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 52,885.1 million cubic meters in December 2025, compared to 49,713.0 in the previous month. This constitutes a rise of 6.38 percent.
Sample. There are 108 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The time period covered by the series extends from January 2017 to December 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: imports had a mean value of 40,669.9 million cubic meters; they recorded a maximum of 52,885.1 in December 2025; they reached their lowest level of 29,139.8 in February 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million cubic meters |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 49478.85 |
| 2025-11-30 | 49712.96 |
| 2025-12-31 | 52885.06 |
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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 | 108 | 2017-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |