The overall value of petroleum gas exports increased by an average 7.7% for all exporting countries compared to five years earlier in 2021 when petroleum gas shipments were valued at $404.5 billion.
Year over year, worldwide petroleum gas exports flatlined to a 0.5% gain compared to $433.7 billion starting from 2024.
The 5 biggest exporters of petroleum gas in 2025 (United States of America, Norway, Qatar, Australia and Russia) sold nearly three-fifths (59.3%) of globally exported petroleum gas as measured by dollar value.
Over one fifth (20.9%) of worldwide petroleum gas exports were supplied by member countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries versus approaching one quarter (22.5%) during 2024. OPEC is an intergovernmental entity comprised of 13 countries.
Shifting to a continental perspective, countries in Europe sold the highest dollar worth of exported petroleum gas during 2025 with shipments valued at $133.4 billion or 30.6% of the global total. In second place for 2025 were exporters located in Asia collecting a 27.8% share.
Shippers in North America supplied another 21.7% while competitors in Oceania accounted for 10.4% led by Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
Smaller percentages came from suppliers in Africa (8%) and Latin America (1.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2711 for petroleum gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
Petroleum Gas Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of petroleum gas during 2025.
- United States: US$81.9 billion (18.8% of exported petroleum gas)
- Norway: $56.5 billion (13%)
- Qatar: $42.4 billion (9.7%)
- Australia: $40.3 billion (9.2%)
- Russia: $37.5 billion (8.6%)
- Algeria: $18.4 billion (4.2%)
- Belgium: $14.3 billion (3.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: $13.5 billion (3.1%)
- Malaysia: $13.4 billion (3.1%)
- Canada: $12.7 billion (2.9%)
- Azerbaijan: $8.8 billion (2%)
- Turkmenistan: $8.6 billion (2%)
- Oman: $8.4 billion (1.9%)
- Indonesia: $7.4 billion (1.7%)
- Nigeria: $6.9 billion (1.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 85.5% of globally exported petroleum gas in 2025.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing petroleum gas exporters since 2024 were: United Arab Emirates (up 97%), Belgium (up 33.9%), United States of America (up 31.7%), Canada (up 28.4%) and Oman (up 25.1%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported petroleum gas sales were led by: Algeria (down -25.7%), Qatar (down -25.6%), Nigeria (down -22.8%), Turkmenistan (down -20%), Indonesia (down -16.9%) and Australia (down -14.1%).
Searchable List of Petroleum Gas Exporting Countries in 2025
The 100 key exporters in the document database below generated 99.98% of worldwide petroleum gas shipments by value.
| Rank | Exporter | Gas Exports (US$) | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $81,905,815,000 | +31.7% |
| 2 | Norway | $56,478,090,000 | +4.5% |
| 3 | Qatar | $42,351,563,000 | -25.6% |
| 4 | Australia | $40,265,147,000 | -14.1% |
| 5 | Russia | $37,463,069,000 | -5.4% |
| 6 | Algeria | $18,431,490,000 | -25.7% |
| 7 | Belgium | $14,325,957,000 | +33.9% |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $13,453,301,000 | +97% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $13,371,111,000 | -9.5% |
| 10 | Canada | $12,673,791,000 | +28.4% |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | $8,821,558,000 | +4.9% |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | $8,558,578,000 | -20% |
| 13 | Oman | $8,409,951,000 | +25.1% |
| 14 | Indonesia | $7,398,549,000 | -16.9% |
| 15 | Nigeria | $6,937,118,000 | -22.8% |
| 16 | United Kingdom | $6,000,330,000 | +14.9% |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | $5,202,594,000 | -1.6% |
| 18 | France | $4,871,735,000 | -33% |
| 19 | mainland China | $3,490,804,000 | +4% |
| 20 | Kuwait | $3,299,498,000 | -8.4% |
| 21 | Angola | $3,255,233,000 | +28.2% |
| 22 | Myanmar | $3,107,137,000 | -3.1% |
| 23 | Brunei Darussalam | $3,071,117,000 | +13.1% |
| 24 | Germany | $2,686,268,000 | -15.1% |
| 25 | Mozambique | $2,228,862,000 | +13.3% |
| 26 | Trinidad/Tobago | $1,806,448,000 | +28.9% |
| 27 | Netherlands | $1,788,389,000 | +28.4% |
| 28 | Hungary | $1,670,118,000 | +100.7% |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | $1,612,449,000 | -7.9% |
| 30 | Romania | $1,546,638,000 | +55% |
| 31 | Peru | $1,418,457,000 | -5.2% |
| 32 | Italy | $1,411,845,000 | +322.1% |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | $1,303,660,000 | -31.6% |
| 34 | Argentina | $1,221,842,000 | +11.7% |
| 35 | Bolivia | $1,079,006,000 | -34% |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | $772,253,000 | +21.9% |
| 37 | Iran | $750,212,000 | -2.1% |
| 38 | Sweden | $666,412,000 | -10.1% |
| 39 | Greece | $661,656,000 | +23.1% |
| 40 | Spain | $661,016,000 | -39.9% |
| 41 | Lithuania | $584,473,000 | +6.8% |
| 42 | Iraq | $484,642,000 | -31.5% |
| 43 | Libya | $469,103,000 | -35.3% |
| 44 | Cameroon | $465,214,000 | -25.9% |
| 45 | India | $425,238,000 | +0.9% |
| 46 | Egypt | $399,211,000 | +20.4% |
| 47 | Estonia | $381,336,000 | +43% |
| 48 | Portugal | $371,341,000 | -30.6% |
| 49 | Senegal | $370,880,000 | +3284% |
| 50 | Croatia | $361,518,000 | -19.1% |
| 51 | South Korea | $358,267,000 | +6.8% |
| 52 | Türkiye | $358,037,000 | +17.5% |
| 53 | Latvia | $355,750,000 | +12.2% |
| 54 | Singapore | $332,167,000 | +39.8% |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | $253,790,000 | +58921% |
| 56 | Czech Republic | $253,264,000 | +170.4% |
| 57 | Mauritania | $218,149,000 | +3116314% |
| 58 | Finland | $215,062,000 | -33.6% |
| 59 | Congo | $210,996,000 | 0% |
| 60 | Bulgaria | $208,409,000 | +43.5% |
| 61 | South Africa | $195,223,000 | +11.1% |
| 62 | Chile | $181,414,000 | +0.8% |
| 63 | Bahrain | $168,770,000 | 0% |
| 64 | Honduras | $146,533,000 | 0% |
| 65 | Vietnam | $142,643,000 | -37.1% |
| 66 | El Salvador | $137,278,000 | +3.7% |
| 67 | Poland | $122,427,000 | -54% |
| 68 | Guinea | $119,236,000 | +146.1% |
| 69 | Guatemala | $108,450,000 | +17% |
| 70 | Brazil | $65,950,000 | +1261% |
| 71 | Thailand | $61,890,000 | -59.1% |
| 72 | Ghana | $58,869,000 | +2417% |
| 73 | Austria | $56,239,000 | +20.3% |
| 74 | Serbia | $49,258,000 | +203.3% |
| 75 | Slovakia | $48,938,000 | -9.5% |
| 76 | Ukraine | $42,728,000 | +170812% |
| 77 | Tanzania | $36,492,000 | -27.7% |
| 78 | Mexico | $34,845,000 | +54.2% |
| 79 | Taiwan | $30,953,000 | +1509% |
| 80 | Ireland | $30,302,000 | +49.4% |
| 81 | Japan | $29,692,000 | -38.5% |
| 82 | Slovenia | $25,808,000 | -27% |
| 83 | Bangladesh | $25,257,000 | +243.6% |
| 84 | Timor-Leste | $22,059,000 | 0% |
| 85 | Albania | $15,542,000 | +448.2% |
| 86 | Lebanon | $15,160,000 | -24.7% |
| 87 | Jamaica | $14,339,000 | -63.9% |
| 88 | Tunisia | $13,128,000 | -35.1% |
| 89 | Switzerland | $11,673,000 | +19.9% |
| 90 | Ivory Coast | $6,115,000 | +132.9% |
| 91 | New Zealand | $4,814,000 | -6.3% |
| 92 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $3,558,000 | -24.8% |
| 93 | Togo | $3,494,000 | 0% |
| 94 | North Macedonia | $3,018,000 | -19% |
| 95 | Gabon | $2,654,000 | 0% |
| 96 | Kenya | $2,494,000 | +120.1% |
| 97 | Cayman Islands | $2,330,000 | 0% |
| 98 | Madagascar | $1,564,000 | -20.9% |
| 99 | Mongolia | $1,544,000 | +474% |
| 100 | Moldova | $1,193,000 | +23% |
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2024 data was available at time of article publication.
Fastest-growth among the 100 major exporters of petroleum gas belongs to: Mauritania (up 3,116,314% from 2024), Ukraine (up 170,812%), Dominican Republic (up 58,921%), Senegal (up 3,284%), Ghana (up 2,417%) then Taiwan (up 1,509%).
Export Countries Enjoying Greatest Trade Surpluses for Petroleum Gas
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for petroleum gas during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported petroleum gas and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- United States: US$68.8 billion (net export surplus up 32.6% since 2024)
- Norway: $56.4 billion (up 4.4%)
- Qatar: $42.4 billion (down -25.6%)
- Australia: $40.1 billion (down -14.2%)
- Russia: $37.3 billion (down -5.6%)
- Algeria: $18.4 billion (down -25.8%)
- United Arab Emirates: $12.6 billion (up 85.3%)
- Malaysia: $11.5 billion (down -3.9%)
- Canada: $9.4 billion (up 18%)
- Azerbaijan: $8.8 billion (up 5.5%)
- Turkmenistan: $8.6 billion (down -20%)
- Oman: $8.4 billion (up 29.1%)
- Nigeria: $6.9 billion (down -17.5%)
- Papua New Guinea: $5.2 billion (down -1.4%)
- Indonesia: $3.6 billion (down -29.8%)
The United States of America and Norway generated the highest surpluses in the international trade of petroleum gas in 2025. In turn, these positive cashflows confirm both countries’ leading competitive advantages for this specific product category.
Export Countries Incurring Biggest Trade Deficits for Petroleum Gas
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for petroleum gas during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported petroleum gas purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- mainland China: -US$84.7 billion (net export deficit up 4.8% since 2024)
- Japan: -$47.2 billion (down -10.5%)
- South Korea: -$34.4 billion (down -15.8%)
- India: -$29.8 billion (up 21.6%)
- Italy: -$24.9 billion (down -21.4%)
- Germany: -$21.5 billion (up 1841.5%)
- France: -$19.7 billion (down -32.9%)
- Taiwan: -$12.6 billion (down -4.8%)
- United Kingdom: -$12.6 billion (down -40.5%)
- Netherlands: -$11.6 billion (down -51.1%)
- Thailand: -$9.5 billion (down -16.7%)
- Spain: -$8.5 billion (down -35%)
- Mexico: -$6.7 billion (down -27.4%)
- Belgium: -$6.3 billion (down -36.4%)
- Singapore: -$6 billion (up 6.2%)
Mainland China displayed a competitive disadvantage for this specific product category. In turn, that strategic weakness signals opportunities for petroleum gas-exporting countries that help satisfy the powerful product demand from Chinese businesses and consumers.
Petroleum Gas Exporting Companies
Below are global petroleum gas firms that represent established players engaged in the international petroleum gas trade. Their home country is shown within parenthesis.
- Bayerngas Norge (Norway)
- Enbridge (Canada)
- GAZPROM Germania GmbH (Germany)
- Lukoil (Russia)
- Origin Energy (Australia)
- Southern Gas Company (United States)
See also Crude Oil Exports by Country, Crude Oil Imports by Country, Refined Oil Exports by Country and Electricity Exports by Country
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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 3, 2026
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 3, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 3, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 3, 2026
Wikipedia, Category:Natural gas companies by country. Accessed on June 3, 2026