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Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) by country

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
61.0%
Libya
Lowest
0.0%
Malta
Median
2.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
11,658

What the numbers show

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 61.0% in Libya; the lowest is 0.0% in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.2%, and the mean is 7.4%.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 1,258.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.9%).

Total natural resources rents: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Libya 61.0% 2021 up 62.5% rising
2 Iraq 43.4% 2021 down 15.1% rising
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 38.8% 2021 up 34.4% rising
4 Congo 37.7% 2021 down 27.3% rising
5 Zambia 35.3% 2021 up 102.4% volatile
6 East Timor 34.7% 2021 down 56.3% volatile
7 Guyana 33.7% 2021 up 103.7% falling
8 Mongolia 33.1% 2021 down 21.5% volatile
9 Iran 30.4% 2021 up 20.1% flat
10 Angola 30.0% 2021 down 23.2% rising
11 Azerbaijan 29.9% 2021 down 8.9% falling
12 Kuwait 29.3% 2020 down 40.0% falling
13 Oman 29.2% 2021 down 32.5% falling
14 Papua New Guinea 27.4% 2021 up 4.3% flat
15 Qatar 27.3% 2021 down 25.7% falling
16 Eritrea 27.0% 2011 up 497.1% volatile
17 Kazakhstan 26.8% 2021 up 4.2% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 25.6% 2021 down 49.1% falling
19 Brunei 24.3% 2021 down 18.0% falling
20 Equatorial Guinea 23.5% 2021 down 37.6% volatile
21 Algeria 22.6% 2021 down 21.0% rising
22 Liberia 21.9% 2021 down 5.8% falling
23 Chad 21.3% 2021 down 24.2% volatile
24 Uzbekistan 20.5% 2021 up 7.3% rising
25 Burkina Faso 20.1% 2021 up 47.7% rising
26 Russia 18.5% 2021 up 13.8% rising
27 Gabon 18.5% 2021 down 52.8% rising
28 Mali 18.4% 2021 up 106.7% rising
29 Solomon Islands 18.4% 2021 down 7.6% rising
30 Cape Verde 17.7% 2021 down 56.0% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 17.6% 2021 down 40.8% falling
32 Chile 16.9% 2021 up 39.0% falling
33 New Caledonia 16.8% 2021 up 306.5% volatile
34 Bahrain 16.6% 2021 down 38.4% falling
35 Mozambique 14.9% 2021 up 31.1% rising
36 Burundi 14.0% 2021 down 44.1% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 13.5% 2019 down 41.2% falling
38 Australia 13.4% 2021 up 53.1% volatile
39 Ghana 13.3% 2021 down 16.9% rising
40 South Sudan 13.1% 2015 down 77.6% volatile
41 Sudan 12.8% 2021 down 24.0% volatile
42 Peru 12.7% 2021 down 0.3% volatile
43 Venezuela 11.8% 2014 down 50.3% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 11.5% 2021 up 12.8% volatile
45 Mauritania 11.4% 2021 down 62.9% volatile
46 Somalia 11.2% 2021 down 36.9% rising
47 Guinea-Bissau 10.4% 2021 down 21.3% falling
48 Central African Republic 10.3% 2021 up 21.4% rising
49 Norway 10.0% 2021 up 0.2% volatile
50 Suriname 9.6% 2021 down 70.0% falling
51 Bolivia 9.5% 2021 down 32.4% volatile
52 Tajikistan 9.0% 2021 up 344.0% volatile
53 Sierra Leone 9.0% 2021 down 17.7% flat
54 Myanmar 8.7% 2021 up 17.9% volatile
55 Nigeria 8.6% 2021 down 51.3% volatile
56 Brazil 7.9% 2021 up 83.1% rising
57 Togo 7.9% 2021 down 56.1% flat
58 Trinidad and Tobago 7.9% 2021 down 62.9% falling
59 Ukraine 7.5% 2021 down 5.0% volatile
60 Uganda 7.5% 2021 down 18.4% volatile
61 South Africa 7.3% 2021 down 6.2% falling
62 Armenia 7.1% 2021 up 141.3% volatile
63 Malaysia 6.9% 2021 down 30.4% volatile
64 Ecuador 6.7% 2021 down 59.6% volatile
65 Tanzania 6.7% 2021 down 8.8% falling
66 Niger 6.4% 2021 down 21.3% rising
67 Zimbabwe 6.4% 2021 down 18.8% volatile
68 Syria 6.4% 2020 up 55.1% volatile
69 Ethiopia 5.9% 2021 down 66.3% falling
70 Madagascar 5.5% 2021 down 6.2% rising
71 Cameroon 5.5% 2021 down 32.3% rising
72 Laos 5.4% 2021 down 64.8% rising
73 Colombia 5.3% 2021 down 46.0% rising
74 Indonesia 5.2% 2021 down 39.8% volatile
75 Egypt 5.1% 2021 down 58.4% volatile
76 Canada 4.9% 2021 up 90.8% volatile
77 Yemen 4.9% 2018 down 85.6% falling
78 Cote d'Ivoire 4.7% 2021 down 14.4% falling
79 Guinea 4.5% 2021 down 75.2% falling
80 Senegal 4.4% 2021 up 20.6% rising
81 Lesotho 4.3% 2021 up 11.0% falling
82 Malawi 4.2% 2021 down 29.4% rising
83 Namibia 4.0% 2021 up 94.5% volatile
84 Rwanda 4.0% 2021 down 42.6% falling
85 Nicaragua 3.8% 2021 down 25.0% volatile
86 Panama 3.7% 2021 up 1,258.0% volatile
87 Mexico 3.6% 2021 down 48.9% volatile
88 India 3.2% 2021 down 40.4% rising
89 Eswatini 3.0% 2021 up 13.5% volatile
90 Gambia 2.9% 2021 down 36.1% rising
91 Bhutan 2.7% 2021 down 44.5% volatile
92 Argentina 2.7% 2021 down 31.7% volatile
93 Vietnam 2.5% 2021 down 71.9% volatile
94 Benin 2.3% 2021 down 33.8% falling
95 Fiji 2.3% 2021 up 14.8% rising
96 Tunisia 2.2% 2021 down 64.1% volatile
97 Dominican Republic 2.1% 2021 up 510.5% volatile
98 Philippines 2.0% 2021 down 30.6% volatile
99 Guatemala 1.9% 2021 down 32.6% rising
100 Uruguay 1.9% 2021 up 34.1% volatile
101 Sao Tome and Principe 1.9% 2021 down 50.7% falling
102 Belarus 1.9% 2021 up 12.6% falling
103 Thailand 1.8% 2021 down 42.3% rising
104 Serbia 1.7% 2021 down 47.9% volatile
105 Estonia 1.7% 2021 down 3.6% falling
106 China 1.7% 2021 down 77.8% volatile
107 Comoros 1.6% 2021 down 0.3% rising
108 New Zealand 1.5% 2021 down 31.9% falling
109 Albania 1.4% 2021 down 50.2% volatile
110 Pakistan 1.4% 2021 down 45.1% volatile
111 Georgia 1.4% 2021 down 26.8% rising
112 Paraguay 1.3% 2021 down 19.4% falling
113 United States 1.3% 2021 up 3.6% volatile
114 Kenya 1.2% 2021 down 58.3% falling
115 Honduras 1.2% 2021 down 28.2% volatile
116 Sweden 1.2% 2021 down 28.7% volatile
117 Latvia 1.2% 2021 down 12.6% falling
118 Romania 1.1% 2021 down 50.0% falling
119 Botswana 1.0% 2021 down 45.2% volatile
120 Poland 1.0% 2021 down 82.0% volatile
121 Kosovo 0.9% 2021 down 61.6% volatile
122 Bulgaria 0.9% 2021 down 57.2% volatile
123 Cambodia 0.8% 2021 down 72.6% volatile
124 Turkey 0.8% 2021 down 28.5% volatile
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2021 down 76.9% volatile
126 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 down 39.6% volatile
127 Croatia 0.7% 2021 down 47.4% falling
128 Montenegro 0.6% 2021 down 55.9% volatile
129 Bangladesh 0.6% 2021 down 61.6% volatile
130 United Kingdom 0.6% 2021 down 45.3% volatile
131 Vanuatu 0.6% 2021 down 32.7% rising
132 Cuba 0.6% 2020 down 79.0% volatile
133 El Salvador 0.5% 2021 down 35.7% falling
134 Belize 0.5% 2021 down 90.9% volatile
135 Nepal 0.5% 2021 down 55.3% volatile
136 Jamaica 0.5% 2021 down 79.7% volatile
137 Finland 0.4% 2021 down 15.8% volatile
138 Israel 0.4% 2021 up 57.3% volatile
139 Afghanistan 0.4% 2021 down 48.8% volatile
140 Hungary 0.4% 2021 down 40.4% falling
141 Czechia 0.4% 2021 down 63.1% volatile
142 Morocco 0.4% 2021 down 94.7% volatile
143 Netherlands 0.3% 2021 down 66.6% volatile
144 Denmark 0.3% 2021 down 79.3% volatile
145 Barbados 0.3% 2021 down 31.3% volatile
146 Haiti 0.3% 2021 down 38.2% volatile
147 Portugal 0.3% 2021 up 19.0% falling
148 Lithuania 0.3% 2021 down 48.2% falling
149 Samoa 0.3% 2021 down 41.5% volatile
150 Djibouti 0.3% 2021 down 68.8% rising
151 Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 39.9% falling
152 Slovakia 0.2% 2021 down 37.2% falling
153 United States Virgin Islands 0.2% 2020 down 94.1% volatile
154 Slovenia 0.2% 2021 down 47.4% rising
155 North Macedonia 0.1% 2021 down 89.6% volatile
156 Seychelles 0.1% 2021 down 19.5% volatile
157 Austria 0.1% 2021 down 51.8% volatile
158 Spain 0.1% 2021 up 76.5% volatile
159 Italy 0.1% 2021 down 28.2% falling
160 Ireland 0.1% 2021 up 4.9% volatile
161 Greece 0.1% 2021 down 75.5% volatile
162 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2021 down 48.6% volatile
163 Jordan 0.1% 2021 down 97.7% volatile
164 Germany 0.1% 2021 down 66.3% volatile
165 South Korea 0.0% 2021 down 45.5% volatile
166 Japan 0.0% 2021 up 118.2% volatile
167 Belgium 0.0% 2021 down 31.8% volatile
168 Kiribati 0.0% 2021 down 40.9% rising
169 Tonga 0.0% 2021 down 14.8% volatile
170 Dominica 0.0% 2021 down 19.8% volatile
171 France 0.0% 2021 down 33.2% volatile
172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2021 down 32.1% volatile
173 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2021 down 49.6% volatile
174 Bahamas 0.0% 2021 up 10.4% volatile
175 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2021 down 21.8% volatile
176 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% volatile
177 Switzerland 0.0% 2021 down 29.8% volatile
178 Luxembourg 0.0% 2021 down 95.7% volatile
179 Maldives 0.0% 2021 down 59.2% volatile
180 French Polynesia 0.0% 2021 down 19.9% volatile
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2021 down 15.6% rising
182 Lebanon 0.0% 2021 up 42.8% volatile
183 Mauritius 0.0% 2021 down 97.6% volatile
184 Aruba 0.0% 2021 down 45.8% volatile
185 Liechtenstein 0.0% 2020 down 84.1% volatile
186 Hong Kong 0.0% 2021 down 88.1% volatile
187 Macao 0.0% 2021 down 21.1% volatile
188 Singapore 0.0% 2021 down 99.9% volatile
189 Iceland 0.0% 2021 down 72.0% volatile
190 Greenland 0.0% 2020 — volatile
190 Malta 0.0% 2021 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total natural resources 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
260 places, 11,658 data points, 1970–2021
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Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.