India vs Mexico: Total natural resource rents

India
3.2%
in 2021
Mexico
3.6%
in 2021
India rank
88th
Mexico rank
87th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • India
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 3.6% against 3.2% in India, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Mexico ahead.

India ranks 88th and Mexico ranks 87th 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.