World’s Highest Natural Gas Proved Reserves by Countries

Natural Gas, is one of the prominent energy sources, some countries supply to homes through the pipeline for daily uses. The whole world’s Proved reserve is about 208 trillion Cubic meters, and most part is unexplored in the world. The Proved Natural Gas reserves in 104 countries, Russia is ranked first in reserve with 47 trillion cubic meters of Natural Gas, the next positions respectively Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia.

RankCountryCubic Meter
2Russia47,570,000,000,000
3Iran33,070,000,000,000
4Qatar25,200,000,000,000
5Turkmenistan24,300,000,000,000
6Saudi Arabia8,028,000,000,000
7United States7,716,000,000,000
8United Arab Emirates6,089,000,000,000
9Venezuela5,524,000,000,000
10Nigeria5,110,000,000,000
11Algeria4,502,000,000,000
12Indonesia3,994,000,000,000
13Iraq3,171,000,000,000
14China3,100,000,000,000
15Kazakhstan2,407,000,000,000
16Malaysia2,350,000,000,000
17Egypt2,186,000,000,000
18Norway2,007,000,000,000
19European Union2,005,000,000,000
20Uzbekistan1,841,000,000,000
21Kuwait1,798,000,000,000
22Canada1,727,000,000,000
23Libya1,495,000,000,000
24Netherlands1,303,000,000,000
25India1,154,000,000,000
26Ukraine1,104,000,000,000
27Oman849,500,000,000
28Azerbaijan849,500,000,000
29Australia788,600,000,000
30Pakistan753,800,000,000
31Vietnam699,400,000,000

Note: The data on reserves is based on estimates from the CIA World Factbook.

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