A method for producing a reaction gas containing 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (R-143) and (E,Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene (R-1132 (E,Z)), the method comprising supplying a starting material gas containing difluoromethane (R-32), which has been pre-pressurized to a pressure of 0.1 MPaG or more and 2.0 MPaG or less, in a reactor under a pressure condition lower than the pre-pressurization pressure, and subjecting the starting material gas to a reaction that involves thermal decomposition at a temperature of 600° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, thereby obtaining the reaction gas, wherein the selectivity of R-143 in the reaction gas is 30 to 60 mol %.