Gas reserves, per square kilometre by country
Gas reserves divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
103
Highest
2.08 billion cubic meters per square kilometre
Qatar
Lowest
0 cubic meters per square kilometre
South Africa
Median
285,738 cubic meters per square kilometre
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
7,651
What the numbers show
Gas reserves, per square kilometre is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 2.08 billion cubic meters per square kilometre in Qatar; the lowest is 0 cubic meters per square kilometre in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 285,738 cubic meters per square kilometre, and the mean is 25.57 million cubic meters per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,122.2%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Gas reserves, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 2.08 billion cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahrain | 103.02 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 3 | Kuwait | 100.11 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 85.76 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.10 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 6 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.43 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 24.10 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 20.95 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 20.56 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Iraq | 8.59 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 11 | Israel | 8.13 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 6.43 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 6.33 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.96 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 277.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 4.38 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 16 | Norway | 4.24 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 4.18 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 18 | Netherlands | 3.94 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 90.4% | falling |
| 19 | Malaysia | 3.62 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 3.60 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 2,122.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Russia | 2.92 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | Rwanda | 2.30 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 2.23 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 263.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Oman | 2.10 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 1.91 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Algeria | 1.89 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 27 | Egypt | 1.79 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 28 | United States | 1.44 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2020 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 29 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.31 million cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 976,189 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 125.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 970,216 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Yemen | 906,406 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 891,555 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Libya | 855,263 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 35 | Congo | 831,596 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 768,238 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 746,753 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 38 | Indonesia | 744,220 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 53.4% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 738,362 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 40 | China | 708,789 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Cuba | 682,005 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 572,465 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 43 | India | 464,356 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 458,449 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 445,297 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 419,671 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Tunisia | 419,212 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 404,374 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 330,491 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Poland | 298,895 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 51 | Slovak Republic | 294,476 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 52 | Cameroon | 285,738 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 279,692 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 275,128 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 270,592 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 263,412 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Canada | 235,203 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 58 | Peru | 234,499 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 207,726 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 570.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Italy | 154,743 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 144,870 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 62 | Ireland | 143,866 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 63 | Chile | 131,896 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 122,249 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | New Zealand | 118,296 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Gabon | 100,884 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 99,561 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 68 | Mexico | 92,761 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Côte d'Ivoire | 89,047 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 79,119 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 75,977 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 72 | Namibia | 75,668 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Korea | 72,533 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 611.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | 70,608 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Jordan | 67,927 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Germany | 66,944 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Austria | 61,081 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 78 | Japan | 57,333 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 52,168 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 51,361 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Sudan | 45,477 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Ecuador | 43,896 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Brazil | 43,549 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 40,958 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 40,805 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 29,528 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Mauritania | 27,474 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Ethiopia | 22,081 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 89 | France | 14,449 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 13,953 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 91 | Benin | 10,045 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Somalia | 9,028 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 93 | Greece | 7,689 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 7,353 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 95 | Spain | 5,100 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Türkiye | 4,930 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Morocco | 3,236 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 437.17 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 99 | Switzerland | 0 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 0 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Madagascar | 0 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2014 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 99 | Senegal | 0 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | South Africa | 0 cubic meters per square kilometre | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Gas reserves divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gas reserves ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gas reserves U.S. Energy Information Administration (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gas reserves divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.