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Who buys Russia’s natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Russia exported $39 billion of natural gas (72.4 million tonnes), 10.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (33%), Japan (9%) and France (9%). Russia was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$39billion
Tonnes
72.4million tonnes
Share of world total
10.1%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China13Tonnes: 24,218,754USD per tonne: $53833.4%Land
Japan3.6Tonnes: 5,683,618USD per tonne: $6379.3%Sea
France3.3Tonnes: 6,341,798USD per tonne: $5288.6%Sea
Hungary2.9Tonnes: 5,611,430USD per tonne: $5187.5%Sea
Slovakia2.3Tonnes: 3,794,952USD per tonne: $6176%Sea
Italy2.2Tonnes: 3,994,852USD per tonne: $5425.5%Sea
Spain2.1Tonnes: 4,045,806USD per tonne: $5215.4%Sea
Greece1.7Tonnes: 3,751,595USD per tonne: $4644.5%Sea
South Korea1.2Tonnes: 2,115,949USD per tonne: $5873.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.2Tonnes: 2,420,800USD per tonne: $4763%Sea
Czechia0.9Tonnes: 1,308,593USD per tonne: $6882.3%Sea
Uzbekistan0.88Tonnes: 1,581,079USD per tonne: $5572.3%Sea
Serbia0.84Tonnes: 1,668,352USD per tonne: $5012.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.8Tonnes: 1,245,540USD per tonne: $6442.1%Sea
Kazakhstan0.62Tonnes: 1,118,299USD per tonne: $5561.6%Land
Armenia0.4Tonnes: 1,637,270USD per tonne: $2431%Sea
Taiwan0.21Tonnes: 364,283USD per tonne: $5890.55%Sea
Georgia0.15Tonnes: 261,965USD per tonne: $5570.37%Land
Portugal0.11Tonnes: 216,826USD per tonne: $4960.28%Sea
North Macedonia0.11Tonnes: 179,246USD per tonne: $5980.27%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2020

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

  • China 13
  • Japan 3.6
  • France 3.3
  • Hungary 2.9
  • Slovakia 2.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China013
Japan03.6
France1.23.3
Hungary0.492.9
Slovakia02.3

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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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