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Oil rents as a share of gdp by country

Countries reporting
137
Highest
56.38
Libya
Lowest
0
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
0.2797
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
8,404

What the numbers show

Oil rents as a share of gdp is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 56.38 in Libya; the lowest is 0 in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2797, and the mean is 4.06.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 524.9%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).

Oil rents as a share of gdp: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Libya 56.38 2021 up 55.2% rising
2 Iraq 42.79 2021 down 16.0% rising
3 Congo 34.38 2021 down 29.3% rising
4 Angola 28.27 2021 down 26.8% rising
5 Kuwait 27.58 2020 down 42.8% falling
6 Saudi Arabia 23.69 2021 down 51.8% falling
7 Oman 23.54 2021 down 41.7% falling
8 Guyana 22.08 2021 — volatile
9 Azerbaijan 20.98 2021 down 29.6% falling
10 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.27 2021 down 18.3% falling
11 Chad 16.75 2021 down 31.3% volatile
12 United Arab Emirates 15.67 2021 down 45.2% falling
13 Gabon 15.56 2021 down 58.4% rising
14 Qatar 15.28 2021 down 49.0% falling
15 Equatorial Guinea 14.94 2021 down 56.0% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 14.84 2021 down 19.1% rising
17 Algeria 14.46 2021 down 42.2% flat
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.3 2014 down 51.0% rising
19 Bahrain 10.94 2021 down 53.3% volatile
20 South Sudan 10.39 2015 down 82.2% volatile
21 Brunei Darussalam 10.37 2021 down 57.1% volatile
22 Russian Federation 9.67 2021 down 9.4% rising
23 Suriname 7.93 2021 down 15.8% volatile
24 Ecuador 6.4 2021 down 60.0% volatile
25 Nigeria 6.25 2021 down 59.7% volatile
26 Norway 6.06 2021 down 19.2% volatile
27 Turkmenistan 5.85 2019 down 43.1% falling
28 Timor-Leste 5.3 2021 down 78.2% volatile
29 Yemen 4.82 2018 down 85.7% volatile
30 Ghana 4.06 2021 down 20.2% volatile
31 Syrian Arab Republic 4.02 2020 up 4.8% volatile
32 Colombia 3.42 2021 down 50.6% rising
33 Sudan 3.3 2021 down 78.1% volatile
34 Egypt 2.99 2021 down 69.4% volatile
35 Canada 2.83 2021 up 71.3% volatile
36 Trinidad and Tobago 2.71 2021 down 71.4% volatile
37 Brazil 2.6 2021 up 27.3% volatile
38 Cameroon 2.36 2021 down 55.1% volatile
39 Mexico 2.07 2021 down 63.9% volatile
40 Papua New Guinea 1.88 2021 down 61.4% volatile
41 Malaysia 1.85 2021 down 66.3% volatile
42 Tunisia 1.55 2021 down 69.1% volatile
43 Argentina 1.54 2021 down 43.7% volatile
44 Mongolia 1.5 2021 down 22.1% volatile
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.26 2021 down 64.7% volatile
46 Albania 1.04 2021 down 57.5% volatile
47 Estonia 0.9622 2021 up 7.4% falling
48 Uzbekistan 0.8672 2021 down 58.1% volatile
49 Belarus 0.8141 2021 down 30.5% falling
50 Indonesia 0.766 2021 down 74.1% volatile
51 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7002 2021 down 70.7% volatile
52 Viet Nam 0.6693 2021 down 85.4% volatile
53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6498 2021 down 73.4% volatile
54 Niger 0.6227 2021 down 30.6% volatile
55 United States of America 0.6115 2021 up 64.9% volatile
56 Thailand 0.4817 2021 down 72.8% volatile
57 Serbia 0.4244 2021 down 52.3% volatile
58 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4161 2021 down 49.4% volatile
59 South Africa 0.396 2021 down 58.9% volatile
60 Pakistan 0.3802 2021 down 62.7% volatile
61 Romania 0.3782 2021 down 59.3% volatile
62 India 0.3256 2021 down 75.9% volatile
63 Barbados 0.3094 2021 down 30.7% volatile
64 China 0.3086 2021 down 80.0% volatile
65 Jamaica 0.2949 2021 down 44.0% volatile
66 Tajikistan 0.2872 2021 up 308.3% volatile
67 Croatia 0.2804 2021 down 33.6% falling
68 Belize 0.2803 2021 down 94.8% volatile
69 Ukraine 0.2797 2021 down 53.7% falling
70 Denmark 0.2703 2021 down 80.2% volatile
71 Australia 0.2642 2021 down 69.9% volatile
72 Peru 0.2491 2021 down 75.8% volatile
73 Cuba 0.2225 2020 down 83.4% volatile
74 Hungary 0.1839 2021 down 19.0% falling
75 Türkiye 0.138 2021 up 11.3% volatile
76 Guatemala 0.1181 2021 down 80.0% volatile
77 New Zealand 0.1023 2021 down 86.9% volatile
78 Madagascar 0.0838 2021 — volatile
79 Kyrgyzstan 0.0824 2021 down 78.7% volatile
80 Mozambique 0.0793 2021 down 62.0% volatile
81 Italy 0.077 2021 down 23.8% volatile
82 Paraguay 0.073 2021 down 63.2% volatile
83 Latvia 0.0654 2021 down 31.3% volatile
84 Myanmar 0.0628 2021 down 93.8% volatile
85 Portugal 0.0518 2021 down 27.5% volatile
86 Zimbabwe 0.0478 2021 — volatile
87 Finland 0.0456 2021 up 25.9% volatile
88 Poland 0.0414 2021 down 14.2% volatile
89 Cambodia 0.041 2021 — volatile
90 Austria 0.0378 2021 down 48.8% volatile
91 Philippines 0.0342 2021 down 84.8% volatile
92 Bangladesh 0.0316 2021 down 78.7% volatile
93 Belgium 0.0313 2021 down 32.8% volatile
94 Georgia 0.0293 2021 down 79.6% volatile
95 Republic of Korea 0.0283 2021 down 52.6% volatile
96 Sweden 0.0272 2021 down 8.0% volatile
97 Netherlands 0.0244 2021 down 52.4% volatile
98 Nicaragua 0.0206 2021 down 60.4% volatile
99 Bulgaria 0.0194 2021 down 47.2% volatile
100 Afghanistan 0.0179 2021 up 170.7% volatile
101 Lithuania 0.0159 2021 down 85.7% volatile
102 Jordan 0.0144 2021 up 524.9% volatile
103 Germany 0.014 2021 down 53.4% volatile
104 Chile 0.0127 2021 down 37.4% volatile
105 Republic of Moldova 0.0117 2021 down 82.2% volatile
106 Greece 0.0117 2021 down 22.4% volatile
107 Israel 0.0115 2021 up 115.1% volatile
108 Uruguay 0.0097 2021 down 70.9% volatile
109 Czechia 0.0097 2021 down 68.5% volatile
110 Costa Rica 0.009 2021 — volatile
111 France 0.0071 2021 down 34.4% volatile
112 Japan 0.0022 2021 down 4.9% volatile
113 Ireland 0.0019 2021 down 62.5% volatile
114 Slovakia 0.0018 2021 down 77.8% volatile
115 Honduras 0.001 2021 down 64.7% volatile
116 Morocco 0.001 2021 down 86.1% volatile
117 Switzerland 0.0005 2021 up 43.6% volatile
118 Hong Kong, China 0.0004 2021 down 94.7% volatile
119 Spain 0.0002 2021 down 94.7% volatile
120 El Salvador 0.0002 2021 down 59.9% volatile
121 Slovenia 0 2021 down 34.6% volatile
122 Aruba 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Benin 0 2021 — volatile
122 Cyprus 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Ethiopia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Kenya 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 North Macedonia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Malta 0 2021 — volatile
122 Mauritania 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Mauritius 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Malawi 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Panama 0 2021 — volatile
122 Rwanda 0 2021 — volatile
122 Senegal 0 2021 — volatile
122 Singapore 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Eswatini 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
122 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 2021 — volatile

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Indicator
Oil rents as a share of gdp
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 8,404 data points, 1970–2021
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