Chile Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 3,460,000 #31 in the world
Gas Production 38,564 #72 in the world
Gas Consumption 155,103 #32 in the world
Daily Deficit −116,539
Gas Imports 131,619
Gas Exports 0
Net Imports 131,619
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Chile

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Chile holds 3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #31 in the world and accounting for about 0.050% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Chile has proven reserves equivalent to 19.1 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 19 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
3,460,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #31 | Share of World: 0.050%
19 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Chile


Gas Consumption in Chile

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  • Chile consumes 180,777 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Chile ranks #32 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.14% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Chile consumes 9,741 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 18,558,868 people), or 27 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Chile

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  • Chile produces 38,564 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #72 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Chile imports 85% of its natural gas consumption (131,619 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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