Natural gas production (2024)

The United States leads the world in dry natural gas production at 1.1 trillion cubic meters in 2024, followed by Russia (642.0 billion cubic meters) and Iran (279.0 billion cubic meters). China (258.4 billion cubic meters) and Canada (199.0 billion cubic meters) close out the top 5. Next up, Qatar (170.0 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 the top ten is wide: the United States 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%.