Ranked: The World’s Biggest Natural Gas Producers

Ranked: The World’s Biggest Natural Gas Producers

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The U.S. has pulled far ahead as the world’s largest natural gas producer, accounting for a quarter of global supply in 2024.

This chart ranks the top gas-producing countries using the latest available data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, showing how output is concentrated among a handful of players that anchor global energy markets.

That dominance is becoming more important as disruptions in the Middle East tighten supply and shift trade flows toward large, stable producers like the United States.

The U.S. is the World’s Largest Natural Gas Producer

The U.S. isn’t just the top producer. It operates at a completely different scale.

In 2024, it produced 37,751 billion cubic feet of natural gas, more than 1.6x Russia and nearly equal to the combined output of Iran and China. No other country comes close. The gap between the U.S. and Russia alone is larger than the total output of most top-10 producers.

The data table below shows the ranking of natural gas production by country in 2024 in billion cubic feet:

Rank	Country	Natural Gas Production in 2024 (billion cubic feet)
1	United States	37,751
2	Russia	22,672
3	Iran	9,853
4	China	9,111
5	Canada	7,028
6	Qatar	6,003
7	Australia	5,368
8	Norway	4,626
9	Saudi Arabia	4,344
10	Algeria	3,496
11	Malaysia	2,860
12	Turkmenistan	2,755
13	Indonesia	2,472
14	United Arab Emirates	2,084
15	Argentina	1,660
16	Egypt	1,660
17	Uzbekistan	1,624
18	Oman	1,554
19	Nigeria	1,377
20	Azerbaijan	1,342
21	India	1,271
22	United Kingdom	1,095
23	Mexico	1,095
24	Kazakhstan	1,024
25	Thailand	953
26	Israel	953
27	Trinidad and Tobago	883
28	Venezuela	883
29	Pakistan	848
30	Brazil	777
31	Bangladesh	706
32	Kuwait	706
33	Bahrain	671
34	Ukraine	636
35	Peru	494
36	Myanmar	459
37	Libya	424
38	Bolivia	388
39	Brunei	388
40	Papua New Guinea	388
41	Colombia	353
42	Iraq	353
43	Netherlands	343
44	Romania	325
45	Equatorial Guinea	237
46	Vietnam	226
47	Angola	205
48	Poland	184
49	Germany	145
50	Syria	131
51	Ghana	120
52	New Zealand	117
53	Ivory Coast	95
54	Italy	92
55	Cameroon	88
56	Turkey	81
57	Denmark	78
58	Tanzania	71
59	Japan	67
60	Congo	64
61	Hungary	60
62	Philippines	60
63	Tunisia	42
64	Mozambique	42
65	Chile	39
66	Ireland	39
67	Cuba	35
68	Croatia	25
69	Gabon	18
70	Austria	18
71	Serbia	11
72	Ecuador	11
73	Czechia	7
74	Jordan	7

After the top four, production drops off sharply, with no country exceeding 7,500 billion cubic feet. Canada and Qatar lead the second tier, followed by a mix of LNG exporters and regional suppliers. This steep decline underscores how concentrated global supply is at the very top.

Together, those countries form the core of the global gas supply system, spanning North America, Eurasia, the Middle East, and key LNG-exporting hubs.

America’s Shale Helped Redraw the Production Map

U.S. natural gas output has roughly tripled since 2005 as hydraulic fracturing unlocked shale formations that were previously uneconomical. This surge helps explain why the U.S. stands so far ahead of other producers and why it has become central to both pipeline and LNG flows.

Recent tensions in the Middle East have disrupted natural gas infrastructure and shipping routes, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global energy trade.

With flows constrained, global markets are leaning more heavily on large, stable producers. This dynamic further amplifies the role of the U.S., which leads both in natural gas output and LNG export capacity.

As supply risks persist, this concentration is becoming more consequential. Countries with large, stable production, especially the U.S., are playing a growing role in balancing global energy markets and meeting LNG demand.

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