Dry natural gas consumption (2024)

United States of America leads the world in dry natural gas consumption at 936.8 billion cubic meters in 2024, followed by Russian Federation (499.8 billion cubic meters) and China (424.9 billion cubic meters). Iran (263.8 billion cubic meters) and Canada (138.2 billion cubic meters) close out the top 5. Next up, Saudi Arabia (123.4 billion cubic meters) and Mexico (97.8 billion cubic meters). Japan (89.2 billion cubic meters), Germany (77.7 billion cubic meters), and United Arab Emirates (71.8 billion cubic meters) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — United States of America has 13× the value of United Arab Emirates (71.8 billion cubic meters). Five of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, China saw the largest year-over-year change at +7.5%.