Natural Gas left in the world (BOE):

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Summary Table

  Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Million BOE
(barrels of oil equivalent)
6,922,922,000 1,153,820
132,290,211 22,048
(Data shown in the table is for 2017. Counter shows current estimate.)

World Gas Reserves

See also: List of countries by Gas Reserves

There are 6,923 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves in the world as of 2017.

The world has proven reserves equivalent to 52.3 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 52 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Gas Reserves
6,922,922,000 MMcf
(1,153,820 billion BOE)
52 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of World's Proven Gas Reserves

World Gas Consumption

See also: List of countries by Gas Consumption

  • The world consumes 132,290,211 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
  • The world consumes 17,303 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 world population of 7,645,617,954 people) or 47 cubic feet per capita per day.

History of Global Gas Consumption

# Country Gas Reserves
(MMcf)
World
Share
1 Russia 1,688,228,000 24.3%
2 Iran 1,201,382,000 17.3%
3 Qatar 871,585,000 12.5%
4 United States 368,704,000 5.3%
5 Saudi Arabia 294,205,000 4.2%
6 Turkmenistan 265,000,000 3.8%
7 United Arab Emirates 215,098,000 3.1%
8 Venezuela 197,087,000 2.8%
9 Nigeria 180,490,000 2.6%
10 China 163,959,000 2.4%
11 Algeria 159,054,000 2.3%
12 Iraq 111,522,000 1.6%
13 Indonesia 103,350,000 1.5%
14 Mozambique 100,000,000 1.4%
15 Kazakhstan 85,000,000 1.2%
16 Egypt 77,200,000 1.1%
17 Norway 72,358,000 1.0%
18 Canada 71,794,000 1.0%
19 Uzbekistan 65,000,000 0.9%
20 Kuwait 63,500,000 0.9%
21 Libya 53,183,000 0.8%
22 India 50,398,000 0.7%
23 Ukraine 39,000,000 0.6%
24 Malaysia 38,284,000 0.6%
25 Azerbaijan 35,000,000 0.5%
26 Netherlands 31,702,000 0.5%
27 Australia 30,400,000 0.4%
28 Oman 24,910,000 0.4%
29 Vietnam 24,700,000 0.4%
30 Pakistan 24,700,000 0.4%
31 Yemen 16,900,000 0.2%
32 Mexico 16,549,000 0.2%
33 Brazil 16,172,000 0.2%
34 Peru 15,047,000 0.2%
35 Brunei 13,800,000 0.2%
36 Trinidad and Tobago 12,240,000 0.2%
37 Argentina 11,142,000 0.2%
38 Bolivia 10,450,000 0.2%
39 Myanmar 10,000,000 0.14%
40 Angola 9,711,000 0.14%
41 United Kingdom 8,502,000 0.12%
42 Syria 8,500,000 0.12%
43 Bangladesh 8,500,000 0.12%
44 Thailand 8,415,000 0.12%
45 Israel 7,027,000 0.10%
46 Colombia 5,508,000 0.08%
47 Papua New Guinea 5,467,000 0.08%
48 Cameroon 4,770,000 0.07%
49 Romania 3,725,000 0.05%
50 Philippines 3,480,000 0.05%
51 Chile 3,460,000 0.05%
52 Bahrain 3,250,000 0.05%
53 Congo 3,200,000 0.05%
54 Poland 3,015,000 0.04%
55 Sudan 3,000,000 0.04%
56 Cuba 2,500,000 0.04%
57 Tunisia 2,300,000 0.03%
58 Namibia 2,200,000 0.03%
59 Germany 2,048,000 0.03%
60 Rwanda 2,000,000 0.03%
61 Italy 1,985,000 0.03%
62 Afghanistan 1,750,000 0.03%
63 Serbia 1,700,000 0.02%
64 New Zealand 1,361,000 0.02%
65 Equatorial Guinea 1,300,000 0.02%
66 Denmark 1,210,000 0.02%
67 Gabon 1,000,000 0.01%
68 Mauritania 1,000,000 0.01%
69 Côte d'Ivoire 1,000,000 0.01%
70 Croatia 880,000 0.013%
71 Ethiopia 880,000 0.013%
72 Ghana 800,000 0.012%
73 Japan 738,000 0.011%
74 Slovakia 500,000 0.007%
75 Uganda 500,000 0.007%
76 Ireland 350,000 0.005%
77 France 314,000 0.005%
78 Hungary 304,000 0.004%
79 Austria 301,000 0.004%
80 Georgia 300,000 0.004%
81 South Korea 250,000 0.004%
82 Tanzania 230,000 0.003%
83 Taiwan 220,000 0.003%
84 Turkey 218,000 0.003%
85 Jordan 213,000 0.003%
86 Ecuador 212,000 0.003%
87 Kyrgyzstan 200,000 0.003%
88 Bulgaria 200,000 0.003%
89 Tajikistan 200,000 0.003%
90 Somalia 200,000 0.003%
91 Czech Republic (Czechia) 140,000 0.002%
92 Belarus 100,000 0.001%
93 Spain 90,000 0.0013%
94 Morocco 51,000 0.0007%
95 Benin 40,000 0.0006%
96 Greece 35,000 0.0005%
97 DR Congo 35,000 0.0005%
98 Albania 29,000 0.0004%
99 Barbados 5,000 0.0001%

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