319,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
5 United States 6,731,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
6 United Arab Emirates 6,071,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
7 Nigeria 5,215,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
8 Venezuela 4,840,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
9 Algeria 4,502,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
10 Iraq 3,170,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
11 Indonesia 3,001,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
12 Turkmenistan 2,662,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
13 Kazakhstan 2,407,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
14 Malaysia 2,350,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
15 European Union 2,318,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est.
16 Norway 2,313,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
17 China 2,265,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
18 Uzbekistan 1,841,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
19 Kuwait 1,794,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
20 Egypt 1,656,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
21 Canada 1,640,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
22 Libya 1,540,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
23 Netherlands 1,416,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
24 Ukraine 1,104,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
25 India 1,075,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
26 Pakistan 885,300,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
27 Azerbaijan 849,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
28 Australia 849,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
29 Oman 849,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
30 Bolivia 750,400,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
31 Trinidad and Tobago 531,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
32 Yemen 478,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
33 Argentina 441,700,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
34 Brunei 390,800,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
35 Mexico 372,700,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
36 Brazil 365,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
37 United Kingdom 342,900,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
38 Peru 335,300,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
39 Thailand 317,100,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
40 Burma 283,200,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
41 Angola 269,800,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
42 Syria 240,700,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
43 Papua New Guinea 226,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
44 Timor-Leste 200,000,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
45 Vietnam 192,500,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
46 Germany 175,600,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
47 Poland 164,800,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
48 Bangladesh 141,600,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
49 Cameroon 135,100,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
50 Mozambique 127,400,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
51 Colombia 105,900,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
52 Philippines 98,540,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
53 Chile 97,970,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
54 Italy 94,150,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
55 Bahrain 92,030,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
56 Congo, Republic of the 90,610,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
57 Sudan 84,950,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
58 Cuba 70,790,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
59 Tunisia 65,130,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
60 Romania 63,000,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
61 Namibia 62,290,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
62 Denmark 61,300,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
63 Rwanda 56,630,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
64 Korea, South 50,000,000,000 1 January 2008 est.
65 Afghanistan 49,550,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
66 Serbia 48,140,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
67 Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
68 New Zealand 33,980,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
69 Croatia 30,580,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
70 Israel 30,440,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
71 Gabon 28,320,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
72 Mauritania 28,320,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
73 Cote d'Ivoire 28,320,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
74 Ethiopia 24,920,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
75 Ghana 22,650,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
76 Japan 20,900,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
77 Austria 16,140,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
78 Slovakia 14,160,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
79 Ireland 9,911,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
80 Ecuador 8,919,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
81 Georgia 8,495,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
82 Turkey 8,495,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
83 Hungary 8,098,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
84 France 6,937,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
85 Tanzania 6,513,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
86 Taiwan 6,229,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
87 Jordan 6,031,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
88 Bulgaria 5,663,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
89 Somalia 5,663,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
90 Tajikistan 5,663,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
91 Kyrgyzstan 5,663,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
92 Czech Republic 3,964,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
93 Guatemala 2,960,000,000 1 January 2006 est.
94 Belarus 2,832,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
95 Spain 2,548,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
96 Greece 1,982,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
97 Morocco 1,501,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
98 Benin 1,133,000,000 1 January 2009 est.
99 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991,100,000 1 January 2009 est.
100 Albania 849,500,000 1 January 2009 est.
101 Barbados 141,600,000 1 January 2009 est.
102 South Africa 27,160,000 1 January 2006 est.
103 Macau 300,000 1 January 2008 est.
104 Aruba 0 1 January 2009 est.
105 Botswana 0 1 January 2009 est.
106 Belgium 0 1 January 2009 est.
107 Solomon Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
108 Mauritius 0 1 January 2009 est.
109 Mali 0 1 January 2009 est.
110 Macedonia 0 1 January 2009 est.
111 Malawi 0 1 January 2009 est.
112 Montserrat 0 1 January 2009 est.
113 Mongolia 0 1 January 2009 est.
114 Moldova 0 1 January 2009 est.
115 Madagascar 0 1 January 2006 est.
116 Liberia 0 1 January 2009 est.
117 Zimbabwe 0 1 January 2009 est.
118 Zambia 0 1 January 2009 est.
119 Swaziland 0 1 January 2009 est.
120 Samoa 0 1 January 2009 est.
121 Western Sahara 0 1 January 2009 est.
122 Virgin Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
123 British Virgin Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1 January 2009 est.
125 Uruguay 0 1 January 2009 est.
126 Burkina Faso 0 1 January 2009 est.
127 Uganda 0 1 January 2009 est.
128 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1 January 2009 est.
129 Togo 0 1 January 2009 est.
130 Tonga 0 1 January 2009 est.
131 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
132 Switzerland 0 1 January 2006 est.
133 Sweden 0 1 January 2009 est.
134 Saint Lucia 0 1 January 2009 est.
135 Singapore 0 1 January 2009 est.
136 Sierra Leone 0 1 January 2009 est.
137 Slovenia 0 1 January 2009 est.
138 Saint Helena 0 1 January 2009 est.
139 Senegal 0 NA
140 Seychelles 0 1 January 2009 est.
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 January 2009 est.
142 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1 January 2009 est.
143 Puerto Rico 0 1 January 2009 est.
144 Guinea-Bissau 0 1 January 2009 est.
145 Portugal 0 1 January 2009 est.
146 Panama 0 1 January 2009 est.
147 Paraguay 0 1 January 2009 est.
148 Nicaragua 0 1 January 2009 est.
149 Netherlands Antilles 0 1 January 2009 est.
150 Suriname 0 1 January 2009 est.
151 Nauru 0 1 January 2009 est.
152 Nepal 0 1 January 2009 est.
153 Vanuatu 0 1 January 2009 est.
154 Niger 0 1 January 2009 est.
155 Niue 0 1 January 2009 est.
156 New Caledonia 0 1 January 2009 est.
157 Maldives 0 1 January 2009 est.
158 Malta 0 1 January 2009 est.
159 Lithuania 0 1 January 2009 est.
160 Lebanon 0 1 January 2009 est.
161 Laos 0 1 January 2009 est.
162 Kiribati 0 1 January 2009 est.
163 Korea, North 0 1 January 2009 est.
164 Kenya 0 1 January 2009 est.
165 Jamaica 0 1 January 2009 est.
166 Iceland 0 1 January 2009 est.
167 Luxembourg 0 1 January 2009 est.
168 Lesotho 0 1 January 2009 est.
169 Honduras 0 1 January 2009 est.
170 Hong Kong 0 1 January 2009 est.
171 Haiti 0 1 January 2009 est.
172 Guyana 0 1 January 2009 est.
173 Guinea 0 1 January 2009 est.
174 Greenland 0 1 January 2009 est.
175 Grenada 0 1 January 2009 est.
176 Gibraltar 0 1 January 2009 est.
177 Gambia, The 0 1 January 2009 est.
178 French Polynesia 0 1 January 2009 est.
179 Faroe Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
180 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 1 January 2009 est.
181 Fiji 0 1 January 2009 est.
182 Finland 0 1 January 2009 est.
183 El Salvador 0 1 January 2009 est.
184 Eritrea 0 1 January 2009 est.
185 Estonia 0 1 January 2009 est.
186 Dominican Republic 0 1 January 2009 est.
187 Dominica 0 1 January 2009 est.
188 Djibouti 0 1 January 2009 est.
189 Cyprus 0 1 January 2009 est.
190 Cook Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
191 Cape Verde 0 1 January 2009 est.
192 Central African Republic 0 1 January 2009 est.
193 Costa Rica 0 1 January 2009 est.
194 Comoros 0 1 January 2009 est.
195 Cayman Islands 0 1 January 2009 est.
196 Sri Lanka 0 1 January 2009 est.
197 Chad 0 1 January 2009 est.
198 Cambodia 0 1 January 2009 est.
199 Burundi 0 1 January 2009 est.
200 Bhutan 0 1 January 2009 est.
201 Belize 0 1 January 2009 est.
202 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 January 2009 est.
203 Bahamas, The 0 1 January 2006 est.
204 Bermuda 0 1 January 2009 est.
205 Armenia 0 1 January 2009 est.
206 American Samoa 0 1 January 2009 est.
207 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 January 2009 est.



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    Coconut oil | Copra | Groundnut oil | Palm oil | Palmkernel oil | Soybeans | Soybean meal | Soybean oil
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    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Other food
    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
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    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
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