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Leading natural gas consuming countries worldwide 2016

Leading countries based on natural gas consumption in 2016 (in billion cubic meters)

The data displays the ten leading countries in the world based on natural gas consumption in 2016. In that year, the U.S. consumed a total of 778.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Thus, the U.S. was the biggest consumer of natural gas worldwide.

United States	778.6
Russia	437.9
China	204
Iran	200.8
Japan	111.2
Saudi Arabia	109.4
Germany	101.5
Canada	99.9
Mexico	89.5
United Kingdom	81.4

Leading natural gas consuming countries worldwide 2016

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