Equatorial Guinea vs Saudi Arabia: Total natural resource rents

Equatorial Guinea
23.5%
in 2021
Saudi Arabia
25.6%
in 2021
Equatorial Guinea rank
20th
Saudi Arabia rank
18th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 25.6% against 23.5% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 2.1%.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and Saudi Arabia ranks 18th 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.