High income vs Nicaragua: Mineral rents

High income
0.5%
in 2021
Nicaragua
2.7%
in 2021
High income rank
35th
Nicaragua rank
34th

Mineral rents over time

  • High income
  • Nicaragua
0123197019952021

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 2.7% against 0.5% in High income, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 5.2 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Nicaragua ahead.

High income ranks 35th and Nicaragua ranks 34th of 47 groups.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% Nicaragua
1980s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Nicaragua
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Nicaragua
2000s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Nicaragua
2010s 0.2% 1.6% 1.3% Nicaragua
2020s 0.3% 1.4% 1.0% Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral rents, High income or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 2.7% against 0.5% in High income as of 2021.
What is the difference in mineral rents between High income and Nicaragua?
2.2%, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Nicaragua?
52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
How do High income and Nicaragua rank globally for mineral rents?
High income ranks 35th and Nicaragua ranks 34th of 47 groups.
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

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.