Based on a comparison of 97 countries in 2015, USA ranked the highest in dry natural gas production with 27,059 bil cb ft followed by Russia and Iran. On the other end of the scale was Slovenia with 0.106 bil cb ft, Greece with 0.141 bil cb ft and Luxembourg with 0.212 bil cb ft.
Total dry natural gas production reached 124,090 bil cb ft in 2015 in the World according to EIA. This is 1.44 % more than in the previous year and 20.8 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total dry natural gas production reached an all time high of 124,090 bil cb ft in 2015 and an all time low of 53,375 bil cb ft in 1980. The average annual growth amounted to 2.44 % since 1980.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 21.8 % of dry natural gas production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 44.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 67.6 % in 2015.
Data for more countries are available at Dry Natural Gas Production indicator page.
| Dry Natural Gas Production | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Algeria | bil cb ft | 2,876 | 2,988 | 2,923 | 3,053 | 2,813 | ||||||||||||||||
| Australia | bil cb ft | 1,492 | 1,708 | 1,810 | 1,977 | 2,179 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | bil cb ft | 5,634 | 5,390 | 5,218 | 5,070 | 5,129 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | bil cb ft | 2,975 | 3,334 | 3,629 | 3,666 | 3,986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | bil cb ft | 2,557 | 2,841 | 2,693 | 2,559 | 2,606 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | bil cb ft | 4,986 | 5,161 | 5,361 | 5,649 | 5,696 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | bil cb ft | 2,133 | 2,171 | 2,180 | 2,176 | 2,292 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | bil cb ft | 3,664 | 3,756 | 3,580 | 4,156 | 3,841 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | bil cb ft | 3,154 | 4,166 | 5,198 | 5,523 | 5,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | bil cb ft | 19,303 | 21,536 | 22,213 | 21,764 | 22,139 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | bil cb ft | 2,770 | 3,096 | 3,258 | 3,508 | 3,462 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | bil cb ft | 1,347 | 1,600 | 2,338 | 2,492 | 2,543 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | bil cb ft | 20,624 | 21,316 | 22,902 | 24,058 | 24,334 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | bil cb ft | 1,724 | 1,811 | 1,847 | 1,854 | 1,928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | bil cb ft | 2,169 | 2,123 | 2,226 | 2,222 | 2,106 |
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