Consumption > The first ten countries in the world
Consumo > Primi dieci paesi del mondo
billion cubic metres
miliardi di metri cubi
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| United States | 605.13 | 608.38 | 600.32 | 628.53 | 657.46 | 616.30 | 640.88 | 620.12 | 610.96 | 607.73 | 599.58 |
| Russia | 379.65 | 371.59 | 370.87 | 375.17 | 380.47 | 387.98 | 388.40 | 408.61 | 413.45 | 417.04 | 436.72 |
| Iran | 42.31 | 47.16 | 51.27 | 58.47 | 62.29 | 65.73 | 73.80 | 81.28 | 90.15 | 97.89 | 100.50 |
| Canada | 84.01 | 84.64 | 81.24 | 84.85 | 88.56 | 85.73 | 87.48 | 95.09 | 93.06 | 96.19 | 99.65 |
| United Kingdom | 90.60 | 90.90 | 94.67 | 100.42 | 104.24 | 103.34 | 102.40 | 102.43 | 104.22 | 101.25 | 96.61 |
| Germany | 89.76 | 85.81 | 86.74 | 85.87 | 85.70 | 90.15 | 90.13 | 94.38 | 93.90 | 96.43 | 94.81 |
| Japan | 67.05 | 69.88 | 71.45 | 75.65 | 78.32 | 79.28 | 79.35 | 85.06 | 84.18 | 84.15 | 92.38 |
| Italy | 54.89 | 56.64 | 60.98 | 66.28 | 69.11 | 69.30 | 68.83 | 75.89 | 78.75 | 84.27 | 82.53 |
| Ukraine | 88.85 | 79.11 | 70.95 | 76.97 | 74.27 | 74.29 | 73.35 | 77.65 | 78.56 | 80.46 | 71.33 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34.08 | 35.20 | 37.02 | 36.95 | 40.80 | 42.35 | 49.48 | 51.04 | 55.45 | 60.93 | 64.62 |
| First 10 countries | 1,536.31 | 1,529.32 | 1,525.53 | 1,589.15 | 1,641.23 | 1,614.45 | 1,654.11 | 1,691.53 | 1,702.68 | 1,726.36 | 1,738.74 |
| Rest of the World | 718.23 | 745.78 | 773.61 | 806.85 | 852.10 | 883.51 | 924.32 | 980.83 | 1,028.88 | 1,090.00 | 1,150.58 |
| World | 2,254.54 | 2,275.09 | 2,299.14 | 2,396.00 | 2,493.33 | 2,497.96 | 2,578.43 | 2,672.36 | 2,731.56 | 2,816.36 | 2,889.32 |