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Natural Gas Production, 1981

Figures for 1981, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much natural gas a country produces in a year, in billions of cubic metres. It is the companion to crude oil production, and it shows who supplies the gas that heats homes and fuels power stations worldwide.

Natural Gas Production, 1981 covers 179 countries. United States is highest, at 543.153; 118 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 1980, 56 values changed (34 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 1981

HighestUnited States

543.153

Lowest118 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Natural Gas Production, 1981, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 179 countries · select a heading to sort

Natural Gas Production, 1981: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America543.153
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe89.311
CanadaCANNorthern America75.606
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe37.576
RomaniaROUEastern Europe35.113
MexicoMEXCentral America27.439
NorwayNORNorthern Europe26.165
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa21.861
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia18.774
VenezuelaVENSouth America16.197
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.971
ItalyITASouthern Europe14.045
ChinaCHNEastern Asia12.743
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.364
ArgentinaARGSouth America9.798
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia9.713
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia8.948
FranceFRAWestern Europe7.306
PolandPOLEastern Europe6.541
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.513
HungaryHUNEastern Europe5.947
IranIRNSouthern Asia5.947
QatarQATWestern Asia4.446
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.398
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.115

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States543.153
  2. Netherlands89.311
  3. Canada75.606
  4. United Kingdom37.576
  5. Romania35.113

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. South Africashared0.000
  4. Yemenshared0.000
  5. Samoashared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 56values changed, of 179 in both
  • 34 · 22rose · fell
  • 123unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 58 distinct values among 179

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 118 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · what it allows, in plain words

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (1981). Natural Gas Production, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/1981

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