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
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
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.