Global Natural Gas Production

Updated on 08.25.2022

Middle School

Life and earth sciences

5 min read

World natural gas production is growing strongly again after a decrease in economic activity owing to the Covid pandemic. Production in Russia has increased by almost 10%, but is still way behind the United States, the leading producer in this sector.

Global Natural Gas Production (in billions of cubic meters)

Source: BP Statistical Review 2022
Country	2020	2021	2020-2021 Change	Share of Global Production
United States	915,9	934,2	2,0%	23,1%
Russia	637,3	701,7	9,2%	17,4%
Iran	249,5	256,7	2,8%	6,4%
China	194,0	209,2	7,3%	5,2%
Qatar	174,9	177,0	1,2%	4,4%
Canada	165,7	172,3	3,8%	4,3%
Australia	146,0	147,2	0,9%	3,6%
Saudi Arabia	113,1	117,3	3,6%	2,9%
Norway	111,5	114,3	2,5%	2,8%
Algeria	81,5	100,8	19,2%	2,5%
Turkmenistan	66,0	79,3	16,7%	2,0%
Malaysia	68,7	74,2	7,4%	1,8%
Egypt	58,5	67,8	13,8%	1,7%
Indonesia	59,5	59,3	-0,4%	1,5%
United Arab Emirates	55,4	57,0	2,7%	1,4%
Uzbekistan	47,1	50,9	7,5%	1,3%
Nigeria	49,4	45,9	-7,7%	1,1%
Rest of the World	667,5	671,9	0,6%	17%
Total World	3861,5	4036,9	4,3%	100,00%