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Where does Germany get its pipeline natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $22.3 billion of pipeline natural gas (40 million tonnes), 13.2% of the world total. Norway sold 74% of the total, followed by Belgium (25%) and France (1%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$22.3billion
Tonnes
40million tonnes
Share of world total
13.2%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 9 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Norway16.4Tonnes: 28,726,800USD per tonne: $57273.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports5.6Tonnes: 10,707,400USD per tonne: $52525.2%Land
France0.24Tonnes: 507,123USD per tonne: $4801.1%Land
Italy0.01Tonnes: 9,215USD per tonne: $5780.02%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 176USD per tonne: $5190%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 103USD per tonne: $4940%Land
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 68USD per tonne: $4800%Sea
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 28USD per tonne: $7150%Land
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $9,7800%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Norway was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Norway 16.4
  • Belgium 5.6
  • France 0.24
  • Italy 0.01
  • Ireland < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway0.9516.4
Belgium05.6
France00.24
Italy00.01
Ireland0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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