List of countries by natural gas imports

Trends in the five nations with the largest annual net imports of natural gas

This is a list of countries by natural gas imports mostly based on The World Factbook [1] and EIA [2]. For informational purposes several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list.

Many countries are both importers and exporters of natural gas. For instance, although Canada appears on the list below as the world's fourteenth-largest gas importer, It exports more natural gas than it imports, and so is a net exporter of natural gas. See: List of countries by natural gas exports.

Rank	Country/Region	Natural gas - imports (cu m)	Date of information
-	World	957,600,000,000	2007
-	European Union	420,600,000,000	2010 est.
1	Germany	99,630,000,000	2010 est.
2	Japan	98,010,000,000	2010 est.
3	Italy	70,200,000,000	2011 est.
4	United Kingdom	53,630,000,000	2010 est.
5	Korea, South	46,830,000,000	2011 est.
6	France	46,200,000,000	2010 est.
7	United States	45,000,000,000	2012 est.
8	Russia	38,200,000,000	2010 est.
9	Turkey	38,040,000,000	2010 est.
10	Spain	36,710,000,000	2010 est.
11	China	30,000,000,000	2011 est.
12	Ukraine	26,700,000,000	2009 est.
13	Netherlands	25,770,000,000	2010 est.
14	Canada	22,530,000,000	2010 est.
15	Belgium	19,320,000,000	2010 est.
16	Belarus	17,600,000,000	2009 est.
17	United Arab Emirates	17,250,000,000	2009 est.
18	Mexico	14,590,000,000	2010 est.
19	Brazil	12,480,000,000	2011 est.
20	India	12,150,000,000	2010 est.
21	Austria	12,130,000,000	2010 est.
-	Taiwan	11,790,000,000	2009 est.
22	Poland	10,890,000,000	2010 est.
23	Hungary	9,636,000,000	2010 est.
24	Czech Republic	9,320,000,000	2011 est.
25	Singapore	8,400,000,000	2010 est.
26	Thailand	8,290,000,000	2009 est.
27	Iran	6,900,000,000	2010 est.
28	Australia	5,990,000,000	2010 est.
29	Slovakia	5,586,000,000	2011 est.
30	Ireland	5,293,000,000	2010 est.
31	Portugal	5,122,000,000	2010 est.
32	Finland	4,782,000,000	2010 est.
33	Greece	3,815,000,000	2010 est.
34	Argentina	3,780,000,000	2010 est.
35	Kazakhstan	3,700,000,000	2011 est.
36	Switzerland	3,625,000,000	2010 est.
37	South Africa	3,500,000,000	2009 est.
-	Hong Kong	3,460,000,000	2011 est.
38	Lithuania	3,120,000,000	2010 est.
39	Jordan	2,850,000,000	2009 est.
40	Bulgaria	2,480,000,000	2010
41	Moldova	2,330,000,000	2009 est.
42	Romania	2,290,000,000	2010 est.
43	Venezuela	2,180,000,000	2010 est.
44	Serbia	2,150,000,000	2011 est.
45	Armenia	2,077,000,000	2011 est.
46	Georgia	1,740,000,000	2011 est.
47	Israel	1,700,000,000	2009 est.
48	Sweden	1,626,000,000	2010 est.
49	Oman	1,500,000,000	2009 est.
50	Chile	1,490,000,000	2009 est.
51	Luxembourg	1,366,000,000	2010 est.
52	Malaysia	1,269,000,000	2009 est.
53	Tunisia	1,250,000,000	2009 est.
54	Latvia	1,125,000,000	2010 est.
55	Vietnam	1,000,000,000	2011 est.
56	Croatia	971,200,000	2010 est.
57	Syria	910,000,000	2009 est.
58	Kuwait	890,000,000	2009 est.
59	Slovenia	890,000,000	2009 est.
-	Puerto Rico	756,700,000	2009 est.
60	Estonia	701,000,000	2010 est.
61	Kyrgyzstan	640,000,000	2009 est.
62	Dominican Republic	560,000,000	2009 est.
63	Morocco	500,000,000	2009 est.
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	390,000,000	2010 est.
65	Tajikistan	189,000,000	2009 est.
-	Macau	154,500,000	2010 est.
66	Denmark	149,000,000	2010 est.
67	Macedonia	136,800,000	2011
69	Uruguay	86,400,000	2011 est.
70	Mongolia	11,790	2010 est.
71	Aruba	1	2009 est.
-	Other Countries	0	2009-2011 est.