Bhutan vs India: Total natural resource rents

Bhutan
2.7%
in 2021
India
3.2%
in 2021
Bhutan rank
91st
India rank
88th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Bhutan
  • India
051015197019952021

How they compare

India currently reports 3.2% against 2.7% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 91st and India ranks 88th of 211 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total natural resource rents
Unit
% of GDP
Source
The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
211 places, 9,209 data points, 1970–2021
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Natural resources rents are estimated as the difference between the price of a commodity and the average cost of producing it. Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents, mineral rents, and forest rents.