🔥 Largest Natural Gas Reserves
Proven natural gas reserves, in trillions of cubic metres.
🇷🇺 Russia23%🇮🇷 Iran16%🇶🇦 Qatar11%🇺🇸 United States8.3%🇹🇲 Turkmenistan4.7%🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia4.4%🇨🇳 China3.1%🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates2.9%🇻🇪 Venezuela2.8%🇳🇬 Nigeria2.7%🇩🇿 Algeria🇮🇶 Iraq🇦🇺 Australia🇲🇿 Mozambique🇰🇿 Kazakhstan🇨🇦 Canada🇦🇿 Azerbaijan🇪🇬 Egypt🇰🇼 Kuwait🇺🇿 Uzbekistan🇳🇴🇱🇾🇮🇳🇲🇾 Malaysia🇺🇦🇮🇩🇹🇷🇻🇳🇬🇷🇲🇲
60 others
1
🇷🇺Russia
47.8 tn m³
2
🇮🇷Iran
34.0 tn m³
3
🇶🇦Qatar
23.9 tn m³
4
🇺🇸United States
17.7 tn m³
5
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
10.0 tn m³
6
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
9.4 tn m³
7
🇨🇳China
6.7 tn m³
8
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
6.1 tn m³
9
🇻🇪Venezuela
6.0 tn m³
10
🇳🇬Nigeria
5.8 tn m³
11
🇩🇿Algeria
4.5 tn m³
12
🇮🇶Iraq
3.7 tn m³
13
🇦🇺Australia
3.2 tn m³
14
🇲🇿Mozambique
3.0 tn m³
15
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
2.4 tn m³
16
🇨🇦Canada
2.1 tn m³
17
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
2.0 tn m³
18
🇪🇬Egypt
1.8 tn m³
19
🇰🇼Kuwait
1.8 tn m³
20
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
1.8 tn m³
21
🇳🇴Norway
1.6 tn m³
22
🇱🇾Libya
1.5 tn m³
23
🇮🇳India
1.4 tn m³
24
🇲🇾Malaysia
1.2 tn m³
25
🇺🇦Ukraine
1.1 tn m³
26
🇮🇩Indonesia
1.0 tn m³
27
🇹🇷Türkiye
0.7 tn m³
28
🇻🇳Vietnam
0.7 tn m³
29
🇬🇷Greece
0.7 tn m³
30
🇲🇲Myanmar
0.7 tn m³
31
🇴🇲Oman
0.7 tn m³
32
🇵🇰Pakistan
0.6 tn m³
33
🇦🇷Argentina
0.5 tn m³
34
🇾🇪Yemen
0.5 tn m³
35
🇬🇾Guyana
0.5 tn m³
36
🇧🇷Brazil
0.4 tn m³
37
🇦🇴Angola
0.3 tn m³
38
🇧🇴Bolivia
0.3 tn m³
39
🇵🇪Peru
0.3 tn m³
40
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
0.3 tn m³
41
🇨🇬Congo
0.3 tn m³
42
🇧🇳Brunei
0.3 tn m³
43
🇸🇾Syria
0.2 tn m³
44
🇮🇱Israel
0.2 tn m³
45
🇲🇽Mexico
0.2 tn m³
46
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
0.2 tn m³
47
🇬🇧United Kingdom
0.2 tn m³
48
🇨🇲Cameroon
0.1 tn m³
49
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
0.1 tn m³
50
🇹🇭Thailand
0.1 tn m³
Highlights
As of 2021, Russia ranks first with 47.8 tn m³, followed by Iran (34.0 tn m³) and Qatar (23.9 tn m³).
Across 101 countries and territories, values run from 47.8 tn m³ (Russia) to 0.0 tn m³ (Barbados), with a median of 0.1 tn m³.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Africa and 1 from Europe.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, proven natural gas reserves (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: trillion m³.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, proven natural gas reserves (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026