Laos vs Madagascar: Total natural resource rents

Laos
5.4%
in 2021
Madagascar
5.5%
in 2021
Laos rank
72nd
Madagascar rank
70th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Laos
  • Madagascar
051015197019952021

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 5.5% against 5.4% in Laos, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Madagascar ahead.

Laos ranks 72nd and Madagascar ranks 70th 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.