Hungary Natural Gas

Summary Table

  Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
304,000 78th in the world
62,578 65th in the world
332,950 48th in the world
Yearly Deficit
-270,372  
Gas Imports
239,789  
Gas Exports
19,247  
220,542  
(Data shown is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Gas Reserves in Hungary

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Hungary holds only 0.27 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking 78th in the world and accounting for about 0.004% of the world's total natural gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Total gas reserves in Hungary are less than even a single year of gas consumption (367,170 MMcf as of 2017), making Hungary highly dependent on natural gas imports in order to substain its consumption levels.

Hungary Gas Reserves
272,000 MMcf
Global Rank: 78th | Share of World's Gas: 0.004 %
1 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Hungary

Gas Consumption in Hungary

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  • Hungary consumes 367,170 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
  • Hungary ranks 48th in the world for natural gas consumption, accounting for about 0.3% of the world's total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.
  • Hungary consumes 37,509 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 9,788,941 people), or 103 cubic feet per capita per day.
  • Hungary consumes in a year 1.3 times more than its total reserves. It substains this consumption by importing 472,018 MMcf of natural gas per year (in 2017).

Gas Production in Hungary

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  • Hungary produces 62,578.18 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking 65th in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Hungary imports 66% of its natural gas consumption (220,542 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production

See also

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