Many major countries in the world depending on natural gas as the main energy source to use in industrial and other important daily activities. The Countries with reserves of Natural gas are that exports to major countries which not enough to maintain with their own reserve. European countries importing around 420 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
| Rank | Country | Cubic Meters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 420,600,000,000 |
| 2 | Japan | 109,900,000,000 |
| 3 | United States | 97,860,000,000 |
| 4 | Germany | 87,570,000,000 |
| 5 | Italy | 70,370,000,000 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 53,430,000,000 |
| 7 | France | 47,040,000,000 |
| 8 | Korea, South | 46,830,000,000 |
| 9 | Turkey | 43,900,000,000 |
| 10 | Russia | 41,000,000,000 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 36,400,000,000 |
| 12 | Spain | 35,490,000,000 |
| 13 | China | 31,370,000,000 |
| 14 | Canada | 30,490,000,000 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 22,760,000,000 |
| 16 | Belarus | 21,600,000,000 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 16,910,000,000 |
| 18 | Belgium | 15,940,000,000 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 14,900,000,000 |
| 20 | Austria | 14,280,000,000 |
| 21 | Mexico | 13,950,000,000 |
| 22 | Brazil | 12,600,000,000 |
| 23 | India | 12,150,000,000 |
| 24 | Poland | 11,790,000,000 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 9,319,000,000 |
| 26 | Thailand | 8,810,000,000 |
| 27 | Singapore | 8,400,000,000 |
| 28 | Australia | 8,102,000,000 |
| 29 | Hungary | 8,019,000,000 |
| 30 | Iran | 6,850,000,000 |
