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List of countries by natural gas production

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Natural Gas Map
World Natural Gas Production by country according to OPEC, in 2025[1].
Natural Gas Trends by Country
Trends of the top five natural gas producing countries, 1960-2025[1]

This is a list of countries by natural gas production based on data compiled by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in its 2026 Annual Statistical Bulletin for calendar year 2025, as republished by CEIC Data[1]. Natural gas is a fossil fuel consisting mainly of methane. Production figures represent cumulative annual totals and are reported in million cubic meters.

The volumes in this table represent marketed natural gas production[2]. Marketed natural gas production is defined as gross natural gas production, including both associated gas (produced with crude oil) and non-associated gas (produced from gas fields), minus natural gas that is flared or re-injected into fields. It also excludes volumes lost through shrinkage.

Shrinkage occurs during processing due to the extraction of natural gas liquids (such as ethane, propane, and butane)[3] primarily from wet gas[4] streams, and the removal of impurities present in raw natural gas (both wet and dry[5]), including water vapor, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and nitrogen. It also occurs during gas-to-liquids (GTL) and lease separator[6] plant operations, as well as through producer consumption and operational losses such as spillage, evaporation, and other factors.

Under this definition of marketed production, global natural gas output totaled 4.34 trillion cubic meters in 2025. Approximately 57% of this total was produced by the five largest producing countries, while 74% came from the top ten producers. The United States alone accounted for 26% of global natural gas production.

Countries by rank

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Natural Gas Production: OPEC: Marketed Production". CEIC Data. Retrieved 10 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Annual Statistical Bulletin 2026 - Definitions". OPEC: Publications. Retrieved 10 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Glossary - Natural Gas Liquids". EIA. Retrieved 10 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Glossary - Wet Natural Gas". EIA. Retrieved 10 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Glossary - Dry Natural Gas". EIA. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Glossary - Lease Separation Facility". EIA. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EIA data from 2024 (Country not included in OPEC datasets)


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