Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia: Total natural resource rents

Equatorial Guinea
23.5%
in 2021
Liberia
21.9%
in 2021
Equatorial Guinea rank
20th
Liberia rank
22nd

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Liberia
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 23.5% against 21.9% in Liberia, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and Liberia ranks 22nd 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.