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Natural gas consumption in the European Union from 1998 to 2025 (in billion cubic meters)

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June 2026

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Survey time period

1998 to 2025

Supplementary notes

Figures exclude natural gas converted to liquid fuels. Derivatives of natural gas and coal consumed in gas-to-liquids transformation are included.

According to the source, this data represents standard cubic meters (measured at 15°C and 1,013 mbar) where possible. Since the figures were derived directly from tons of oil equivalent using an average conversion factor, it does not necessarily equate with gas volumes expressed in specific national terms.

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The consumption of natural gas in the European Union has fluctuated since 1998. It increased to a peak of billion cubic meters in 2010, but by 2025 had fallen to billion cubic meters. Natural gas consumption in the EU was only lower than oil consumption, despite the overall decrease.

Production of natural gas in decline

Although the consumption of natural gas is expected to increase across the region, production in the EU has fallen significantly over the past two decades. By 2024 had fallen by approximately ***percent compared to 2004 values.

EU reliant on Russian exports

With the production of natural gas in decline, the EU is expected to become more reliant on international imports. Overall, there was a six percent increase of imports in 2019 when compared to the previous year. Currently, the main exporter of gas to the EU is Russia, who in 2017 exported ** percent of all imports. Plans for a 746-mile gas pipeline from Russia to Germany in the Baltic Sea are set to go ahead. The Nord Stream 2 project has received critics from the US and EU over fears it will increase Europe’s reliance on gas imports from Russia.