Global Natural Gas Consumption

Updated on 03.06.2024

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Middle School High School

Life and earth sciences

Global gas consumption has decreased (3.1%) in 2022. mainly due to market turbulence caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine. Sanctions against Moscow calls for sufficiency and rising prices have led many countries to readjust their . The United States remains by far the biggest consumer, accounting for nearly a quarter of global consumption.

Global Natural Gas Consumption (in billions of cubic meters)

Source: Statistical Review of World Energy 2023
Country	2021	2022	2021-22 change	Share of Global Consumption
United States	835.8	881.2	5.4 %	22.4%
Russia	474.6	408.0	-14 %	10.4%
China	380.3	375.7	-1.2 %	9.5%
Iran	236.5	228.9	-3.2 %	5.8%
Canada	117.0	121.6	4.0 %	3.1%
Saudi Arabia	114.5	120.4	5.2 %	3.1%
Japan	103.6	100.5	-2.0 %	2.5%
Mexico	97.3	96.6	-0.8 %	2.5%
Germany	91.7	77.3	-15.7 %	2.0%
United Kingdom	77.8	72.0	-7.5 %	1.8%
United Arab Emirates	70.8	69.8	-1.3 %	1.8%
Italy	72.4	65.3	- 9.8 %	1.7%
France	43.0	38.4	-10.8 %	1.0%
Total World	4,067.1	3,941.3	-3.1 %	100%