Many major countries in the world depending on natural gas as main energy source to use in industrial and other important daily activities. The Countries with reserves of Natural gas are that exports to major countries which not enough to maintain with their own reserve. European regions are imports around 420 billion cubic meters of Gas annually, the following list shows top 30 countries that imports highest Natural Gas estimated in the below given years.
| Rank | Country | Cubic Meters | Year of Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 420,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 2 | Japan | 109,900,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 3 | United States | 97,860,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 4 | Germany | 87,570,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 5 | Italy | 70,370,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 53,430,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 7 | France | 47,040,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 8 | Korea, South | 46,830,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 9 | Turkey | 43,900,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 10 | Russia | 41,000,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 11 | Ukraine | 36,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 12 | Spain | 35,490,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 13 | China | 31,370,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 14 | Canada | 30,490,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 15 | Netherlands | 22,760,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 16 | Belarus | 21,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 16,910,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 18 | Belgium | 15,940,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 19 | Taiwan | 14,900,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 20 | Austria | 14,280,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 21 | Mexico | 13,950,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 22 | Brazil | 12,600,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 23 | India | 12,150,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 24 | Poland | 11,790,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 9,319,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 26 | Thailand | 8,810,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 27 | Singapore | 8,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 28 | Australia | 8,102,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 29 | Hungary | 8,019,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 30 | Iran | 6,850,000,000 | 2010 est. |