Which has higher mineral rents, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Sri Lanka as of 2021.

What is the difference in mineral rents between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as Mineral rents (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Mineral rents

Equatorial Guinea

0.0%

in 2021

Sri Lanka

0.0%

in 2021

Equatorial Guinea rank

95th

Sri Lanka rank

95th

Mineral rents over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 95th and Sri Lanka ranks 95th of 214 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—
1980s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	Sri Lanka
1990s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	—

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral rents, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Sri Lanka as of 2021.
What is the difference in mineral rents between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for mineral rents?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 95th and Sri Lanka ranks 95th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as Mineral rents (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mineral rents (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 262 places, 11,714 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.