Dry natural gas production (2024)

United States of America leads the world in dry natural gas production at 1,069.4 billion cubic meters in 2024, followed by Russian Federation (642 billion cubic meters) and Iran (279 billion cubic meters). China (258.4 billion cubic meters) and Canada (199 billion cubic meters) close out the top 5. Next up, Qatar (170 billion cubic meters) and Australia (152.2 billion cubic meters). Norway (130.9 billion cubic meters), Saudi Arabia (123.4 billion cubic meters), and Algeria (98.8 billion cubic meters) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — United States of America has 11× the value of Algeria (98.8 billion cubic meters). Four of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, China saw the largest year-over-year change at +8.0%.