Country ranking · 2025
Billion standardized cubic metres · Energy Institute / Our World in Data ↗
| Rank | Country | Billion standardized cubic metres |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 1,073.74 |
| 2 |  Russia | 609.39 |
| 3 |  Iran | 264.83 |
| 4 |  China | 264.12 |
| 5 |  Canada | 206.23 |
| 6 |  Qatar | 183.52 |
| 7 |  Australia | 148.57 |
| 8 |  Saudi Arabia | 133.75 |
| 9 |  Norway | 120.56 |
| 10 |  Algeria | 98.02 |
| 11 |  Malaysia | 80.23 |
| 12 |  Turkmenistan | 72.43 |
| 13 |  Indonesia | 71.82 |
| 14 |  United Arab Emirates | 58.63 |
| 15 |  Nigeria | 50.77 |
| 16 |  Oman | 45.61 |
| 17 |  Argentina | 45.15 |
| 18 |  Egypt | 40.76 |
| 19 |  Uzbekistan | 40.03 |
| 20 |  Kazakhstan | 38.39 |
| 21 |  Azerbaijan | 37.84 |
| 22 |  Mexico | 34.79 |
| 23 |  India | 31.17 |
| 24 |  Venezuela | 31.04 |
| 25 |  United Kingdom | 29.93 |
| 26 |  Thailand | 29.37 |
| 27 |  Brazil | 26.57 |
| 28 |  Israel | 25.94 |
| 29 |  Pakistan | 24.94 |
| 30 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 23.80 |
| 31 |  Bangladesh | 18.00 |
| 32 |  Ukraine | 16.06 |
| 33 |  Bahrain | 16.01 |
| 34 |  Kuwait | 15.53 |
| 35 |  Peru | 15.46 |
| 36 |  Myanmar | 13.92 |
| 37 |  Libya | 11.73 |
| 38 |  Iraq | 10.94 |
| 39 |  Brunei | 10.50 |
| 40 |  Colombia | 9.41 |
| 41 |  Romania | 8.91 |
| 42 |  Bolivia | 8.62 |
| 43 |  Netherlands | 7.77 |
| 44 |  Vietnam | 5.78 |
| 45 |  Germany | 3.74 |
| 46 |  Poland | 3.42 |
| 47 |  Syria | 3.31 |
| 48 |  Italy | 3.26 |
| 49 |  Denmark | 3.07 |
Questions and answers
What does gas production measure?
Annual natural gas production in billion cubic metres standardized to 40 MJ/m³, 15 °C and 1013 mbar. Flared and reinjected gas are excluded; gas used in gas-to-liquids conversion is included.
Why do Soviet republics appear before 1992?
This Energy Institute series uses retrospective statistical geography: USSR through 1984, with republics separately reported from 1985. This is a source convention, not the political date of dissolution.
How are missing years handled?
The Energy Institute 2026 series via Our World in Data is used throughout, with three documented EI 2024 complements: Norway 1998 and Libya 2010–2011. The 77 absent cells are not replaced with zero or interpolated observations. Rankings cover reported producers, not an assumed exhaustive world total.
Where do the data come from?
Energy Institute / Our World in Data ↗
Updated . Source validation: 2026-10-12.