Countries With the Largest Natural Gas Reserves

What We're Showing

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.

Key Takeaways

• With 1,688 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves, Russia holds about 40% more gas than Iran and nearly three times the United States.
• Russia, Iran, and Qatar combined contain 51% of global proven natural gas reserves—3.7 quadrillion cubic feet out of an estimated 7.3 quadrillion worldwide.
• The top 10 countries shown account for 83%, or over four-fifths of global reserves.