The majority of the world's natural gas is produced in the United States. In 2020, the U.S. produced nearly 24 percent of the total global natural gas production, meanwhile China produced approximately five percent. Natural gas demand is expected to rise in the future. Natural gas has been touted as a method to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy industry.
Production share of leading natural gas producing countries worldwide from 2010 to 2020
Excludes gas flared or recycled gas. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.
As far as possible, the data above represents standard cubic metres (measured at 15ºC and 1013 mbar); as they are derived directly from tonnes of oil equivalent using an average conversion factor, they do not necessarily equate with gas volumes expressed in specific national terms.
This statistic was compiled using several editions of the report.
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