Japan Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 738,000 #43 in the world
Gas Production 99,836 #59 in the world
Gas Consumption 4,364,157 #6 in the world
Daily Deficit −4,264,322
Gas Imports 4,160,849
Gas Exports 0
Net Imports 4,160,849
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Japan

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Japan holds 1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #43 in the world and accounting for about 0.011% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Japan has proven reserves equivalent to 0.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 0 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
738,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #43 | Share of World: 0.011%
0 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Japan


Gas Consumption in Japan

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  • Japan consumes 4,492,985 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Japan ranks #6 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 3.40% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Japan consumes 35,360 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 127,064,690 people), or 97 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Japan

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  • Japan produces 99,836 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #59 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Japan imports 95% of its natural gas consumption (4,160,849 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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