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Where does Ireland get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Ireland imported $2 billion of natural gas (3.6 million tonnes), 0.5% of the world total. The United Kingdom sold 98% of the total, followed by Czechia (1%) and the Netherlands (0.1%). Ireland was the world’s 27th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
3.6million tonnes
Share of world total
0.5%
World rank
27th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 12 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United Kingdom2Tonnes: 3,581,629USD per tonne: $55198.3%Land
Czechia0.03Tonnes: 51,414USD per tonne: $5121.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 3,199USD per tonne: $7390.12%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 2,843USD per tonne: $5770.08%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 2,614USD per tonne: $5990.08%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 981USD per tonne: $1,3510.07%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 48USD per tonne: $6070%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 39USD per tonne: $4810%Sea
Croatia< 0.01Tonnes: 18USD per tonne: $4810%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3,2150%Sea
Latvia< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $5570%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $4770%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United Kingdom was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United Kingdom 2
  • Czechia 0.03
  • Netherlands < 0.01
  • Belgium < 0.01
  • Germany < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom0.012
Czechia00.03
Netherlands0< 0.01
Belgium0< 0.01
Germany0< 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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