Namibia vs Nicaragua: Total natural resource rents

Namibia
4.0%
in 2021
Nicaragua
3.8%
in 2021
Namibia rank
83rd
Nicaragua rank
85th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Namibia
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 4.0% against 3.8% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 83rd and Nicaragua ranks 85th 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.