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Belgium Natural Gas

Production (2024)#88 World
529,720,500ft³+15.4% YoY
Consumption (2024)#44 World
496,798,602,400ft³−3% YoY
Daily Deficit (2024)
−1,359,640,772ft³

Production covers 0.11% of consumption.

Imports cover 136.9% of consumption.

Consumption
Production
Deficit

Natural Gas Reserves in Belgium

Natural Gas Production in Belgium

  • Belgium produced 529,720,500 cubic feet of natural gas in 2024 (#88 in the world), an increase of 15.4% from 459,091,100 cubic feet in 2023.

Natural Gas Consumption in Belgium

  • Belgium consumed 496,798,602,400 cubic feet of natural gas in 2024 (#44 in the world), a decrease of 3% from 2023. This represents 0.33% of the world's total natural gas consumption.
  • Per capita, natural gas consumption in Belgium averaged 42,321 cubic feet in 2024, equivalent to 115.9 cubic feet per day (#26 in the world).

Natural Gas Imports & Exports in Belgium

  • Belgium imported 679,960,186,200 cubic feet of natural gas in 2024 (≈136.9% of consumption).
  • Belgium exported 187,546,222,800 cubic feet of natural gas in 2024 (≈35404.8% of production).
  • This made Belgium a net importer of 492,413,963,400 cubic feet of natural gas in 2024.

natural gas Balance in Belgium

  • In 2024, Belgium produced approximately 1,451,289 cubic feet of natural gas per day and consumed 1,361,092,061 cubic feet per day , a daily deficit of 1,359,640,772 cubic feet.

Belgium Natural Gas History (1980-2025)

ReservesProductionConsumptionTrade
2024———529,720,500+15.4%88< 0.01%496,798,602,400−3%440.33%42,321679,960,186,200187,546,222,800492,413,963,400
2023———459,091,100−3.7%90< 0.01%512,047,489,900−6.2%440.35%43,717816,084,228,800300,133,017,900515,951,210,900
2022———476,748,450+159.6%91< 0.01%546,062,608,900−15.7%440.38%46,905865,327,046,500314,241,240,500551,085,806,000
2021———183,636,440−13.3%96< 0.01%647,853,700,200+0.39%410.44%55,990763,059,206,800115,783,220,900647,275,985,900
2020———211,888,200+54.6%97< 0.01%645,311,041,800−0.11%390.46%55,919776,718,932,700136,618,893,900640,100,038,800
2019———137,073,300—99< 0.01%646,048,020,800+0.78%400.46%56,224827,720,180,900169,913,404,600657,806,776,300
2018———0———641,067,690,900+3%400.46%56,093707,310,073,60062,388,187,500644,921,886,100
20170——0———622,214,840,100+1.1%390.47%54,693639,307,658,00026,274,645,000613,033,013,000
20160——0———615,222,529,500+1.7%390.48%54,287646,900,318,50024,226,392,400622,673,926,100
20150——0———605,157,840,000+7.7%410.48%53,671664,381,095,00059,823,610,000604,557,485,000
20140——0———562,144,170,000−12.3%410.45%50,146597,777,005,00029,947,120,000567,829,885,000
20130——0———641,108,510,000+1.4%390.52%57,446676,458,825,00032,913,580,000643,545,245,000
20120——0———632,456,335,000+0.48%390.52%56,939668,230,430,00044,779,420,000623,451,010,000
20110——0———629,454,560,000−13.6%360.53%57,023771,279,600,000139,812,085,000631,467,515,000
20100——0———728,477,820,000+16.5%350.63%66,609837,777,745,000113,184,575,000724,593,170,000
20090——0———625,499,280,000+0.98%360.59%57,847745,075,870,000125,721,400,000619,354,470,000
20080——0———619,425,100,000−0.68%360.57%57,838641,850,125,00025,108,965,000616,741,160,000
20070——0———623,662,900,000+0.75%350.59%58,695616,741,160,0000616,741,160,000
20060——0———619,036,635,000+2.9%350.60%58,685622,179,670,0000622,179,670,000
20050——0———601,414,450,000−1.7%350.61%57,393613,386,235,0000613,386,235,000
20040——0———611,797,060,000+1.9%310.63%58,706602,685,790,0000602,685,790,000
20030——0———600,355,000,000+6.5%320.64%57,859589,583,925,0000589,583,925,000
20020——0———563,521,455,000+3.1%320.62%54,536565,145,945,0000565,145,945,000
20010——0−100%——546,782,145,000−1.3%320.63%53,153543,674,425,0000543,674,425,000
20000——70,630,000—86< 0.01%553,845,145,000+0.51%310.64%54,025549,642,660,0000549,642,660,000
19990——0———551,055,260,000+6.5%290.66%53,884557,941,685,0000557,941,685,000
19980——0———517,576,640,000+10.1%290.63%50,727514,610,180,0000514,610,180,000
19970——0−100%——469,972,020,000−4.6%320.58%46,160466,864,300,0000466,864,300,000
19960——70,630,000—84< 0.01%492,679,565,000+11.2%280.61%48,507491,726,060,0000491,726,060,000
19950——0−100%——443,240,000,000+10.6%280.56%43,724431,270,000,0000431,270,000,000
19940——40,000,000−71.7%82< 0.01%400,650,000,000+2.2%300.52%39,606404,710,000,0000404,710,000,000
19930——141,300,000−33.3%81< 0.01%391,850,000,000+4.6%300.51%38,855391,930,000,0000391,930,000,000
19920——212,000,000−33.3%81< 0.01%374,440,000,000+3.1%290.50%37,273378,260,000,0000378,260,000,000
19910——318,000,000−24.3%66< 0.01%363,320,000,000+6.7%240.48%36,336358,520,000,0000358,520,000,000
19900——420,000,000−16%64< 0.01%340,610,000,000+2.6%230.46%34,194340,150,000,0000340,150,000,000
19890——500,000,000−16.7%64< 0.01%332,000,000,000+11%230.46%33,412———
19880——600,000,000−40%63< 0.01%299,000,000,000−1.6%240.43%30,152———
19870——1,000,000,000+11.1%63< 0.01%304,000,000,000+11.8%220.46%30,710———
19860——900,000,000−35.7%63< 0.01%272,000,000,000−11.1%230.43%27,511———
19850——1,400,000,000+7.7%62< 0.01%306,000,000,000+0%220.49%30,971———
19840——1,300,000,000+116.7%62< 0.01%306,000,000,000+3%210.51%30,989———
19830——600,000,000−45.5%63< 0.01%297,000,000,000+5.3%210.54%30,094———
19820——1,100,000,000+0%59< 0.01%282,000,000,000−17.3%190.53%28,594———
19810——1,100,000,000−21.4%57< 0.01%341,000,000,000−8.1%180.64%34,617———
19800——1,400,000,000—56< 0.01%371,000,000,000—140.70%37,730———

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