Cameroon vs Laos: Natural resource rents

Cameroon
5.53
in 2021
Laos
5.38
in 2021
Cameroon rank
71st
Laos rank
72nd

Natural resource rents over time

  • Cameroon
  • Laos
051015197019952021

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 5.53 against 5.38 in Laos, a difference of 0.15.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 71st and Laos ranks 72nd of 211 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Laos Difference Ahead
1980s 8.22 4.71 3.51 Cameroon
1990s 7.92 7.24 0.6741 Cameroon
2000s 6.99 8.28 1.29 Laos
2010s 6.66 8.47 1.81 Laos
2020s 4.93 4.1 0.8339 Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher natural resource rents, Cameroon or Laos?
Cameroon, at 5.53 against 5.38 in Laos as of 2021.
What is the difference in natural resource rents between Cameroon and Laos?
0.15, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Laos?
38 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2021.
How do Cameroon and Laos rank globally for natural resource rents?
Cameroon ranks 71st and Laos ranks 72nd of 211 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Natural resource rents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs Laos: Natural resource rents. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/natural-resource-rents/cameroon/lao-pdr/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/natural-resource-rents/cameroon/lao-pdr/">Cameroon vs Laos: Natural resource rents</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Natural resource rents
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
211 places, 9,209 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed