Mongolia vs Zambia: Total natural resource rents

Mongolia
33.1%
in 2021
Zambia
35.3%
in 2021
Mongolia rank
8th
Zambia rank
5th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Mongolia
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 35.3% against 33.1% in Mongolia, a difference of 2.1%.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Mongolia's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Zambia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 8th and Zambia ranks 5th 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.