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Who buys the United Arab Emirates’ natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $3.3 billion of natural gas (5.9 million tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. India bought 51% of the total, followed by Japan (19%) and China (13%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 18th-largest exporter of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
5.9million tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
18th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 18 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India1.7Tonnes: 3,163,710USD per tonne: $54251.2%Sea
Japan0.62Tonnes: 963,575USD per tonne: $64518.6%Sea
China0.44Tonnes: 851,323USD per tonne: $52213.3%Sea
Taiwan0.28Tonnes: 471,325USD per tonne: $5898.3%Sea
South Korea0.24Tonnes: 421,661USD per tonne: $5717.2%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 60,477USD per tonne: $5601%Sea
Brazil0.01Tonnes: 9,793USD per tonne: $1,4260.42%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: 708USD per tonne: $4070.01%Sea
Malawi< 0.01Tonnes: 147USD per tonne: $1,0260%Sea
Gambia< 0.01Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $1,2800%Sea
Saudi Arabia< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $2,9420%Land
Angola< 0.01Tonnes: 14USD per tonne: $1,5430%Sea
Mauritania< 0.01Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $4500%Sea
Bahrain< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Uganda< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $9180%Sea
Pakistan< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $2,0680%Sea
Tanzania< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $2640%Sea
Seychelles< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,3130%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2020

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

  • India 1.7
  • Japan 0.62
  • China 0.44
  • Taiwan 0.28
  • South Korea 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India< 0.011.7
Japan0.630.62
China00.44
Taiwan00.28
South Korea00.24

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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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