Iran Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 1,201,382,000 #29 in the world
Gas Production 9,097,956 #3 in the world
Gas Consumption 6,567,636 #67 in the world
Daily Surplus +2,530,320
Gas Imports 337,258
Gas Exports 295,940
Net Imports 41,319
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Iran

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Iran holds 1,183 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #29 in the world and accounting for about 17.09% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Iran has proven reserves equivalent to 161.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 162 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
1,183,019,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #29 | Share of World: 17.09%
162 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Iran


Gas Consumption in Iran

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  • Iran consumes 7,306,314 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Iran ranks #67 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 5.52% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Iran consumes 85,930 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 85,026,754 people), or 235 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Iran

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  • Iran produces 9,097,956 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #3 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Iran imports 1% of its natural gas consumption (41,319 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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