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 40,968.0 million cubic meters in June 2026, compared to 38,404.1 in the previous month. This represents a rise of 6.68 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the figure has a total of 114 observations. The series covers the time span extending from January 2017 to June 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the full sample: imports reached their lowest level of 29,139.8 million cubic meters in February 2017; they recorded their maximum of 53,213.1 in January 2026; they had a mean of 40,899.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million cubic meters |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 40757.58 |
| 2026-05-31 | 38404.1 |
| 2026-06-30 | 40967.97 |
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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 | 114 | 2017-01-31 | 2026-06-30 |