Natural gas – proved reserves

This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

  49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Albania

  821.2 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Algeria

  4.504 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• American Samoa

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Andorra

  0 cu m (2016)

• Angola

  308.1 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Argentina

  336.6 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Armenia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Aruba

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Australia

  1.989 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Austria

  6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  991.1 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

• Bahrain

  92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Bangladesh

  185.8 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Barbados

  141.6 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Belarus

  2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Belgium

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Belize

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Benin

  1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Bermuda

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Bhutan

  0 cu m (2016 est.)

• Bolivia

  295.9 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Botswana

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Brazil

  377.4 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• British Virgin Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Brunei

  260.5 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Bulgaria

  5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Burma

  637.1 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Burundi

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  0 cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Cambodia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Cameroon

  135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Canada

  2.056 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Central African Republic

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Chad

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Chile

  97.97 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• China

  5.44 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Colombia

  113.9 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Comoros

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  991.1 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Cook Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Costa Rica

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Croatia

  24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Cuba

  70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Curacao

  0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)

• Cyprus

  141.6 billion cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Czechia

  3.964 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Denmark

  12.86 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Djibouti

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Dominica

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Ecuador

  10.9 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Egypt

  2.186 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• El Salvador

  0 cu m (1 January 2017 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Eritrea

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Estonia

  0 cu m (2016 est.)

• Eswatini

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Ethiopia

  24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• European Union

  1.3 trillion cu m (1 January 2017 est.)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Faroe Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Fiji

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Finland

  NA cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• France

  8.41 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• French Polynesia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Gabon

  28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Gambia, The

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Georgia

  8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Germany

  39.5 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Ghana

  22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Gibraltar

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Greece

  991.1 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Greenland

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Grenada

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Guam

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Guatemala

  2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

• Guinea

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Guyana

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Haiti

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Honduras

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Hong Kong

  0 cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Hungary

  6.598 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Iceland

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• India

  1.29 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Indonesia

  2.866 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Iran

  33.72 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Iraq

  3.82 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Ireland

  9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Israel

  176 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Italy

  38.11 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Jamaica

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Japan

  20.9 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Jordan

  6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Kenya

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Kiribati

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Korea, North

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Korea, South

  7.079 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Kosovo

  0 cu m NA (2017 est.)

• Kuwait

  1.784 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Laos

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Latvia

  0 cu m (2014 est.)

• Lebanon

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Lesotho

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Liberia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Libya

  1.505 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Lithuania

  0 cu m (2016 est.)

• Luxembourg

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Macau

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Madagascar

  0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)

• Malawi

  0 cu m (2017 est.)

• Malaysia

  1.183 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Maldives

  0 cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Mali

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Malta

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Mauritania

  28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Mauritius

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Mexico

  279.8 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  0 cu m

• Moldova

  NA cu m (1 January 2017 est.)

• Mongolia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Montenegro

  0 cu m (2016 est.)

• Montserrat

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Morocco

  1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Mozambique

  2.832 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Namibia

  62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Nauru

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Nepal

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Netherlands

  801.4 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• New Caledonia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• New Zealand

  33.7 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Nicaragua

  0 cu m (1 January 2015 est.)

• Niger

  0 cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Nigeria

  5.475 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Niue

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• North Macedonia

  0 cu m (31 December 2016 est.)

• Norway

  1.782 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Oman

  651.3 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Pakistan

  588.8 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Panama

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  210.5 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Paraguay

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Peru

  455.9 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Philippines

  98.54 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Poland

  79.79 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Portugal

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Qatar

  24.07 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Romania

  105.5 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Russia

  47.8 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Rwanda

  56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Samoa

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  8.619 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Senegal

  0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)

• Serbia

  48.14 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Seychelles

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Singapore

  0 cu m (1 January 2017 est.)

• Slovakia

  14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Slovenia

  NA cu m (2017 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Somalia

  5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• South Africa

  0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)

• South Sudan

  63.71 billion cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Spain

  2.548 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Sudan

  84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Suriname

  0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)

• Sweden

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Switzerland

  NA cu m (1 January 2011 est.)

• Syria

  240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Taiwan

  6.229 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Tajikistan

  5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Tanzania

  6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Thailand

  193.4 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  200 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

• Togo

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Tonga

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  447.4 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Tunisia

  65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Turkey

  5.097 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  7.504 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Uganda

  14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Ukraine

  1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  6.091 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• United Kingdom

  176 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• United States

  0 cu m (1 January 2017 est.)

• Uruguay

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Vanuatu

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Venezuela

  5.739 trillion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Vietnam

  699.4 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• West Bank

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• World

  196.1 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 est.)

• Yemen

  478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)

• Zambia

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)