Guyana vs Iran: Total natural resource rents

Guyana
33.7%
in 2021
Iran
30.4%
in 2021
Guyana rank
7th
Iran rank
9th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Guyana
  • Iran
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How they compare

Guyana currently reports 33.7% against 30.4% in Iran, a difference of 3.2%.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 7th and Iran ranks 9th 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.