Ranked: The World’s Top Countries by Natural Gas Reserves

Kayla Zhu
2025-07-09 11:08:00
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Countries With the Largest Proven Natural Gas Reserves

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Natural gas plays a critical role in the global energy mix, used widely for electricity generation, heating, and as industrial feedstock.

This graphic visualizes the top 10 countries with the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world. Countries are organized and colored by region,

Reserves indicates that these stores of natural gas are economically viable to extract at the current market price. Data comes from the Oil & Gas Journal via the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which Country Has the Most Natural Gas Reserves?

Below, we show the top 10 countries with the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world, and the size of their reserves in trillions of cubic feet.

Country	Proven Natural Gas Reserves (in trillion cubic feet)	Region
Russia	1,688	Europe/Asia
Iran	1,200	Middle East
Qatar	843	Middle East
United States	615	North America
Turkmenistan	400	Asia
Saudi Arabia	336	Middle East
United Arab Emirates	290	Middle East
China	265	Asia
Nigeria	209	Africa
Venezuela	195	South America

At 1,688 trillion cubic feet, Russia holds the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world. They hold 40% more gas than Iran and nearly three times the United States.

The top three countries, Russia, Iran, and Qatar, comprise 51% of global proven natural gas reserves—3.7 quadrillion cubic feet out of an estimated 7.3 quadrillion worldwide. These top three countries have remained the same since 2023.

Overall, these top 10 countries shown account for 83%, or over four-fifths of global reserves.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, natural gas has become a major geopolitical flashpoint.

Europe, once heavily reliant on Russian gas, has since scrambled to diversify its energy sources and build LNG import infrastructure.

Meanwhile, global demand remains strong, with natural gas seen by some as a transitional fuel in the shift away from coal and oil.

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