Trade & Investment Energy, food & commodity dependence

LNG trade expansion

A record wave of liquefied gas export capacity is coming online, making gas a more globally traded and flexible fuel that lowers prices for importers while tying them to a few exporters and shipping routes.

Rank: 133; of 250 trends
Attention intensity: 0.94×; 1× is the typical trend
Attention index: 94; 100 is the typical trend
Change: −1%; WoW
Volatility: ±4%; Shifting

The week ending 7 Nov 2026, World. Volatility is the typical weekly move over the last 26 weeks. How these are measured.

Regional Attention

By region

Latin America & Caribbean

15×

#36

6.6×

#40

3.3×

#53

2.9×

#82

2.9×

#70

2.5×

#61

2.4×

#87

1.7×

#100

1.3×

#120

1.1×

#149

This trend’s attention intensity in each region, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

12×

#20

2.2×

#86

2.1×

#81

1.8×

#95

1.8×

#107

1.7×

#100

1.7×

#93

1.7×

#90

1.5×

#89

1.5×

#113

This trend’s attention intensity in each bloc, the average of its member countries, and its rank there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

61×

37×

16×

#44

15×

#18

14×

#34

9.7×

#42

9.3×

#28

9.1×

#13

7.1×

#50

6.1×

#42

This trend’s attention intensity in each country, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 49.

Attention Index over time

The attention index, worldwide and in each region: 100 is the typical trend in each place, the median of every trend's attention there over the past 52 weeks.

Attention to LNG trade expansion, by place

Attention index, a four-week rolling average, on a log scale. 100 is the typical trend in each place, so a line at 1,000 is ten times the typical trend’s attention there. A country chosen at the top of the page is drawn beside its region and the world. Select a place below to bring its line forward.