U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Office

Fact #303: January 19, 2004
Top Ten Countries with Natural Gas Vehicles

According to the latest International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles data, Argentina is the country with the most natural gas vehicles. The data for the top ten countries is shown in the graphs below. It is interesting to note that the United States is sixth in terms of number of vehicles, but has the most natural gas fueling stations.

Natural Gas Vehicles and Fueling Stations, 2003
Graph showing the number of gas vehicles by country.
Graph showing the number of natural gas fueling stations by country.

Supporting Information

Top Ten Countries with Natural Gas Vehicles
  Number of Natural Gas Vehicles Number of Fueling Stations
Argentina 1,200,000 1,105
Brazil 600,000 600
Pakistan 410,000 423
Italy 400,800 463
India 159,159 166
United States 130,000 1,300
China 69,300 270
Egypt 47,289 78
Venezuela 44,146 147
Ukraine 42,000 130

Source: International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles. Statistics on IANGV website on December 17, 2003.

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