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Field Listing :: Natural gas - proved reserves
This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)
Afghanistan 49.55 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Albania 849.5 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Algeria 4.502 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
American Samoa 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Angola 310 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Argentina 378.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Armenia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Aruba 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Australia 788.6 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Austria 16.14 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Bahrain 92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bangladesh 183.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Barbados 113.3 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Belarus 2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Belgium 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Belize 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Benin 1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bermuda 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bhutan 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bolivia 281.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Botswana 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Brazil 416.9 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Brunei 390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Bulgaria 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Burkina Faso 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Burma 283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Burundi 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cambodia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cameroon 135.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Canada 1.727 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cape Verde 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cayman Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Central African Republic 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Chad 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Chile 97.97 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
China 3.03 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Colombia 134.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Comoros 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cook Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Costa Rica 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Croatia 24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Cuba 70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Curacao 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Cyprus 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Czech Republic 3.964 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Denmark 51.99 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Djibouti 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Dominica 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Dominican Republic 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Ecuador 7.985 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Egypt 2.186 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
El Salvador 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Eritrea 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Estonia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Ethiopia 113 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
European Union 2.005 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Faroe Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Fiji 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Finland 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
France 5.522 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
French Polynesia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Gabon 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Gambia, The 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Georgia 8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Germany 175.6 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Ghana 22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Gibraltar 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Greece 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Greenland 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Grenada 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Guam 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Guatemala 2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Guinea 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Guyana 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Haiti 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Honduras 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Hong Kong 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Hungary 8.013 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Iceland 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
India 1.154 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Indonesia 3.994 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Iran 33.07 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Iraq 3.158 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Ireland 9.911 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Israel 270.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Italy 66 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Jamaica 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Japan 20.9 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Jordan 6.031 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Kazakhstan 2.407 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Kenya 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Kiribati 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Korea, North 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Korea, South 7.079 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Kosovo NA cu m (2011 est.)
Kuwait 1.798 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Laos 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Latvia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Lebanon 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Lesotho 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Liberia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Libya 1.495 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Lithuania 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Luxembourg 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Macau 174,000 cu m (July 2, 1905 est.)
Macedonia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Madagascar 0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Malawi 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Malaysia 2.35 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Maldives 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mali 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Malta 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mauritania 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mauritius 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mexico 490.3 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Moldova 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mongolia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Montenegro 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Montserrat 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Morocco 1.444 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Mozambique 127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Namibia 62.29 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Nauru 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Nepal 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Netherlands 1.303 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
New Caledonia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
New Zealand 27.64 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Nicaragua 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Niger 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Nigeria 5.11 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Niue 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Norway 2.007 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Oman 849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Pakistan 753.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Panama 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea 155.3 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Paraguay 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Peru 352.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Philippines 98.54 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Poland 95 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Portugal 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Puerto Rico 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Qatar 25.2 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Romania 63 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Russia 47.57 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Rwanda 56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Samoa 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Saudi Arabia 8.028 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Senegal 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Serbia 48.14 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Seychelles 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Singapore 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Slovakia 14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Slovenia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Somalia 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
South Africa 27.16 million cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Spain 2.548 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Sudan 84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Suriname 0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Swaziland 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Sweden 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Switzerland 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Syria 240.7 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Taiwan 6.229 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Tajikistan 5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Tanzania 6.513 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Thailand 299.8 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Timor-Leste 200 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Togo 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Tonga 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 381.1 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Tunisia 65.13 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Turkey 6.173 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Turkmenistan 7.504 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Uganda 14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Ukraine 1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates 6.089 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
United Kingdom 253 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
United States 7.716 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
Uruguay 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Uzbekistan 1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Vanuatu 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Venezuela 5.524 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Vietnam 699.4 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
West Bank 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Western Sahara 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
World 191.3 trillion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Yemen 478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Zambia 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
Zimbabwe 0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
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