Iraq ranks 10th among Arab gas producers in 2025, output up 4.3%

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq ranked tenth among Arab natural gas producers in 2025, raising output by 4.3% to 10.9 billion cubic meters, according to a report by the Washington-based Energy Studies Unit. The ten largest Arab producers together supplied 614.4 billion cubic meters of gas during the year, up about 6.4 billion cubic meters from 2024, the report said. Qatar led the ranking by a wide margin with 183.5 billion cubic meters, followed by Saudi Arabia at 133.8 billion cubic meters, Algeria at 98 billion cubic meters and the United Arab Emirates at 58.6 billion cubic meters. Oman ranked fifth with 45.6 billion cubic meters and Egypt sixth with 40.8 billion cubic meters. Further down the list, Kuwait's gas production rose 0.4% to 15.5 billion cubic meters, placing it eighth, while Libya fell to ninth with output of 11.7 billion cubic meters, a 4.9% decline. Iraq rounded out the top ten. Global natural gas production rose from 4.14 trillion cubic meters to 4.20 trillion cubic meters over the same period. The report also pointed to Saudi Arabia's start of production at the Jafurah field and a delay in Qatar's North Field expansion project, citing regional developments as the reason.