World’s Top Natural Gas Consuming Nations

Many countries’ industries use natural gas as their energy source; initially, natural gas was supplied through pipelines country by country and within cities. The United States is in first place in consumption with around 689 billion cubic meters in 2011. Russia and European countries are in second and third place, respectively, and some of these countries get their gas through pipelines from other countries.

RankCountriesCubic Meters
1United States689,900,000,000
2Russia506,700,000,000
3European Union461,500,000,000
4Iran144,600,000,000
5China130,900,000,000
6Japan112,600,000,000
7Canada103,300,000,000
8Saudi Arabia99,230,000,000
9United Kingdom82,210,000,000
10Germany78,990,000,000
11Italy77,830,000,000
12India61,100,000,000
13United Arab Emirates60,540,000,000
14Mexico59,150,000,000
15Ukraine53,160,000,000
16Netherlands49,050,000,000
17Egypt46,160,000,000
18Korea, South45,900,000,000
19Uzbekistan45,710,000,000
20Thailand45,080,000,000
21Turkey44,710,000,000
22Argentina43,290,000,000
23Pakistan42,900,000,000
24France41,520,000,000
25Indonesia41,350,000,000
26Malaysia35,700,000,000
27Spain33,550,000,000
28Venezuela33,100,000,000
29Algeria28,820,000,000
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