Countries with the Largest Natural Gas Reserves
About This Dataset
Countries with the Largest Natural Gas Reserves
Countries ranked by proven natural gas reserves, measured in trillion cubic metres (tcm) according to BP Statistical Review of World Energy and OPEC data. Russia holds the world's largest natural gas reserves by a significant margin, with the Siberian fields alone containing more gas than most entire countries' total reserves.
Analysis
Russia heads the table on 38.9, ahead of Iran (34) and Qatar (24.7) in Natural Gas Reserves (Trillion m³) in 2024. The total is spread widely: even Russia accounts for only 25% of the 8 combined. Only 4 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (19.5 or more).
Source:
BP
Key Findings
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Russia leads in Natural Gas Reserves (Trillion m³) with 38.90 in 2024.
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Average Natural Gas Reserves (Trillion m³) in 2024: 19 · median: 17.
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Gap in 2024: Russia is 6.2× larger than Venezuela.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- BP
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Natural Gas Reserves (Trillion m³)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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