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Natural Gas Production, 1982

Figures for 1982, 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, 1982 covers 179 countries. United States is highest, at 504.608; 116 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 1981, 57 values changed (36 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 1982

HighestUnited States

504.608

Lowest116 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America504.608
CanadaCANNorthern America77.107
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe76.031
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe38.652
RomaniaROUEastern Europe38.228
MexicoMEXCentral America29.591
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa26.674
NorwayNORNorthern Europe25.542
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia19.086
VenezuelaVENSouth America16.990
ItalyITASouthern Europe14.583
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia12.176
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.412
ArgentinaARGSouth America11.298
ChinaCHNEastern Asia10.789
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia10.024
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia9.175
FranceFRAWestern Europe7.079
IranIRNSouthern Asia7.079
HungaryHUNEastern Europe6.570
PolandPOLEastern Europe5.862
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.663
QatarQATWestern Asia5.267
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.681
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.398

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States504.608
  2. Canada77.107
  3. Netherlands76.031
  4. United Kingdom38.652
  5. Romania38.228

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.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 57values changed, of 179 in both
  • 36 · 21rose · fell
  • 122unchanged

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

  • 53 distinct values among 179

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 116 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

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (1982). Natural Gas Production, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/1982

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