Natural gas demand growth rate (quarterly)
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-1%
China · Q1 2025
Natural gas demand growth rate in China (quarterly) came in at -1% in Q1 2025 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
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In contrast, China’s natural gas demand declined by an estimated 1% year-over-year, with the county’s LNG imports plunging by more than 20%.
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- International Energy Agency. (2025). Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/global-natural-gas-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-in-2026-as-more-lng-supply-comes-to-market. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SXP
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- International Energy Agency. "Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market." 2025, https://www.iea.org/news/global-natural-gas-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-in-2026-as-more-lng-supply-comes-to-market. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SXP.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market." 2025. https://www.iea.org/news/global-natural-gas-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-in-2026-as-more-lng-supply-comes-to-market. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SXP.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2025naturaldt9sxp, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SXP}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/global-natural-gas-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-in-2026-as-more-lng-supply-comes-to-market. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Global natural gas demand growth set to accelerate in 2026 as more LNG supply comes to market
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
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- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC1BW4YXSVZGRDT9SXP