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Natural Gas Production, 2001

Figures for 2001, 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, 2001 covers 205 countries. United States is highest, at 555.472; 120 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2000, 74 values changed (47 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 2001

HighestUnited States

555.472

Lowest120 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, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 205 countries · select a heading to sort

Natural Gas Production, 2001: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America555.472
RussiaRUSEastern Europe544.305
CanadaCANNorthern America186.802
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe104.471
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa78.921
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe78.197
IranIRNSouthern Asia66.001
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia63.101
NorwayNORNorthern Europe55.101
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia53.691
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia53.461
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia48.200
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia42.780
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia39.360
ArgentinaARGSouth America37.140
MexicoMEXCentral America36.320
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand33.561
VenezuelaVENSouth America31.710
ChinaCHNEastern Asia30.310
QatarQATWestern Asia26.600
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa24.550
GermanyDEUWestern Europe22.232
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia21.930
IndiaINDSouthern Asia20.070
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia18.670

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States555.472
  2. Russia544.305
  3. Canada186.802
  4. United Kingdom104.471
  5. Algeria78.921

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. Yemenshared0.000
  4. Samoashared0.000
  5. Vanuatushared0.000

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.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 74values changed, of 205 in both
  • 47 · 27rose · fell
  • 131unchanged

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

  • 79 distinct values among 205

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 120 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 205 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) (2001). Natural Gas Production, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/2001

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