Proven Natural Gas Reserves
WorldEconomicNatural gas reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country
BPA map highlighting countries based on proven natural gas reserves. Most reserves (Russia, Iran) are dark green. Moderate reserves (North America, Australia, China) are moderate blue. Least reserves (India, South America) are light blue.
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Class | Rank | Percent of world reserves | very high (>300) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low (2–20) | very low (<2) | very high (>300) | high (100–300) | medium (20–100) | low–very low (<20) | very high–high (>100) | medium–very low (<100) | Polar Ice | |
| 2.66% | 2.81% | 24.2% | 11.8% | 31.9% | 1.65% | 96.7% | |||||||||
| 95.3% | 15.7% | 25.8% | 14.2% | 9.54% | |||||||||||
| 1.39% | 1.63% | 3.56% | 4.75% | 3.44% | 4.96% | 69.5% | |||||||||
| 2.32% | 2.73% | 3.20% | 1.13% | 2.00% | 4.08% | 13.7% | 11.2% | 48.2% | |||||||
| 5.03% | 4.61% | 9.70% | 25.4% | 1.14% | 64.7% | 30.1% | 1.91% | 11.0% | |||||||
| 10.6% | 27.8% | 30.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 11.7% | 11.8% | 15.8% | 31.4% | 7.01% | ||||||
| 20.0% | 6.33% | 2.80% | 7.88% | 14.2% | 8.34% | 6.38% | 2.17% | 9.39% | 13.4% | ||||||
| 1.12% | 24.4% | 31.7% | 2.23% | 57.5% | 47.2% | 13.5% | 96.5% | ||||||||
| 6.83% | 2.65% | 3.75% | 2.74% | 4.53% | 3.56% | 5.56% | 2.78% | 4.63% | |||||||
| 13.3% | 7.27% | 4.96% | 8.94% | 10.4% | 2.03% | 28.8% | 2.70% | 3.28% | 16.6% | ||||||
| 4.40% | 5.82% | 5.29% | 8.30% | 2.83% | 7.37% | 23.2% | 14.7% | ||||||||
| 1.64% | 3.32% | 9.90% | 21.7% | 2.55% | 14.0% | 9.61% | 2.91% | 24.3% | |||||||
| 21.6% | 12.5% | 12.4% | 14.7% | 9.59% | 5.50% | 9.06% | 16.5% | 27.8% | 18.8% | ||||||
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