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Data for 2011

Natural Gas Production, 2011

Figures for 2011, 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, 2011 covers 209 countries. United States is highest, at 648.509; 115 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2010, 91 values changed (41 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 2011

HighestUnited States

648.509

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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Natural Gas Production, 2011: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America648.509
RussiaRUSEastern Europe628.866
CanadaCANNorthern America170.450
IranIRNSouthern Asia151.802
QatarQATWestern Asia145.272
ChinaCHNEastern Asia103.503
NorwayNORNorthern Europe101.261
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia92.261
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa82.768
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe80.575
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia76.251
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia63.041
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia61.731
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa61.261
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia60.951
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.399
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia52.308
MexicoMEXCentral America47.740
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe47.670
IndiaINDSouthern Asia47.620
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa41.323
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean41.300
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia39.150
ArgentinaARGSouth America38.770
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia36.600

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States648.509
  2. Russia628.866
  3. Canada170.450
  4. Iran151.802
  5. Qatar145.272

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. Kosovoshared0.000
  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.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 209 in both
  • 41 · 50rose · fell
  • 118unchanged

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
  • 94 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 115 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 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) (2011). Natural Gas Production, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/2011

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