South Korea Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 250,000 #46 in the world
Gas Production 6,639 #80 in the world
Gas Consumption 1,565,231 #8 in the world
Daily Deficit −1,558,592
Gas Imports 1,533,730
Gas Exports 0
Net Imports 1,533,730
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in South Korea

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South Korea holds 0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #46 in the world and accounting for about 0.0036% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

South Korea has proven reserves equivalent to 0.1 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
250,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #46 | Share of World: 0.0036%
0 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in South Korea


Gas Consumption in South Korea

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  • South Korea consumes 1,677,108 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • South Korea ranks #8 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 1.27% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • South Korea consumes 32,574 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 51,486,270 people), or 89 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in South Korea

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  • South Korea produces 6,639 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #80 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • South Korea imports 98% of its natural gas consumption (1,533,730 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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