The US now ships a quarter of the world's LNG
LNG exports by country, million tonnes, 2025 vs 2024. Top four exporters.
- 1. China now uses more electricity per person than the EU
- 2. Solar now makes more of Brazil's power than fossil fuels
- 3. Rooftop solar now outsizes coal on Australia's main grid
- 4. Volcanic heat makes nearly 45% of the power Kenya generates
- 5. France swung from power importer to record exporter
- 6. Over a quarter of China's new heavy trucks are electric
- 7. More than two in three cars Nepal imports are electric
- 8. The US now ships a quarter of the world's LNG
- 9. Kazakhstan mines more uranium than Canada and Namibia combined
- 10. Indonesia now mines two-thirds of the world's nickel
- 11. India had 27 million ACs for 1.3 billion people
- 12. Sun and wind now beat fossil fuels in Chile
- 13. Two in three rickshaws sold in India are electric
- 14. Argentina mined 60% more lithium in just one year
- 15. Ethiopia added over a third of Africa's new renewable power
- 16. Only 16 countries are building new coal power plants
- 17. Egypt's sun and wind now outproduce its Nile dams
- 18. The price of lithium fell 86% in three years
- 19. Pakistan now gets more power from solar than from coal
- 20. Oil now makes less than a third of Saudi power
- 21. The Philippines is building more solar than it already runs
- 22. Nine in ten Indonesians now cook with clean fuels
- 23. Rwanda spread electricity faster than any country since 2014
The US exported 110.7 Mt of the world's 437 Mt of LNG in 2025.
US exports jumped 25% in a year, from 88.4 Mt in 2024, the biggest gain of any exporter.
The US lead over Qatar (81.5 Mt) is almost as big as Russia's entire LNG exports (30.5 Mt).
the numbers & method
| LNG exports (Mt) | 2024 (grey bar) (Mt) | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 110.7 | 88.4 |
| Qatar | 81.5 | 77.2 |
| Australia | 80.3 | 81.0 |
| Russia | 30.5 |
Claim types Fact
Country volumes are IGU figures as quoted by The Peninsula / Hellenic Shipping News (2026 report) and Gulf Times (2025 report); the IGU report page itself could not be fetched; IGU's own press release (igu.org/press-releases/world-lng-report-2026) confirms the 437 Mt world total and US 110.7 Mt. Cross-checked: IGU growth figures (US +22.3 Mt, Qatar +4.3 Mt, per IIR summary) match the differences. Russia's 2024 value was not available in the same source and is omitted. US share is derived (110.7 / 437.0). EIA/GIIGNL, in Bcf/d, also rank the US first in 2025 (15.1 vs Qatar 10.6 Bcf/d).
Published 3 Nov 2026
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