El Salvador vs Vanuatu: Total natural resource rents
El Salvador
0.5%
in 2021
Vanuatu
0.6%
in 2021
El Salvador rank
132nd
Vanuatu rank
130th
Total natural resource rents over time
- El Salvador
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1979 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 132nd and Vanuatu ranks 130th of 211 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Vanuatu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total natural resource rents, El Salvador or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 0.6% against 0.5% in El Salvador as of 2021.
- What is the difference in total natural resource rents between El Salvador and Vanuatu?
- 0.1%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Vanuatu?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2021.
- How do El Salvador and Vanuatu rank globally for total natural resource rents?
- El Salvador ranks 132nd and Vanuatu ranks 130th 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.