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Natural Gas Production, 1990

Figures for 1990, 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, 1990 covers 181 countries. United States is highest, at 504.314; 115 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 1989, 62 values changed (36 up, 26 down), 1 country joined.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 1990

HighestUnited States

504.314

Lowest115 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, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 181 countries · select a heading to sort

Natural Gas Production, 1990: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America504.314
CanadaCANNorthern America108.991
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe76.094
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa50.602
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe49.668
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia45.364
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia30.497
RomaniaROUEastern Europe28.345
NorwayNORNorthern Europe27.637
MexicoMEXCentral America25.570
IranIRNSouthern Asia23.150
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia22.087
VenezuelaVENSouth America21.546
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand20.473
ArgentinaARGSouth America17.840
ItalyITASouthern Europe17.302
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.385
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia14.200
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia13.649
IndiaINDSouthern Asia11.298
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia9.005
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa8.099
QatarQATWestern Asia6.286
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa6.201
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia5.890

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States504.314
  2. Canada108.991
  3. Netherlands76.094
  4. Algeria50.602
  5. United Kingdom49.668

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.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 62values changed, of 180 in both
  • 36 · 26rose · fell
  • 118unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Namibia

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 65 distinct values among 181

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 115 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 181 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) (1990). Natural Gas Production, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/1990

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