Cuba vs El Salvador: Total natural resource rents
Cuba
0.6%
in 2020
El Salvador
0.5%
in 2021
Cuba rank
131st
El Salvador rank
132nd
Total natural resource rents over time
- Cuba
- El Salvador
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 131st and El Salvador ranks 132nd of 211 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 0.7% | 2.0% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total natural resource rents, Cuba or El Salvador?
- Cuba, at 0.6% against 0.5% in El Salvador as of 2020.
- What is the difference in total natural resource rents between Cuba and El Salvador?
- 0.1%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and El Salvador?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
- How do Cuba and El Salvador rank globally for total natural resource rents?
- Cuba ranks 131st and El Salvador ranks 132nd of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank (2026) – 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.