Table 41	World Marketed Production of Natural Gas by Country, 1980-2007
	(Million Standard Cubic Metres)
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% change 07/06
North America	620,888	613,645	579,058	527,184	572,803	550,086	533,375	555,588	582,498	595,216	611,194	616,016	633,128	651,464	682,075	685,328	697,549	700,829	709,042	710,710	726,434	742,345	723,856	723,582	710,100	696,970	708,745	732,950	3.4
Canada	71,425	70,525	74,420	71,450	78,190	84,130	78,660	84,960	98,220	105,050	106,840	114,890	127,980	139,040	149,120	158,660	163,630	165,580	170,300	177,370	183,190	186,800	187,810	182,700	183,600	185,770	185,500	187,000	0.8
United States	549,463	543,120	504,638	455,734	494,613	465,956	454,715	470,628	484,278	490,166	504,354	501,126	505,148	512,424	532,955	526,668	533,919	535,249	538,742	533,340	543,244	555,545	536,046	540,882	526,500	511,200	523,245	545,950	4.3
Latin America	63,692	65,556	69,866	75,865	76,961	74,024	76,554	76,067	79,578	81,798	85,696	85,642	82,317	93,043	94,765	99,630	109,950	114,471	122,670	125,251	131,461	138,770	139,935	153,530	163,990	173,810	185,200	196,975	6.4
Argentina	8,395	8,735	9,790	13,140	13,480	13,890	15,510	15,150	17,960	18,990	17,840	18,210	15,350	21,520	22,270	25,010	26,570	27,380	29,590	34,570	37,410	37,140	36,110	41,000	44,900	45,600	46,100	44,800	-2.8
Bolivia	2,257	2,464	2,620	2,600	2,560	2,710	2,670	2,630	2,780	3,040	2,930	2,950	3,130	2,920	2,970	3,210	3,090	3,170	3,030	2,470	3,150	4,680	5,800	6,700	10,100	12,400	13,000	14,700	13.1
Brazil	1,247	1,161	1,280	1,560	1,960	2,170	2,550	2,880	2,760	3,440	3,340	3,330	3,690	4,130	4,310	4,510	5,050	5,520	5,800	6,170	5,310	6,620	8,130	8,800	9,700	9,800	9,900	9,800	-1.0
Chile	695	811	1,380	1,340	1,320	1,270	740	730	1,000	1,020	1,750	1,530	1,590	1,750	1,940	1,900	1,810	2,130	2,010	1,200	1,140	1,200	1,100	1,100	1,090	1,100	1,100	1,300	18.2
Colombia	3,221	3,242	2,960	4,140	4,080	4,110	4,150	4,060	4,220	4,130	4,310	4,400	4,270	4,440	4,600	4,550	4,740	3,970	6,260	5,180	5,700	6,090	6,160	6,090	6,400	6,800	7,300	7,700	5.5
Ecuador	30	60	70	60	80	80	80	50	80	80	100	100	100	100	100	120	120	100	100	100	140	160	100	150	240	260	280	275	-1.8
Mexico	28,521	30,250	31,640	31,110	29,350	26,990	26,080	26,360	26,140	26,210	26,730	26,520	26,160	25,440	25,850	26,610	29,300	31,700	34,330	36,150	35,820	35,310	35,310	36,400	37,400	39,200	42,900	50,500	17.7
Trinidad and Tobago	3,761	3,197	2,900	5,060	5,540	4,140	4,280	4,220	4,360	4,200	5,580	5,700	5,500	6,170	7,070	7,590	8,570	9,300	9,300	11,730	14,050	15,190	18,020	26,340	29,000	31,470	36,440	39,000	7.0
Venezuela	14,805	14,886	15,883	15,640	17,300	17,326	19,074	18,587	19,028	19,538	21,966	21,902	21,617	25,613	24,675	25,200	29,730	30,211	31,440	26,771	27,801	31,710	28,415	26,060	23,900	25,200	26,000	26,500	1.9
Others	760	750	1,343	1,215	1,291	1,338	1,420	1,400	1,250	1,150	1,150	1,000	910	960	980	930	970	990	810	910	940	670	790	890	1,260	1,980	2,180	2,400	10.1
Eastern Europe	461,565	490,191	525,255	556,083	601,737	660,056	698,139	733,777	770,169	792,874	803,038	794,918	763,871	746,051	705,378	693,533	699,302	657,056	672,034	682,102	699,097	701,480	714,579	747,887	771,248	784,870	804,430	813,280	1.1
Hungary	6,730	6,632	6,630	6,500	6,900	7,440	7,100	7,110	6,270	6,070	4,870	4,970	4,790	5,360	4,870	4,880	4,640	4,370	3,850	3,400	3,190	3,150	3,060	2,940	2,730	2,800	3,000	2,550	-15.0
Poland	4,919	4,784	5,530	5,470	6,070	6,370	5,820	5,750	5,700	5,400	3,870	4,130	4,020	4,950	4,630	4,820	3,600	3,300	3,740	3,650	3,900	4,000	4,000	4,100	4,400	4,300	4,300	4,300	0.0
Romania	37,298	38,954	39,050	37,600	33,300	38,770	38,020	35,500	33,000	32,000	28,340	24,810	22,140	21,120	19,590	19,350	17,500	15,700	14,600	14,600	13,600	13,000	11,000	12,900	12,600	12,400	12,100	11,600	-4.1
Form USSR	411,521	438,750	473,015	505,513	554,327	606,446	645,919	683,797	723,499	747,864	765,168	760,458	732,411	714,181	675,798	663,943	673,082	633,226	649,424	660,092	678,057	680,980	696,169	727,597	750,788	764,640	784,300	794,100	1.2
Others	1,097	1,071	1,030	1,000	1,140	1,030	1,280	1,620	1,700	1,540	790	550	510	440	490	540	480	460	420	360	350	350	350	350	730	730	730	730	0.0
Western Europe	189,428	196,320	184,454	194,171	198,920	206,116	201,735	212,750	200,560	205,110	203,850	216,240	219,600	231,280	233,820	241,800	278,990	271,960	271,640	277,020	282,630	284,750	293,940	295,910	302,240	293,740	285,850	274,950	-3.8
Denmark			30	40	320	1,230	1,910	2,430	2,390	2,830	3,140	4,090	4,110	4,520	4,880	5,450	6,460	7,880	7,580	7,770	8,190	8,380	8,400	7,980	9,450	10,400	10,400	9,200	-11.5
Germany	24,729	25,960	24,706	28,830	30,706	28,640	26,890	30,940	28,640	26,640	23,370	18,550	18,770	18,680	19,590	20,210	21,320	21,520	21,000	22,430	21,240	21,440	20,200	19,650	18,300	16,600	16,600	15,100	-9.0
Italy	12,218	13,770	14,590	13,070	13,840	14,250	15,960	16,320	16,630	16,980	17,300	17,400	18,150	19,470	20,640	20,380	20,220	19,460	19,010	17,480	15,700	15,520	14,580	13,890	12,980	12,100	10,800	9,700	-10.2
Netherlands	77,338	81,526	69,730	74,700	75,140	80,640	74,080	75,280	66,680	71,870	72,440	82,410	82,980	84,010	78,410	78,350	89,650	81,840	79,910	72,030	67,750	72,260	71,240	68,400	77,500	72,800	70,700	69,900	-1.1
Norway	27,342	26,470	24,890	25,660	28,330	26,550	27,100	29,420	29,830	30,590	27,110	26,970	28,260	27,380	29,460	30,470	40,920	45,940	46,200	49,880	52,880	55,100	68,310	76,140	81,000	87,000	90,500	92,600	2.3
United Kingdom	35,412	37,390	38,280	39,530	38,530	42,950	45,310	47,640	45,750	44,750	49,560	55,310	55,950	65,500	69,830	75,480	89,950	85,840	89,020	98,710	108,330	104,470	103,590	102,850	95,970	87,800	79,800	72,300	-9.4
Others	12,389	11,204	12,228	12,341	12,054	11,856	10,485	10,720	10,640	11,450	10,930	11,510	11,380	11,720	11,010	11,460	10,470	9,480	8,920	8,720	8,540	7,580	7,620	7,000	7,040	7,040	7,050	6,150	-12.8
Middle East	40,936	52,806	40,750	37,770	58,656	63,860	76,070	83,830	94,530	106,180	105,740	115,040	126,510	135,910	146,480	152,708	159,962	178,680	187,161	196,193	209,000	232,900	247,520	262,600	289,193	319,970	337,601	352,820	4.5
Bahrain	3,579	3,538	3,760	3,680	3,790	4,540	5,100	5,070	5,150	5,730	5,600	5,280	6,210	6,620	6,490	6,490	6,570	7,970	8,290	8,410	8,530	8,900	9,460	9,600	9,800	10,700	11,100	11,500	3.6
Iran, I.R.	7,138	5,950	7,200	11,000	13,500	14,600	15,200	16,000	20,000	22,200	24,200	32,200	35,100	36,900	40,400	38,600	40,410	47,000	50,000	56,755	60,240	66,000	75,000	81,500	89,663	103,500	108,600	111,900	3.0
Iraq	1,281	620	680	470	590	850	1,550	3,750	5,600	6,450	3,980	1,740	2,270	2,550	3,170	3,170	3,240	3,050	2,950	3,180	3,150	2,760	2,360	1,560	1,000	1,450	1,450	1,460	0.7
Kuwait	4,071	4,684	3,675	4,035	4,376	4,200	5,730	4,780	6,840	8,160	4,190	500	2,620	5,420	5,970	9,278	9,302	9,270	9,491	8,688	9,600	9,500	8,710	10,000	10,900	12,300	12,410	12,060	-2.8
Oman	1,650	1,950	2,700	460	1,000	2,000	2,010	2,260	2,070	2,790	2,750	3,050	3,470	3,960	4,250	4,170	4,120	6,970	7,010	5,590	8,390	13,970	15,000	16,500	18,500	19,800	23,700	24,100	1.7
Qatar	4,741	4,323	5,055	5,235	5,930	5,460	5,800	5,610	5,860	6,200	6,300	7,630	12,620	13,500	13,500	13,500	13,700	17,400	19,580	22,050	24,900	27,000	29,500	31,400	39,170	45,800	50,700	59,800	17.9
Saudi Arabia	11,431	22,245	8,950	4,380	18,200	18,800	25,200	26,800	29,100	29,800	33,520	35,170	38,250	40,040	42,770	42,930	44,510	45,840	46,720	46,200	49,810	53,690	57,320	60,060	65,680	71,240	73,461	74,420	1.3
Syrian Arab Rep.	38	51	250	50	150	150	220	620	510	2,220	2,920	3,500	3,600	3,700	3,800	2,940	4,020	4,560	5,750	6,040	5,700	5,840	6,460	6,850	7,100	6,100	6,100	6,000	-1.6
United Arab Emirates	6,863	9,075	8,320	8,400	11,060	13,210	15,220	18,890	19,360	22,380	22,110	25,810	22,170	22,990	25,820	31,320	33,800	36,310	37,070	38,990	38,380	44,940	43,390	44,800	46,290	47,790	48,790	50,290	3.1
Others	144	370	160	60	60	50	40	50	40	250	170	160	200	230	310	310	290	310	300	290	300	300	320	330	1,090	1,290	1,290	1,290	0.0
Africa	20,197	29,489	35,060	46,344	46,632	50,361	53,140	58,949	63,510	68,202	70,890	74,890	74,606	78,720	77,077	82,296	88,084	98,394	103,511	113,797	125,589	130,270	134,034	144,502	153,597	175,625	186,094	195,647	5.1
Algeria	11,647	21,862	26,686	36,267	35,039	36,470	37,560	43,170	46,290	48,400	51,600	53,910	52,465	53,140	51,157	55,622	59,024	67,714	72,511	81,507	83,119	78,240	80,367	82,829	82,009	89,235	88,209	84,827	-3.8
Angola	260	250	250	300	340	380	400	450	500	430	540	580	570	560	560	560	560	570	580	560	570	530	600	650	750	650	680	830	22.1
Egypt	1,579	1,580	2,670	3,130	4,020	4,930	5,680	6,280	6,920	7,740	8,070	9,080	9,820	11,290	11,990	12,430	13,400	13,500	13,740	14,670	18,300	24,450	25,000	30,000	32,400	42,500	45,200	47,500	5.1
Libya, S.P.A.J.	5,170	3,150	3,350	3,710	4,600	5,200	5,600	5,000	5,500	6,800	6,200	6,540	6,770	6,360	6,390	6,340	6,420	6,570	6,360	5,200	5,880	6,180	5,900	5,500	8,060	11,300	13,195	15,280	15.8
Nigeria	1,070	2,155	1,413	2,298	2,051	2,800	3,299	3,493	3,770	4,322	4,010	4,400	4,421	5,050	4,550	4,844	5,460	5,850	5,900	6,950	12,460	14,900	15,967	19,023	22,388	22,400	28,500	34,100	19.6
Others	471	492	691	639	582	581	601	556	530	510	470	380	560	2,320	2,430	2,500	3,220	4,190	4,420	4,910	5,260	5,970	6,200	6,500	7,990	9,540	10,310	13,110	27.2
Asia Pacific	77,724	78,059	83,696	91,392	108,419	118,095	127,414	127,240	133,450	143,964	151,170	164,300	175,970	183,810	201,133	210,470	227,740	239,190	241,880	258,390	273,475	281,190	298,910	319,590	331,520	360,250	384,700	404,361	5.1
Australia	8,920	10,600	10,970	10,980	11,420	12,670	13,650	13,870	14,080	16,030	18,420	19,730	21,990	21,980	25,550	27,290	28,350	30,430	30,960	31,700	32,300	33,600	34,600	34,200	34,700	38,900	46,200	49,000	6.1
Bangladesh	1,162	1,570	1,940	3,300	2,540	2,840	3,240	3,830	4,250	4,770	4,810	4,950	5,740	6,110	6,650	7,370	7,560	7,630	8,200	9,050	9,500	10,300	11,100	12,200	13,100	14,000	15,300	15,700	2.6
Brunei	10,256	8,427	9,210	8,620	8,570	8,350	8,290	8,710	8,620	8,700	7,650	7,850	8,100	8,280	8,420	9,350	9,210	9,180	8,920	9,450	9,940	10,350	10,850	12,400	12,200	12,000	12,600	12,300	-2.4
China	20,800	19,450	17,650	18,700	18,000	19,700	20,550	13,440	13,900	14,300	14,400	14,900	15,190	15,810	16,670	17,030	18,990	21,200	22,190	24,190	27,100	30,300	32,630	34,130	40,980	49,950	58,600	67,900	15.9
India	1,300	1,753	2,520	2,990	3,240	3,780	5,890	7,530	8,410	10,800	10,590	12,710	15,320	15,060	16,810	17,770	19,720	20,300	21,540	21,300	22,500	24,100	26,200	27,300	28,200	29,900	31,200	31,700	1.6
Indonesia	18,503	18,775	19,076	21,992	32,969	33,905	35,374	36,550	38,510	43,234	47,580	51,370	54,190	55,860	63,473	63,360	66,660	67,150	64,250	70,960	68,365	66,300	70,350	72,700	72,800	68,700	69,300	68,261	-1.5
Malaysia	1,228	1,328	1,580	4,200	9,200	12,380	14,950	15,580	16,450	18,190	18,520	21,150	22,550	24,930	26,130	28,880	34,830	38,400	38,800	40,270	48,350	46,940	48,500	56,800	55,140	61,700	62,000	64,500	4.0
Myanmar	308	326	450	600	640	830	1,080	1,190	1,040	1,090	850	860	870	1,100	1,430	1,640	1,600	1,510	1,760	1,720	3,400	7,000	8,400	9,600	10,200	13,000	13,400	14,700	9.7
New Zealand	1,137	1,730	2,930	2,050	2,650	3,390	4,040	3,980	4,360	4,340	4,510	4,860	5,120	4,960	4,830	4,910	4,630	4,590	4,810	5,300	5,400	5,900	5,600	4,300	3,800	3,500	3,600	4,000	11.1
Pakistan	6,306	7,504	9,740	9,720	10,040	10,370	11,100	11,880	12,590	13,450	14,350	15,130	15,540	17,300	17,760	18,290	19,720	19,780	20,100	22,200	22,800	21,930	22,900	25,200	27,400	30,800	30,500	30,800	1.0
Thailand		310	1,330	1,610	2,400	3,370	3,030	4,440	5,460	5,330	5,890	7,370	7,770	8,790	9,680	10,410	12,130	15,230	16,100	17,710	18,620	18,670	19,980	21,760	22,400	23,700	24,300	25,400	4.5
Others	7,804	6,286	6,300	6,630	6,750	6,510	6,220	6,240	5,780	3,730	3,600	3,420	3,590	3,630	3,730	4,170	4,340	3,790	4,250	4,540	5,200	5,800	7,800	9,000	10,600	14,100	17,700	20,100	13.6
Total World	1,474,430	1,526,066	1,518,139	1,528,809	1,664,128	1,722,598	1,766,427	1,848,201	1,924,295	1,993,344	2,031,578	2,067,046	2,076,002	2,120,278	2,140,728	2,165,765	2,261,577	2,260,580	2,307,938	2,363,463	2,447,685	2,511,705	2,552,774	2,647,601	2,721,888	2,805,234	2,892,620	2,970,983	2.7
OPEC	87,010.0	108,035.0	100,608.0	113,787.0	146,035.0	153,281.0	170,087.0	183,130.0	200,438.0	217,994.0	226,296.0	241,852.0	253,163.0	268,083.0	282,535.0	294,844.0	312,936.0	337,035.0	346,952.0	367,911.0	384,415.0	401,910.0	417,979.0	436,232.0	462,850.0	499,825.0	521,575.0	540,003.0	4
OPEC percentage	6	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18
	Note:Revisions have been made throughout the time series.Totals may not add up due to independent rounding.
	Sources:Direct communications to the Secretariat. Cedigaz.   BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy.   National Sources.
	Institut Francais du Petrole: The World Gas Industry. Middle East  Economic Survey.
	Arab Oil and Gas. Secretariat's estimates