Congo vs Iraq: Total natural resource rents

Congo
37.7%
in 2021
Iraq
43.4%
in 2021
Congo rank
4th
Iraq rank
2nd

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Congo
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 43.4% against 37.7% in Congo, a difference of 5.7%.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Iraq ahead.

Congo ranks 4th and Iraq ranks 2nd 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
Last refreshed

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.