Rank Order - Natural gas - imports

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Natural gas - imports
(cu m)
Date of Information
1
World 786,500,000,000 2005
2
European Union 361,200,000,000 2005 est.
3
United States 117,900,000,000 2005
4
Germany 86,990,000,000 2005
5
Japan 77,600,000,000 2005
6
Italy 70,450,000,000 2005
7
Ukraine 57,090,000,000 2006 est.
8
France 47,020,000,000 2005 est.
9
Russia 37,500,000,000 2005
10
Korea, South 35,860,000,000 2006
11
Spain 31,760,000,000 2005
12
Turkey 25,480,000,000 2005
13
Netherlands 22,080,000,000 2005
14
Belarus 19,310,000,000 2005
15
Belgium 17,270,000,000 2005
16
United Kingdom 15,840,000,000 2005
17
Hungary 11,510,000,000 2005
18
Taiwan 10,160,000,000 2006
19
Poland 10,010,000,000 2005
20
Mexico 9,717,000,000 2005
21
Canada 9,403,000,000 2005
22
Austria 9,063,000,000 2005
23
Czech Republic 8,976,000,000 2005
24
Thailand 8,497,000,000 2005
25
Brazil 8,478,000,000 2005
26
Slovakia 6,396,000,000 2005
27
Singapore 6,339,000,000 2005
28
Chile 6,234,000,000 2005
29
Iran 5,800,000,000 2005
30
India 5,793,000,000 2005
31
Bulgaria 5,179,000,000 2005
32
Romania 4,851,000,000 2007
33
Azerbaijan 4,373,000,000 2005
34
Finland 4,123,000,000 2007 est.
35
Portugal 4,082,000,000 2006
36
Kazakhstan 3,901,000,000 2007
37
Ireland 3,348,000,000 2005
38
Switzerland 3,260,000,000 2005
39
Hong Kong 2,944,000,000 2006
40
Lithuania 2,916,000,000 2005
41
Greece 2,707,000,000 2005
42
Moldova 2,350,000,000 2005
43
Armenia 2,200,000,000 2007
44
Serbia 2,100,000,000 2004 est.
45
Latvia 1,861,000,000 2005
46
Tunisia 1,726,000,000 2005
47
Argentina 1,669,000,000 2005
48
Estonia 1,458,000,000 2005
49
Luxembourg 1,356,000,000 2005
50
United Arab Emirates 1,343,000,000 2005
51
Georgia 1,264,000,000 2005
52
Jordan 1,228,000,000 2005
53
Croatia 1,103,000,000 2005
54
Slovenia 1,073,000,000 2005
55
China 976,000,000 2006
56
Sweden 893,900,000 2005
57
Kyrgyzstan 680,900,000 2005
58
Tajikistan 650,000,000 2007 est.
59
Puerto Rico 642,600,000 2005
60
Bosnia and Herzegovina 383,600,000 2005
61
Dominican Republic 239,800,000 2005
62
Uruguay 116,900,000 2007
63
Macedonia 102,800,000 2007
64
Aruba 2005
65
Afghanistan 2005
66
Bahrain 2005
67
Botswana 2005
68
Bhutan 2005
69
Solomon Islands 2005
70
Benin 2005
71
Burma 2005
72
Bolivia 2007 est.
73
Belize 2005
74
Bangladesh 2005
75
Bahamas, The 2005
76
Bermuda 2005
77
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2005
78
Fiji 2005
79
Ethiopia 2005
80
El Salvador 2005
81
Eritrea 2005
82
Equatorial Guinea 2005
83
Egypt 2005
84
Ecuador 2005
85
Djibouti 2005
86
Laos 2005
87
Kuwait 2005
88
Kiribati 2005
89
Korea, North 2007
90
Kenya 2005
91
Jamaica 2005
92
Iraq 2005
93
Cote d'Ivoire 2005
94
Israel 2005
95
Nepal 2005
96
Norway 2005
97
Nigeria 2005
98
Vanuatu 2005
99
Niger 2005
100
Niue 2005
101
New Caledonia 2005
102
Mozambique 2005
103
Malaysia 2005
104
Zimbabwe 2005
105
Zambia 2005
106
Yemen 2005
107
Swaziland 2005
108
Samoa 2005
109
Western Sahara 2005
110
Namibia 2005
111
Virgin Islands 2005
112
Vietnam 2007
113
British Virgin Islands 2005
114
Venezuela 2005
115
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2005
116
Uzbekistan 2005
117
Burkina Faso 2005
118
Uganda 2005
119
Tanzania 2005
120
Turkmenistan 2007
121
Timor-Leste 2005
122
Sao Tome and Principe 2005
123
Togo 2005
124
Tonga 2007
125
Turks and Caicos Islands 2005
126
Trinidad and Tobago 2007
127
Syria 2007 est.
128
Sudan 2006 est.
129
Saint Lucia 2005
130
Somalia 2005
131
Sierra Leone 2005
132
Saint Helena 2005
133
South Africa 2005
134
Seychelles 2005
135
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2005
136
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2005
137
Saudi Arabia 2005
138
Rwanda 2005
139
Philippines 2005
140
Qatar 2005
141
Guinea-Bissau 2005
142
Papua New Guinea 2005
143
Panama 2005
144
Pakistan 2005
145
Peru 2005
146
Paraguay 2007
147
New Zealand 2005
148
Nicaragua 2005
149
Netherlands Antilles 2005
150
Suriname 2005
151
Nauru 2005
152
Maldives 2005
153
Oman 2005
154
Malta 2005
155
Mauritania 2005
156
Mauritius 2005
157
Morocco 2005
158
Mali 2005
159
Malawi 2005
160
Montserrat 2005
161
Mongolia 2005
162
Macau 2006
163
Madagascar 2005
164
Libya 2005
165
Lesotho 2005
166
Liberia 2005
167
Lebanon 2005
168
Indonesia 2006
169
Iceland 2005
170
Honduras 2005
171
Haiti 2005
172
Guyana 2005
173
Guinea 2005
174
Guatemala 2005
175
Guam 2005
176
Greenland 2005
177
Grenada 2005
178
Gibraltar 2005
179
Ghana 2005
180
Gabon 2005
181
Gambia, The 2005
182
French Polynesia 2005 est.
183
Faroe Islands 2005
184
Denmark 2005
185
Cook Islands 2005
186
Cape Verde 2005
187
Cuba 2006
188
Central African Republic 2005
189
Costa Rica 2005
190
Colombia 2005
191
Comoros 2005
192
Dominica 2005
193
Cameroon 2005
194
Cayman Islands 2005
195
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2005
196
Congo, Republic of the 2005
197
Chad 2005
198
Cambodia 2005
199
Burundi 2005
200
Brunei 2005
201
Barbados 2005
202
Australia 2005
203
American Samoa 2005
204
Angola 2005
205
Albania 2005
206
Algeria 2005
207
Antigua and Barbuda 2005

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