Malawi vs Namibia: Total natural resource rents

Malawi
4.2%
in 2021
Namibia
4.0%
in 2021
Malawi rank
82nd
Namibia rank
83rd

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Malawi
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 4.2% against 4.0% in Namibia, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 82nd and Namibia ranks 83rd 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.