Natural Gas Imports (BCM)
(Data Source:OPEC)
Table below captures country wise trend in natural gas imports in Billion Cubic Meters per year (BCM/year)
For 2024, world natural gas imports were 1,328 BCM, India imported 34.7 BCM while China imported 176.7 BCM
Other large importers were Germany (81.4 BCM), Italy (59.2 BCM), Japan (87.7 BCM), Mexico (102.7 BCM), South Korea (63.2 BCM), Tueky (51.7 BCM) and US (89.1 BCM). US imports large volumes of natural gas from Canada, but on an overall basis, exports even larger volume of gas (For 2024, US exported 218.2 BCM of gas)
| Year | World | India | China | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belarus | Belgium | Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | Egypt | France | Germany | IR Iran | Iraq | Italy | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kuwait | Malaysia | Mexico | Morocco | Netherlands | Oman | Other Africa | Other Asia | Other Eurasia | Other Eurasia.1 | Other Europe | Other Latin America | Other Middle East | Other OECD America | Other OECD Asia Pacific | Other OECD Europe | Pakistan | Poland | Romania | Russia | Singapore | South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Thailand | Tunisia | Turkey | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | United States | Venezuela |
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| 2024 | 1328.0 | 34.7 | 176.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 41.8 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 19.4 | 14.3 | 41.5 | 81.4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 59.2 | 87.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 102.7 | 0.8 | 50.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 74.0 | 10.0 | 21.1 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 63.2 | 30.2 | 19.5 | 4.1 | 51.7 | 4.9 | 23.0 | 41.9 | 89.1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 1286.2 | 28.6 | 161.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 51.8 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 8.6 | 46.1 | 91.3 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 61.6 | 87.9 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 64.3 | 0.8 | 58.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 35.1 | 0.0 | 16.2 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 76.3 | 9.3 | 18.1 | 2.6 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 60.7 | 35.3 | 20.7 | 3.9 | 48.8 | 4.3 | 20.8 | 45.2 | 82.9 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 1394.7 | 25.4 | 146.7 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 31.2 | 17.6 | 61.1 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 25.4 | 6.5 | 55.3 | 133.6 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 72.4 | 95.7 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 59.4 | 0.2 | 61.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 34.2 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 94.1 | 8.9 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 4.2 | 61.0 | 39.7 | 17.9 | 3.9 | 54.7 | 1.5 | 21.8 | 56.5 | 85.6 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 1458.0 | 31.1 | 162.9 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 41.5 | 18.3 | 41.0 | 16.9 | 3.2 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 45.4 | 154.5 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 72.7 | 98.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 61.8 | 0.7 | 57.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 104.8 | 11.0 | 39.4 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 15.9 | 4.3 | 61.0 | 37.0 | 16.1 | 4.1 | 58.7 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 51.1 | 79.5 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 1423.5 | 33.9 | 136.5 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 45.1 | 17.3 | 42.7 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 23.7 | 2.2 | 46.1 | 155.5 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 66.2 | 107.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 58.9 | 0.9 | 59.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 30.9 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 114.8 | 9.8 | 41.0 | 21.4 | 8.6 | 15.6 | 3.9 | 53.6 | 32.5 | 14.4 | 4.1 | 48.1 | 15.8 | 22.7 | 43.9 | 72.2 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 1448.3 | 31.5 | 129.7 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 51.4 | 18.8 | 43.4 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 54.7 | 158.9 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 70.9 | 111.3 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 59.3 | 1.0 | 59.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 113.5 | 10.7 | 44.8 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 14.4 | 4.0 | 53.8 | 37.2 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 45.2 | 14.2 | 22.5 | 47.6 | 77.6 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 1432.4 | 29.6 | 121.3 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 49.5 | 18.8 | 43.6 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 23.2 | 3.1 | 49.3 | 162.4 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 67.9 | 119.4 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 60.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 102.1 | 9.0 | 45.2 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 58.0 | 34.8 | 14.2 | 4.1 | 50.0 | 10.6 | 26.1 | 48.2 | 81.8 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 1384.1 | 26.7 | 92.0 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 52.0 | 17.6 | 46.1 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 25.3 | 8.0 | 48.3 | 153.6 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 69.6 | 120.5 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 50.3 | 1.1 | 54.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 22.4 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 102.4 | 6.6 | 44.8 | 1.6 | 18.2 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 48.7 | 34.6 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 55.1 | 14.1 | 26.0 | 47.6 | 85.9 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 1280.7 | 26.2 | 72.8 | 11.6 | 6.9 | 46.9 | 17.2 | 42.0 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 22.3 | 9.8 | 46.4 | 150.6 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 120.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 43.5 | 1.2 | 41.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 83.6 | 4.5 | 44.0 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 44.2 | 32.4 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 46.4 | 11.1 | 27.5 | 48.5 | 85.1 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 1221.0 | 18.7 | 59.7 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 44.5 | 17.3 | 41.2 | 19.1 | 2.9 | 19.6 | 3.6 | 44.7 | 141.6 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 61.2 | 122.5 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 36.4 | 1.0 | 37.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 88.8 | 1.4 | 40.6 | 0.2 | 18.0 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 43.4 | 32.4 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 48.4 | 16.5 | 27.1 | 45.1 | 77.0 | 0.4 |
| 2014 | 1208.7 | 18.6 | 57.7 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 44.0 | 18.4 | 40.2 | 17.4 | 2.6 | 21.9 | 0.0 | 45.1 | 142.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 55.8 | 127.5 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 29.0 | 1.0 | 29.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 92.1 | 0.0 | 41.7 | 0.5 | 24.2 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 49.1 | 36.4 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 49.3 | 19.2 | 25.8 | 43.4 | 76.3 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 1198.1 | 17.4 | 51.2 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 48.9 | 18.6 | 43.5 | 16.5 | 2.6 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 47.9 | 97.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 62.0 | 125.1 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 25.4 | 1.1 | 26.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 93.1 | 0.0 | 42.7 | 1.9 | 28.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 53.2 | 35.4 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 45.3 | 26.1 | 29.1 | 48.9 | 81.7 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 1161.6 | 17.9 | 39.7 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 42.6 | 18.5 | 41.2 | 13.1 | 2.4 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 47.7 | 88.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 67.8 | 122.2 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 22.3 | 1.1 | 26.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 90.8 | 0.0 | 37.4 | 2.0 | 30.8 | 10.2 | 3.6 | 47.3 | 36.8 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 45.9 | 30.9 | 28.2 | 49.1 | 88.9 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 1174.1 | 16.4 | 30.5 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 46.0 | 21.9 | 43.1 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 87.6 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 110.0 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 18.1 | 0.7 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 101.8 | 0.0 | 36.0 | 2.7 | 30.9 | 8.5 | 3.3 | 46.8 | 36.3 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 43.9 | 42.0 | 28.3 | 52.8 | 98.2 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 992.5 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 12.7 | 2.5 | 22.6 | 0.0 | 46.2 | 88.9 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 75.4 | 98.0 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 25.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 55.2 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 33.1 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 43.6 | 36.7 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 38.0 | 34.3 | 25.7 | 53.9 | 105.9 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 920.0 | 12.6 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 19.2 | 0.0 | 45.9 | 94.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 90.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 24.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 32.8 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 32.7 | 36.6 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 35.8 | 35.5 | 25.5 | 40.8 | 106.2 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 987.3 | 10.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 21.1 | 14.6 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 45.0 | 92.8 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 76.9 | 97.0 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 24.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 57.2 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 60.7 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 36.0 | 40.8 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 37.2 | 52.7 | 25.0 | 36.0 | 112.8 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 949.5 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 20.6 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 88.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 93.6 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 55.1 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 51.5 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 31.9 | 36.4 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 35.8 | 55.3 | 16.2 | 30.7 | 130.5 | 0.1 |
| 2006 | 924.5 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 45.9 | 94.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 77.4 | 86.2 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 56.9 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 5.3 | 53.5 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 32.1 | 41.2 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 30.2 | 56.0 | 11.1 | 21.4 | 118.5 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 864.6 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 19.8 | 15.2 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 46.4 | 91.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 73.5 | 81.2 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 27.4 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 29.1 | 38.8 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 26.7 | 61.1 | 10.6 | 15.7 | 122.9 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 801.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 44.8 | 90.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 67.7 | 76.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 53.4 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 6.2 | 22.5 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 29.9 | 27.1 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 22.2 | 59.9 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 120.5 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 749.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 41.9 | 84.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 62.0 | 79.9 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 54.9 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 23.7 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 21.2 | 60.4 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 113.3 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 683.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 42.2 | 83.8 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 72.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 24.1 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 60.2 | 9.0 | 5.1 | 113.7 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 647.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 78.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 54.8 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 15.9 | 55.2 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 113.3 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 629.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 17.6 | 16.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 42.3 | 76.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 57.6 | 72.6 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 48.3 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 14.3 | 52.4 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 109.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 584.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 41.1 | 75.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 49.4 | 69.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 45.1 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 12.3 | 57.6 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 101.7 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 541.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 73.9 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 42.6 | 66.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 57.6 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 90.2 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 524.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 35.5 | 75.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 39.2 | 63.8 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 38.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 57.2 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 86.1 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | 523.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 35.6 | 77.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 67.8 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 81.6 | 0.0 |
| 1995 | 389.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 33.5 | 67.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 59.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 80.0 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 356.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 31.6 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.6 | 56.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.9 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 73.0 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 341.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 63.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 65.4 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 333.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 32.8 | 59.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.5 | 52.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 59.1 | 0.0 |
| 1991 | 317.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 58.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.6 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 49.6 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 302.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 57.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.9 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 43.2 | 0.0 |
| 1989 | 288.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 27.2 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 43.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 10.6 | 39.1 | 0.0 |
| 1988 | 261.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 51.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.9 | 41.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 11.4 | 36.5 | 0.0 |
| 1987 | 247.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 26.9 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.7 | 39.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.3 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| 1986 | 221.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 12.7 | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| 1985 | 223.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.7 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 13.6 | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| 1984 | 212.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 48.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 34.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| 1983 | 194.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.2 | 46.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 25.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| 1982 | 186.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.1 | 45.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | 193.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 22.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | 196.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 51.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| 1979 | 183.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 44.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 35.5 | 0.0 |
| 1978 | 153.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 37.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| 1977 | 138.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| 1976 | 128.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 32.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 114.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
Initially gas markets around the world had been localised, followed by intra-country pipelines, followed by, wherever possible, inter-country/intra-region linkages, leading to regionalised gas markets. As LNG penetrated into the trade, gas markets started becoming global, to a limited extent in the beginning, but later, on a steadily increasing scale, especially with rapidly increasing US LNG exports
As we saw in the gas demand section, long-term demand growth has displayed a CAGR of ~2.5%. Against this, on the same time frame, Exports and Imports have shown a much higher CAGR, 4.8%, almost double the demand CAGR, due to market integration described above
Between 2000 and 2024, the countries which saw large increases in gas imports were China (+177 BCM), Mexico (+100 BCM), South Korea (+43.5 BCM), UK (+40 BCM), Netherlands (+37.5 BCM), while those saw drop in gas imports were Ukraine (-47.5 BCM) and US (-20 BCM)
View the trends graphically