Australia vs High income: Total natural resources rents
Australia
13.4%
in 2021
High income
2.5%
in 2021
Australia rank
38th
High income rank
37th
Total natural resources rents over time
- Australia
- High income
How they compare
Australia currently reports 13.4% against 2.5% in High income, a difference of 10.9%.
That makes Australia's figure about 5.4 times High income's.
Across all 52 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 38th and High income ranks 37th of 214 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.7% | 2.1% | 1.6% | Australia |
| 1980s | 4.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | Australia |
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% | Australia |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 1.9% | 2.6% | Australia |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 2.0% | 3.5% | Australia |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 1.8% | 7.9% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total natural resources rents, Australia or High income?
- Australia, at 13.4% against 2.5% in High income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in total natural resources rents between Australia and High income?
- 10.9%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and High income?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
- How do Australia and High income rank globally for total natural resources rents?
- Australia ranks 38th and High income ranks 37th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as Total natural resources rents (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.