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

In 2024, Italy imported $22.6 billion of pipeline natural gas (42.1 million tonnes), 13.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Algeria (40%), France (22%) and Azerbaijan (15%). Italy was the world’s largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$22.6billion
Tonnes
42.1million tonnes
Share of world total
13.4%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 11 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Algeria9.1Tonnes: 15,169,000USD per tonne: $60240.4%Sea
France5.1Tonnes: 10,527,010USD per tonne: $48022.3%Land
Azerbaijan3.5Tonnes: 7,224,903USD per tonne: $48415.4%Sea
Russia2.1Tonnes: 3,929,690USD per tonne: $5399.4%Sea
Norway1.9Tonnes: 3,480,330USD per tonne: $5478.4%Sea
Libya0.51Tonnes: 1,015,270USD per tonne: $5012.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.41Tonnes: 738,245USD per tonne: $5591.8%Sea
Croatia0.01Tonnes: 22,372USD per tonne: $5780.06%Sea
Greece< 0.01Tonnes: 8,628USD per tonne: $5320.02%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $5700%Land
Tunisia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5420%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Algeria has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Algeria 9.1
  • France 5.1
  • Azerbaijan 3.5
  • Russia 2.1
  • Norway 1.9

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Algeria1.29.1
France< 0.015.1
Azerbaijan03.5
Russia02.1
Norway01.9

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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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