Iraq Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 111,522,000 # in the world
Gas Production 885,029 #33 in the world
Gas Consumption 35,386 # in the world
Daily Surplus +849,644
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 Iraq

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Iraq holds 112 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking # in the world and accounting for about 1.61% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Iraq has proven reserves equivalent to 1,194.7 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 1,195 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
111,522,000 MMcf
Global Rank: # | Share of World: 1.61%
1,195 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Iraq


Gas Consumption in Iraq

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  • Iraq consumes 93,344 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Iraq ranks # in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.071% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Iraq consumes 2,373 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 39,337,353 people), or 7 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Iraq

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  • Iraq produces 885,029 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #33 in the world.

Gas Imports and Exports

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

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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