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at the end of 2009 proved gas reserves are dominated by three countries: Russia (24 %),
IranEnergy resources in Iran consist of the third largest oil reserves and the second largest natural gas reserves in the world. Iran is in a constant battle to use its energy resources more effectively in the face of subsidization and the need for technological advances in energy exploration and...
(16 %) and
QatarEnergy in Qatar describe energy issues in Qatar. Qatar is an OPEC member. Energy production in relation to population is remarkable. Qatar is significant producer of natural gas and its production has been increased since 2005.- Natural gas :...
(14 %). A study by Gaffney, Cline & Associates estimates Turkmenistan’s South Iolotan natural gas field reserve at 21.2 trillion cubic meters - far above the BP estimate of 2.9 tcm for this field. This places Turkmenistan's reserves at 25.8 trillion cubic meters, ahead of Qatar but still behind Iran.
| Rank | Country/Region | Natural gas
proven reserves
(m³) | % of total | Date of
information |
| — |
World |
190,163,119,460,000 |
100% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 1 |
 Russia |
47,570,000,000,000 |
25.02% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 2 |
 Iran |
33,500,000,000,000 |
16.24% |
1 January 2011 est. |
| 3 |
 Qatar |
25,470,000,000,000 |
13.39% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 4 |
 Turkmenistan |
7,504,000,000,000 |
3.95% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 5 |
 Saudi Arabia |
7,461,000,000,000 |
3.92% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 6 |
 United States |
6,928,000,000,000 |
3.64% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 7 |
 United Arab Emirates |
6,071,000,000,000 |
3.19% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 8 |
 Nigeria |
5,246,000,000,000 |
2.76% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 9 |
 Venezuela |
4,983,000,000,000 |
2.62% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 10 |
 Algeria |
4,502,000,000,000 |
2.37% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 11 |
 Iraq |
3,170,000,000,000 |
1.67% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 12 |
 Australia |
3,115,000,000,000 |
1.64% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 13 |
 Mainland China |
3,030,000,000,000 |
1.59% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 14 |
 Indonesia |
3,001,000,000,000 |
1.58% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 15 |
 Azerbaijan |
2,600,000,000,000 |
1.45% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 16 |
 Kazakhstan |
2,407,000,000,000 |
1.27% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 17 |
 Malaysia |
2,350,000,000,000 |
1.24% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 18 |
 Norway |
2,313,000,000,000 |
1.22% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| — |
 European Union |
2,250,000,000,000 |
1.18% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 19 |
 Uzbekistan |
1,841,000,000,000 |
0.97% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 20 |
 Kuwait |
1,798,000,000,000 |
0.95% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 21 |
 Canada |
1,754,000,000,000 |
0.92% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 22 |
 Egypt |
1,656,000,000,000 |
0.87% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 23 |
 Libya |
1,539,000,000,000 |
0.81% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 24 |
 Netherlands |
1,416,000,000,000 |
0.74% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 25 |
 Ukraine |
1,104,000,000,000 |
0.58% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 26 |
 India |
1,075,000,000,000 |
0.57% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 27 |
 Oman |
849,500,000,000 |
0.45% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 28 |
 Pakistan |
840,200,000,000 |
0.44% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 29 |
 Bolivia |
750,400,000,000 |
0.39% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 30 |
 Vietnam |
680,000,000,000 |
0.36% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 31 |
 Yemen |
478,500,000,000 |
0.25% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 32 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
436,100,000,000 |
0.23% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 33 |
 Argentina |
398,400,000,000 |
0.21% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 34 |
 Brunei |
390,800,000,000 |
0.21% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 35 |
 Brazil |
364,200,000,000 |
0.19% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 36 |
 Mexico |
359,700,000,000 |
0.19% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 37 |
 Thailand |
342,000,000,000 |
0.18% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 38 |
 Peru |
334,100,000,000 |
0.18% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 39 |
 United Kingdom |
292,000,000,000 |
0.15% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 40 |
 Myanmar |
283,200,000,000 |
0.15% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 41 |
 Angola |
271,800,000,000 |
0.14% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 42 |
 Syria |
240,700,000,000 |
0.13% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 43 |
 Papua New Guinea |
226,500,000,000 |
0.12% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 44 |
 East Timor |
200,000,000,000 |
0.11% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 45 |
 Bangladesh |
195,400,000,000 |
0.10% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 46 |
 Germany |
175,600,000,000 |
0.09% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 47 |
 Poland |
164,800,000,000 |
0.09% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 48 |
 Cameroon |
135,100,000,000 |
0.07% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 49 |
 Mozambique |
127,400,000,000 |
0.07% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 50 |
 Colombia |
112,000,000,000 |
0.06% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 51 |
 Philippines |
108,700,000,000 |
0.06% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 52 |
 Chile |
97,970,000,000 |
0.05% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 53 |
 Bahrain |
92,030,000,000 |
0.05% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 54 |
 Republic of the Congo |
90,610,000,000 |
0.05% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 55 |
 Sudan |
84,950,000,000 |
0.04% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 56 |
 Cuba |
70,790,000,000 |
0.04% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 57 |
 Italy |
69,830,000,000 |
0.04% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 58 |
 Tunisia |
65,130,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 59 |
 Kingdom of Romania |
63,000,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 60 |
 Namibia |
62,290,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 61 |
 Denmark |
61,300,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 62 |
 Rwanda |
56,630,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 63 |
 South Korea |
50,000,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 64 |
 Afghanistan |
49,550,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 65 |
 Serbia |
48,140,000,000 |
0.03% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 66 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
36,810,000,000 |
0.02% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 67 |
 New Zealand |
33,980,000,000 |
0.02% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 68 |
 Independent State of Croatia |
30,580,000,000 |
0.02% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 69 |
 Israel |
30,440,000,000 |
0.02% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 70 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
28,320,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 71 |
 Mauritania |
28,320,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 72 |
 Gabon |
28,320,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 73 |
 Ethiopia |
24,920,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 74 |
 Austria |
24,800,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 75 |
 Ghana |
22,650,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 76 |
 Japan |
20,900,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 77 |
 Slovakia |
14,160,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 78 |
 Republic of Ireland |
9,911,000,000 |
0.01% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 79 |
 Georgia (country) |
8,495,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 80 |
 Hungary |
8,098,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 81 |
 Ecuador |
7,985,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 82 |
 Early Modern France |
7,079,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 83 |
 Tanzania |
6,513,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 84 |
 Republic of China |
6,229,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 85 |
 Turkey |
6,088,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 86 |
 Jordan |
6,031,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 87 |
 Kingdom of Bulgaria |
5,663,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 88 |
 Tajikistan |
5,663,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 89 |
 Somalia |
5,663,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 90 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
5,663,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 91 |
 Czech Republic |
3,072,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 92 |
 Guatemala |
2,960,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 93 |
 Belarus |
2,832,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 94 |
 Spain |
2,548,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 95 |
 Morocco |
1,501,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 96 |
 Benin |
1,133,000,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 97 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
991,100,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 98 |
 Greece |
991,100,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 99 |
 Albania |
849,500,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 100 |
 Barbados |
113,300,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2010 est. |
| 101 |
 South Africa |
27,160,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2006 est. |
| 102 |
 Macau |
300,000 |
0.00% |
1 January 2008 est. |