* Excludes natural gas converted to liquid fuels but includes derivatives of coal as well as natural gas consumed in Gas-to-Liquids transformation. |
^ Less than 0.05. |
w Less than 0.05%. |
n/a not available. |
# Excludes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania prior to 1985 and Slovenia prior to 1990. |
Notes: The difference between these world consumption figures and the world production statistics is due to variations in stocks at storage facilities |
and liquefaction plants, together with unavoidable disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of gas supply and demand data. |
Annual changes and share of total are calculated using million tonnes oil equivalent figures. |
Growth rates are adjusted for leap years. |