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Where does Thailand get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Thailand imported $8.2 billion of natural gas (16.3 million tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Myanmar (20%), Qatar (18%) and Australia (14%). Thailand was the world’s 13th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$8.2billion
Tonnes
16.3million tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
13th
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
Myanmar1.7Tonnes: 4,823,967USD per tonne: $34420.2%Land
Qatar1.5Tonnes: 2,202,576USD per tonne: $67818.2%Sea
Australia1.1Tonnes: 1,989,887USD per tonne: $57514%Sea
United States1.1Tonnes: 1,933,521USD per tonne: $57213.5%Sea
Malaysia0.75Tonnes: 1,684,817USD per tonne: $4489.2%Land
Indonesia0.34Tonnes: 652,219USD per tonne: $5254.2%Sea
Nigeria0.34Tonnes: 583,353USD per tonne: $5774.1%Sea
Mozambique0.3Tonnes: 524,695USD per tonne: $5663.6%Sea
Oman0.26Tonnes: 473,465USD per tonne: $5533.2%Sea
Angola0.22Tonnes: 459,835USD per tonne: $4722.7%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.15Tonnes: 203,406USD per tonne: $7181.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.13Tonnes: 200,878USD per tonne: $6271.5%Sea
China0.09Tonnes: 119,485USD per tonne: $7121%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.08Tonnes: 139,360USD per tonne: $5610.95%Sea
Brunei0.06Tonnes: 131,701USD per tonne: $4700.76%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.03Tonnes: 60,477USD per tonne: $5600.41%Sea
Algeria0.03Tonnes: 70,752USD per tonne: $4640.4%Sea
Peru0.02Tonnes: 59,561USD per tonne: $3280.24%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $5,5410%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $100,0000%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Myanmar has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Myanmar 1.7
  • Qatar 1.5
  • Australia 1.1
  • United States 1.1
  • Malaysia 0.75

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Myanmar01.7
Qatar01.5
Australia< 0.011.1
United States< 0.011.1
Malaysia00.75

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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