Rank Country Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m) Date of Information
1 World 161,200,000,000,000 37257
2 Russia 47,860,000,000,000 37257
3 Iran 24,800,000,000,000 37257
4 Qatar 17,930,000,000,000 37257
5 Saudi Arabia 6,339,000,000,000 37257
6 United Arab Emirates 5,892,000,000,000 37257
7 United States 5,195,000,000,000 37257
8 Algeria 4,739,000,000,000 37257
9 Venezuela 4,202,000,000,000 37257
10 Nigeria 4,007,000,000,000 37257
11 Iraq 3,149,000,000,000 37257
12 Indonesia 2,549,000,000,000 37257
13 Australia 2,407,000,000,000 37257
14 Malaysia 2,230,000,000,000 37257
15 Norway 1,716,000,000,000 37257
16 Netherlands 1,693,000,000,000 37257
17 Canada 1,691,000,000,000 37257
18 Kuwait 1,548,000,000,000 37257
19 Turkmenistan 1,430,000,000,000 37257
20 Libya 1,321,000,000,000 37257
21 China 1,290,000,000,000 37257
22 Egypt 1,264,000,000,000 37257
23 Mexico 969,200,000,000 37257
24 Uzbekistan 937,300,000,000 37257
25 Kazakhstan 920,300,000,000 37257
26 Oman 846,400,000,000 37257
27 Argentina 768,000,000,000 37257
28 Bolivia 727,200,000,000 37257
29 United Kingdom 714,900,000,000 37257
30 Pakistan 695,600,000,000 37257
31 Trinidad and Tobago 610,600,000,000 37257
32 Ukraine 560,700,000,000 37257
33 India 542,400,000,000 37257
34 Yemen 480,000,000,000 37257
35 Papua New Guinea 385,500,000,000 37257
36 Thailand 368,200,000,000 37257
37 Brunei 315,000,000,000 37257
38 Burma 314,400,000,000 37257
39 Germany 298,300,000,000 37257
40 Peru 245,100,000,000 37257
41 Syria 240,700,000,000 37257
42 Brazil 221,700,000,000 37257
43 Italy 209,700,000,000 37257
44 Vietnam 192,600,000,000 37257
45 Poland 154,400,000,000 37257
46 Bangladesh 150,300,000,000 37257
47 Colombia 132,000,000,000 37257
48 Romania 111,100,000,000 37257
49 Ecuador 106,500,000,000 37257
50 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 104,800,000,000 37257
51 Philippines 104,600,000,000 37257
52 Sudan 99,110,000,000 37257
53 Denmark 81,980,000,000 37257
54 Angola 79,570,000,000 37257
55 Tunisia 77,160,000,000 37257
56 Equatorial Guinea 68,530,000,000 37257
57 Chile 67,780,000,000 37257
58 Gabon 66,470,000,000 37257
59 Mozambique 63,710,000,000 37257
60 Azerbaijan 62,300,000,000 37257
61 New Zealand 58,940,000,000 37257
62 Cameroon 55,220,000,000 37257
63 Hungary 50,450,000,000 37257
64 Afghanistan 49,980,000,000 37257
65 Bahrain 46,000,000,000 37257
66 Cuba 42,620,000,000 37257
67 Taiwan 38,230,000,000 37257
68 Croatia 34,360,000,000 37257
69 Namibia 31,150,000,000 37257
70 Rwanda 28,320,000,000 37257
71 Austria 24,900,000,000 37257
72 Serbia and Montenegro 24,070,000,000 37257
73 Israel 20,810,000,000 37257
74 Japan 20,020,000,000 37257
75 Cote d'Ivoire 14,870,000,000 37257
76 France 12,860,000,000 37257
77 Ethiopia 12,460,000,000 37257
78 Ghana 11,890,000,000 37257
79 Tanzania 11,330,000,000 37257
80 Ireland 9,911,000,000 37257
81 Turkey 8,685,000,000 37257
82 Slovakia 7,504,000,000 37257
83 Bulgaria 3,724,000,000 37257
84 Albania 3,316,000,000 37257
85 Jordan 3,256,000,000 37257
86 Czech Republic 3,057,000,000 37257
87 Somalia 2,832,000,000 37257
88 Guatemala 1,543,000,000 37257
89 Morocco 665,400,000 37257
90 Benin 608,800,000 37257
91 Congo, Republic of the 495,500,000 37257
92 Greece 254,900,000 37257
93 Spain 254,900,000 37257
94 Barbados 70,790,000 37257
95 South Africa 14,160,000 37257
96 Madagascar 0 37257
97 Suriname 0 37257