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Which Country Consumes the Most Gas?

Total Gas Consumption (bil cbm), 2011 or latest

Oil & Gas | December 25, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 75 countries in 2011, USA ranked the highest in gas consumption with 860,445 bil cbm followed by Russia and Iran. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 37.4 bil cbm, Macedonia with 99.8 bil cbm and Ghana with 150 bil cbm.

Data for more countries are available at Total Gas Consumption indicator page.

Total Gas Consumption	Unit	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Canada	bil cbm															120,206	116,779	120,902	120,323	109,898
China	bil cbm															58,429	70,399	87,936	96,253	110,368
Egypt	bil cbm															42,665	35,294	38,201	52,442	55,336		...
Germany	bil cbm															122,343	124,434	120,561	122,210	116,618
India	bil cbm															44,822	48,377	51,582	53,615	66,485
Iran	bil cbm															130,925	135,577	140,977	148,772	176,346		...
Italy	bil cbm															107,585	105,362	105,879	105,861	97,307
Japan	bil cbm															109,832	121,364	132,362	129,023	128,900
Mexico	bil cbm															58,493	77,687	71,509	75,195	75,380
Netherlands	bil cbm															61,489	59,689	58,038	60,520	61,060
Russia	bil cbm	...														506,078	537,630	537,730	548,992	476,919
South Korea	bil cbm															38,009	40,163	43,465	44,686	42,918
USA	bil cbm															777,314	765,801	815,665	822,022	809,062
Ukraine	bil cbm	...														108,751	87,674	101,891	100,769	55,074		...
United Kingdom	bil cbm															119,214	113,465	114,562	118,391	109,811