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Where does Japan get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $40.7 billion of natural gas (66 million tonnes), 10.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (39%), Malaysia (15%) and Russia (9%). Japan was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$40.7billion
Tonnes
66million tonnes
Share of world total
10.5%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia16Tonnes: 25,139,840USD per tonne: $63539.2%Sea
Malaysia6.2Tonnes: 10,290,829USD per tonne: $60015.2%Sea
Russia3.6Tonnes: 5,683,618USD per tonne: $6378.9%Sea
United States3.5Tonnes: 6,197,770USD per tonne: $5638.6%Sea
Papua New Guinea2.4Tonnes: 3,662,589USD per tonne: $6636%Sea
Oman1.9Tonnes: 3,388,738USD per tonne: $5674.7%Sea
Qatar1.9Tonnes: 2,874,735USD per tonne: $6524.6%Sea
Indonesia1.8Tonnes: 3,134,988USD per tonne: $5834.5%Sea
Brunei1.7Tonnes: 2,756,479USD per tonne: $6134.2%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.62Tonnes: 963,575USD per tonne: $6451.5%Sea
Nigeria0.36Tonnes: 521,162USD per tonne: $6890.88%Sea
Peru0.25Tonnes: 530,824USD per tonne: $4720.61%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.2Tonnes: 328,707USD per tonne: $6060.49%Sea
China0.09Tonnes: 123,569USD per tonne: $7590.23%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.06Tonnes: 88,653USD per tonne: $7270.16%Sea
Mozambique0.06Tonnes: 113,199USD per tonne: $5080.14%Sea
Cameroon0.04Tonnes: 59,963USD per tonne: $6160.09%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.03Tonnes: 59,632USD per tonne: $4970.07%Sea
Algeria0.03Tonnes: 55,779USD per tonne: $5090.07%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 36USD per tonne: $1,2540%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2012

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

  • Australia 16
  • Malaysia 6.2
  • Russia 3.6
  • United States 3.5
  • Papua New Guinea 2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia1.216
Malaysia1.46.2
Russia03.6
United States0.213.5
Papua New Guinea02.4

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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