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Natural Gas Information
Time series of annual gas supply balances, imports and exports for OECD and non-OECD countries
Last updated May 2022
The Natural Gas Information data service contains time series of annual gas supply balances for both OECD and non-OECD countries from 1960 up to 2020. Country aggregates for OECD Total, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe, IEA and regional totals are included.
Statistics for the World include data on production, total imports and exports and gross inland consumption. For the OECD countries, more detailed information on supply and consumption by sector, and trade by origin and destination is available.
It includes data up to 2020.
OECD and selected countries natural gas supply and consumption
These files contain time series of gas data for 38 OECD countries and 14 European non-OECD countries from 1960 to 2020. Country aggregates for OECD Total, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe, IEA Total, EU27_2020, and EU28 are also included. Detailed supply data, end-use consumption by sector and stock levels are available for natural gas. Data are in million cubic metres (MCM) and Terajoule (TJ).
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OECD and selected countries natural gas supply and consumption20/05/2022
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OECD and selected countries imports and exports
These files contain time series of gas data for 38 OECD countries and 14 European non-OECD countries from 1960 to 2020. Country aggregates for OECD Total, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe, IEA Total, EU27_2020, and EU28 are also included. Detailed data on trade by origin and destination are available for natural gas. Data are in million cubic metres (MCM) and Terajoule (TJ).
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OECD and selected countries imports by origin20/05/2022
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OECD and selected countries exports by destination20/05/2022
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World natural gas statistics
The file contains time series for 1960 to 2019 for the world, 146 countries and 24 regional aggregates on production, imports, exports as well as gross inland consumption of natural gas. Estimates are provided for 2020. This file was published in July 2021 and include data up to 2019, with provisional information for 2020 for selected countries. It will be updated in July 2022 with the final release which will include World data up to 2020 and provisional information for 2021 for selected countries. Data are in Million cubic metres (MCM) and Terajoule (TJ).
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World natural gas statistics20/05/2022
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World imports by origin
The file contains time series for 1993 to 2019 for the World, 146 countries and 24 regional aggregates on imports of natural gas by country of origin. Estimates are provided for 2020. This file was published in July 2021 and include data up to 2019, with provisional information for 2020 for selected countries. It will be updated in July 2022 with the final release which will include World data up to 2020 and provisional information for 2021 for selected countries. Data are in Million cubic metres (MCM) and Terajoule (TJ).
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NGWIMP.ivt20/05/2022
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Schedule
The service is updated twice a year: in April/May with complete data up to year-2 and in July/August with additional provisional supply data for the year-1.
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20/05/2022
Latest
May 2022 edition
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27/07/2021
Past
July 2021 edition
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29/04/2021
Past
April 2021 update
Documentation
Expanded product description and database documentation.
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Natural gas is the cleanest burning and fastest growing fossil fuel, now accounting for about a quarter of global electricity generation. But its longer-term use is uncertain in a transition to net zero energy systems.