Myanmar vs Nigeria: Total natural resource rents

Myanmar
8.7%
in 2021
Nigeria
8.6%
in 2021
Myanmar rank
54th
Nigeria rank
55th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Myanmar
  • Nigeria
0204060197019952021

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 8.7% against 8.6% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 54th and Nigeria ranks 55th of 211 countries.

Individual pages

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.