LNG imports (million cubic meters) - World - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Liquefied Natural Gas imports (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the world, LNG imports were 51,963.9 million cubic meters in January 2026, compared to 53,092.7 in December 2025. This represents a decrease of 2.13 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series plotted above, there are 109 observations overall. The series covers the period extending from January 2017 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: imports reached their minimum of 29,139.8 million cubic meters in February 2017; they attained a maximum of 53,092.7 in December 2025; they averaged 40,776.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million cubic meters |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 49853.72 |
| 2025-12-31 | 53092.66 |
| 2026-01-31 | 51963.87 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports |
| Country | World |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Million cubic meters |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on CREA, Eurostat, EIA and Jodi data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM01 |
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Global LNG trade
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LNG imports (million cubic meters) - World - FSR - Monthly | 109 | 2017-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |