Mexico Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 16,549,000 #28 in the world
Gas Production 2,336,370 #17 in the world
Gas Consumption 2,756,000 #27 in the world
Daily Deficit −419,630
Gas Imports 1,287,973
Gas Exports 1,095
Net Imports 1,286,879
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Mexico

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Mexico holds 12 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #28 in the world and accounting for about 0.17% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Mexico has proven reserves equivalent to 4.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 4 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
12,064,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #28 | Share of World: 0.17%
4 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Mexico


Gas Consumption in Mexico

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  • Mexico consumes 2,881,501 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Mexico ranks #27 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 2.18% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Mexico consumes 23,351 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 123,400,057 people), or 64 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Mexico

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  • Mexico produces 2,336,370 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #17 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Mexico imports 47% of its natural gas consumption (1,286,879 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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