The world’s largest proven gas reserves are located in Russia, with. With the Gazprom company, Russia is frequently the world’s largest natural gas extractor. Major proven resources (in billion cubic meters) are world 175,400 - Russia 47,570 - Iran 26,370, Qatar 25,790 - Saudi Arabia 6,568 - and United Arab Emirates 5,823. It is estimated that there are also about 900 trillion cubic meters of “unconventional” gas such as shale gas, of which 180 trillion may be recoverable.

The world’s largest gas field is Qatar’s offshore North Field, estimated to have 25 trillion cubic meters of gas in place—enough to last more than 200 year at optimum extraction levels. The second largest natural gas field is the South Pars Gas Field in Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Located next to Qatar’s North Field, it has an estimated reserve of 8 to 14 trillion cubic meters of gas.

Rank Country/Region Natural gas
proven reserves
(m³)		  
—  World 180,650,000,000,000  
1  Russia 43,300,000,000,000  
2  Iran 33,100,000,000,000  
3  Qatar 25,260,000,000,000  
4  Turkmenistan 7,940,000,000,000  
5  Saudi Arabia 7,319,000,000,000  
6  United States 6,731,000,000,000  
7  United Arab Emirates 6,071,000,000,000  
8  Nigeria 5,215,000,000,000  
9  Venezuela 4,840,000,000,000  
10  Algeria 4,502,000,000,000  
11  Iraq 3,170,000,000,000  
12  Indonesia 3,001,000,000,000  
13  China 2,460,000,000,000  
14  Kazakhstan 2,407,000,000,000  
15  Malaysia 2,350,000,000,000  
16  Norway 2,313,000,000,000  
—  European Union 2,259,000,000,000  
17  Azerbaijan 2,000,000,000,000  
18  Uzbekistan 1,841,000,000,000  
19  Kuwait 1,794,000,000,000  
20  Egypt 1,656,000,000,000  
21  Canada 1,640,000,000,000  
22  Libya 1,540,000,000,000  
23  Netherlands 1,346,000,000,000  
24  Ukraine 1,104,000,000,000  
25  India 1,075,000,000,000  
26  Pakistan 885,300,000,000  
27  Australia 849,500,000,000  
28  Oman 849,500,000,000  
29  Bolivia 750,400,000,000  
30  Romania 630,000,000,000  
31  Vietnam 610,000,000,000  
32  Hungary 600,000,000,000  
33  Trinidad and Tobago 531,500,000,000  
34  Yemen 478,500,000,000  
35  Argentina 441,700,000,000  
36  Brunei 390,800,000,000  
37  Mexico 372,700,000,000  
38  Brazil 365,000,000,000  
39  United Kingdom 342,900,000,000  
40  Peru 335,300,000,000  
41  Thailand 317,100,000,000  
42  Burma 283,200,000,000  
43  Angola 269,800,000,000  
44  Syria 240,700,000,000  
45  Papua New Guinea 226,500,000,000  
46  Timor-Leste 200,000,000,000  
47  Germany 175,600,000,000  
48  Poland 164,800,000,000  
49  Bangladesh 141,600,000,000  
50  Cameroon 135,100,000,000  
51  Mozambique 127,400,000,000  
52  Colombia 105,900,000,000  
53  Philippines 98,540,000,000  
54  Chile 97,970,000,000  
55  Italy 94,150,000,000  
56  Bahrain 92,030,000,000  
57  Republic of the Congo 90,610,000,000  
58  Sudan 84,950,000,000  
59  Cuba 70,790,000,000  
60  Tunisia 65,130,000,000  
61  Namibia 62,290,000,000  
62  Denmark 60,000,000,000  
63  Rwanda 56,630,000,000  
64  South Korea 50,000,000,000  
65  Afghanistan 49,550,000,000  
66  Serbia 48,140,000,000  
67  Equatorial Guinea 36,810,000,000  
68  Croatia 36,440,000,000  
69  New Zealand 33,980,000,000  
70  Israel 30,440,000,000  
71  Gabon 28,320,000,000  
72  Mauritania 28,320,000,000  
73  Côte d’Ivoire 28,320,000,000  
74  Austria 27,900,000,000  
75  Ethiopia 24,920,000,000  
76  Ghana 22,650,000,000  
77  Japan 20,900,000,000  
78  Slovakia 14,160,000,000  
79  Ireland 9,911,000,000  
80  Ecuador 8,919,000,000  
81  Georgia 8,495,000,000  
82  France 6,937,000,000  
83  Turkey 6,830,000,000  
84  Tanzania 6,513,000,000  
85  Taiwan 6,229,000,000  
86  Jordan 6,031,000,000  
87  Bulgaria 5,663,000,000  
88  Somalia 5,663,000,000  
89  Tajikistan 5,663,000,000  
90  Kyrgyzstan 5,663,000,000  
91  Czech Republic 3,964,000,000  
92  Guatemala 2,960,000,000  
93  Belarus 2,832,000,000  
94  Spain 2,548,000,000  
95  Greece 1,982,000,000  
96  Morocco 1,501,000,000  
97  Benin 1,133,000,000  
98  Democratic Republic of the Congo 991,100,000  
99  Albania 849,500,000  
100  Barbados 141,600,000