| Countries | Volume of recoverable shale resources (trillion cubic meters) |
| Canada | 573 |
| United States | 567 |
| Mexico | 545 |
| Colombia | 55 |
| Paraguay | 75 |
| Argentina | 802 |
| Brazil | 245 |
| Venezuela | 167 |
| Egypt | 100 |
| Libya | 122 |
| Algeria | 707 |
| France | 137 |
| Poland | 148 |
| Ukraine | 128 |
| Russia | 287 |
| China | 1115 |
| India | 95 |
| Pakistan | 105 |
| South Africa | 390 |
| Australia | 437 |