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Natural Gas Production, 2017

Figures for 2017, 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, 2017 covers 210 countries. United States is highest, at 774.199109; 113 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.000000. Against 2016, 94 values changed (54 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Natural Gas Production · Data for 2017

HighestUnited States

774.199109

Lowest113 countries share it

0.000000

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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 210 countries · select a heading to sort

Natural Gas Production, 2017: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America774.199109
RussiaRUSEastern Europe666.558825
IranIRNSouthern Asia215.147642
CanadaCANNorthern America176.065756
QatarQATWestern Asia166.356550
ChinaCHNEastern Asia151.747075
NorwayNORNorthern Europe129.615958
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia109.270972
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand109.057303
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa95.275310
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia77.452477
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia72.103686
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia65.592074
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia54.587396
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia52.112704
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa50.857425
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe45.322502
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa44.479425
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe42.083788
ArgentinaARGSouth America40.914348
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia38.600375
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia37.916272
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean32.846536
MexicoMEXCentral America31.566684
IndiaINDSouthern Asia31.538295

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States774.199109
  2. Russia666.558825
  3. Iran215.147642
  4. Canada176.065756
  5. Qatar166.356550

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000000
  2. Zambiashared0.000000
  3. Kosovoshared0.000000
  4. Samoashared0.000000
  5. Vanuatushared0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 94values changed, of 210 in both
  • 54 · 40rose · fell
  • 116unchanged

Rose most

  • Russia615.892760 → 666.558825+50.666065
  • United States753.004842 → 774.199109+21.194267
  • Australia92.571335 → 109.057303+16.485968
  • Iran200.562759 → 215.147642+14.584883
  • China141.793709 → 151.747075+9.953366

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

  • 98 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 113 countries share 0.000000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 210 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) (2017). Natural Gas Production, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-gas-production/2017

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