Cape Verde vs New Caledonia: Total natural resource rents

Cape Verde
17.7%
in 2021
New Caledonia
16.8%
in 2021
Cape Verde rank
30th
New Caledonia rank
33rd

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Cape Verde
  • New Caledonia
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 17.7% against 16.8% in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times New Caledonia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 30th and New Caledonia ranks 33rd 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.