Iraq vs Libya: Total natural resource rents

Iraq
43.4%
in 2021
Libya
61.0%
in 2021
Iraq rank
2nd
Libya rank
1st

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Iraq
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 61.0% against 43.4% in Iraq, a difference of 17.6%.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.4 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Iraq ranks 2nd and Libya ranks 1st 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.