Cameroon Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 4,770,000 # in the world
Gas Production 90,406 #61 in the world
Gas Consumption 24,014 # in the world
Daily Surplus +66,392
Gas Imports 0
Gas Exports 0
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Cameroon

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Cameroon holds 5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking # in the world and accounting for about 0.069% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Cameroon has proven reserves equivalent to 148.4 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 148 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
4,770,000 MMcf
Global Rank: # | Share of World: 0.069%
148 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Cameroon


Gas Consumption in Cameroon

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  • Cameroon consumes 32,153 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Cameroon ranks # in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.024% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Cameroon consumes 1,333 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 24,128,601 people), or 4 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Cameroon

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  • Cameroon produces 90,406 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #61 in the world.

Gas Imports and Exports

  • Cameroon does not import nor export any natural gas (as of 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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