Global Natural Gas Consumption

Updated on 04.20.2023

Middle School

Life and earth sciences

5 min read

Global gas consumption has significantly increased, after the drop caused by the Covid pandemic. Though the United States sets the pace when it comes to consumption, increases of over 11% have been recorded by the two other major consumers, China and Russia. In Europe, the leading trio (Germany, the United-Kingdom and Italy) are once again displaying an upward curve.

Global Natural Gas Consumption (in billions of cubic meters)

Source: BP Statistical Review 2022
Country	2020	2021	2020-2021 Change	Share of Global Consumption
United States	831,9	826,7	-0,6%	20,6%
Russia	423,5	471,6	11,4%	11,7%
China	336,6	378,7	12,5%	9,4%
Iran	234,3	241,1	7,3%	6,0%
Canada	113,3	119,2	2,9%	3,0%
United Arab Emirates	113,1	117,3	3,8%	2,9%
Japan	104,1	103,6	-0,5%	2,6%
Germany	87,1	90,5	3,9%	2,2%
Mexico	83,7	88,2	5,4%	2,1%
United Kingdom	73,0	76,9	5,3%	1,9%
Italy	67,6	72,5	7,2%	1,8%
France	40,6	43,0	5,9%	1,1%
Rest of the world	1352,70	1407,60	4,1%	35%
Total world	3861,5	4036,9	4,5%	100%