Oil rents as a share of GDP in Belarus
Belarus: Oil rents as a share of GDP was 0.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Oil rents as a share of GDP in Belarus, 1990–2021
Source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 0.8% for oil rents as a share of gdp in 2021.
That represents a change of up 123.0% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil rents as a share of gdp in Belarus peaked at 1.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1998.
Belarus ranks 49th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Oil rents as a share of GDP in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.4% | — |
| 1991 | 0.7% | -52.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +15.3% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | +25.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | -71.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | +277.0% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | +109.9% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -24.6% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -39.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +51.5% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -20.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -40.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +31.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +60.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -20.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -44.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +123.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More energy & mining data for Belarus
- Fuel imports 20.4% (2020)
- Ores and metals imports 3.5% (2021)
- Ores and metals exports 1.1% (2021)
- Gas production 0.7433 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 82.07 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0.7433 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 82.07 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil rents as a share of gdp in Belarus?
- Oil rents as a share of gdp in Belarus was 0.8% in 2021, according to The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil rents as a share of gdp recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest oil rents as a share of gdp recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1998.
- How does Belarus rank for oil rents as a share of gdp?
- Belarus ranks 49th out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Is oil rents as a share of gdp rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil rents as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Economic profits generated from oil extraction, measured as the difference between production value and costs, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product.