Global Resource Map – Location, Production, and Supply-Chain Connections
- 0–1%
- 1%–5%
- 5%–10%
- 10%–25%
- ≥ 25%
- Withheld, none or n/a
- Not listed
- 4 producer sites (USGS), at the facility or its town
- Province only
Share of the world total, 190 Mcm (million m³).
Source: USGSSource: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Production and Reserves
West Asia · QA
Qatar
Helium 63 Mcm (USGS estimate) · 33% of world
Role in the chains: energy · capital · extraction · research
Natural resources, measured
Ordered by the country’s largest How this is computedA country's resources are ordered by its largest share of world output on any production column of each table (e.g. palladium within PGMs).Method →Code →. Values are USGS (minerals) or EIA (energy); an “e” marks a USGS estimate.
Helium 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 33% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2025
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2025 · million m³ | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 64 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 7 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 7 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
| Reserves2025 · million m³ | large | Year before: — | World: not ranked |
Who produces it
- Joint venture of Qatargas Operating Co. Ltd. 1 (Qatargas 1), Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (RasGas), and Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (II) (RasGas II) — helium, Qatar Helium plants 1, 2, and 3, Ras Laffan, 80 kilometers north of Doha capacity 74 million cubic meters
USGS Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗
- QatarEnergy — Liquid helium (He-4), mine / extract (sourced)
Constraints and changes, as the sources state them
- 2026-03-18 The war that began in Iran in February triggers a helium shortage that could slow chip production. Source ↗
Not in the sources read: export restrictions (country not in the OECD 2024 inventory) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Production and Reserves (Data in million cubic meters). Source ↗ World ranking →
Natural gas 6th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 4.0% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2024 · billion m³ | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2024)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source → | 2023: 170.814 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 96 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 96 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (country not in the OECD 2024 inventory) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Dry natural gas, annual (series INTL.26-1-<ISO3>-BCM.A) (billion cubic metres). Source ↗ World ranking →
Oil 16th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 1.5% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2025
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2025 · thousand barrels a day | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2025)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 1,293.501 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 99 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 99 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (country not in the OECD 2024 inventory) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Crude oil including lease condensate, annual (series INTL.57-1-<ISO3>-TBPD.A) (thousand barrels per day). Source ↗ World ranking →
Market access
Export restrictions it applies
Not covered by (OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)).
Sanctions that name it
No EU regime and no OFAC country program. Thematic lists (terrorism, cyber, human rights) can still name its people and companies.
Read 2026-09-26 from the EU Sanctions Map and OFAC’s program list. A regime targets what its measures name — listed persons, goods, services — not the whole country. UK: gov.uk publishes each regime as prose, with no machine-readable list of measures per regime; not read.
Peers on helium
The other leading countries by production, 2025 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.
- United States How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Russia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Algeria How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Canada How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Peers on natural gas
The other leading countries by production, 2024 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.
- United States How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Russia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Iran How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Canada How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Related bottlenecks
Organisations
Events
- 2026-03-18 The war that began in Iran in February triggers a helium shortage that could slow chip production.
Connected
- hosts QatarEnergy
- endowed with Liquid helium (He-4)