Chad vs Equatorial Guinea: Total natural resource rents
Chad
21.3%
in 2021
Equatorial Guinea
23.5%
in 2021
Chad rank
23rd
Equatorial Guinea rank
20th
Total natural resource rents over time
- Chad
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 23.5% against 21.3% in Chad, a difference of 2.2%.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Chad ranks 23rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th of 211 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.1% | 5.9% | 0.7% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 8.9% | 21.7% | 12.8% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 10.3% | 44.7% | 34.4% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 27.9% | 53.9% | 25.9% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 28.3% | 8.8% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 20.1% | 2.5% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total natural resource rents, Chad or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 23.5% against 21.3% in Chad as of 2021.
- What is the difference in total natural resource rents between Chad and Equatorial Guinea?
- 2.2%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Equatorial Guinea?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
- How do Chad and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for total natural resource rents?
- Chad ranks 23rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Total natural resource rents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.