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THE GLOBAL INDEX #092

Gas production2020

Natural gas production converted to terawatt-hours of energy.

Our World in Data · Energy
Limited coverage The selected year has lower coverage than the default comparison year. Missing economies can materially affect ranks.
Comparable ranking year2016Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data49 / 217No observation: 168
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States9,248.13 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2020
01United States
9,248.13
02Russia
6,384.47
03Iran
2,357.76
04China
1,940.09
05Qatar
1,749.35
06Canada
1,656.13
07Australia
1,457.16
08Saudi Arabia
1,130.5
09Norway
1,103.31
10Algeria
814.25

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Gas production · 2020 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01United States9,248.132020
02Russia6,384.472020
03Iran2,357.762020
04China1,940.092020
05Qatar1,749.352020
06Canada1,656.132020
07Australia1,457.162020
08Saudi Arabia1,130.52020
09Norway1,103.312020
10Algeria814.252020
11Malaysia730.932020
12Indonesia664.392020
13Turkmenistan660.152020
14Egypt584.652020
15United Arab Emirates536.882020
16Nigeria494.312020
17Uzbekistan471.012020
18United Kingdom395.712020
19Argentina382.932020
20Oman369.32020
21Mexico361.162020
22Thailand327.022020
23Kazakhstan306.142020
24Pakistan305.882020
25Trinidad & Tobago294.652020
26Azerbaijan258.652020
27Brazil242.362020
28India237.612020
29Bangladesh237.312020
30Venezuela215.612020
31Netherlands200.922020
32Ukraine191.182020
33Myanmar (Burma)175.072020
34Bahrain163.72020
35Bolivia146.932020
36Israel146.72020
37Peru132.072020
38Libya1272020
39Brunei126.412020
40Colombia124.552020
41Kuwait122.392020
42Vietnam88.392020
43Romania85.962020
44Iraq70.052020
45Germany45.322020
46Poland39.292020
47Italy39.122020
48Syria29.222020
49Denmark13.82020

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No observation (168)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Natural gas production converted to terawatt-hours of energy.
Unit
TWh
Source & definition
Our World in Data · Energy · owid:gas_production
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Original metadata
Measured in terawatt-hours.

{
  "column": "gas_production",
  "title": "Gas production",
  "description": "Measured in terawatt-hours.",
  "unit": "terawatt-hours (TWh)",
  "source": "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) [https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/]; The Shift Data Portal - Energy production from fossil fuels (2019) [https://www.theshiftdataportal.org/]"
}