Eritrea vs Saudi Arabia: Total natural resource rents

Eritrea
27.0%
in 2011
Saudi Arabia
25.6%
in 2021
Eritrea rank
16th
Saudi Arabia rank
18th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Eritrea
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 27.0% against 25.6% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 16th 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
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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.