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Niger vs Syria: Total natural resource rents

Niger
6.4%
in 2021
Syria
6.4%
in 2020
Niger rank
66th
Syria rank
68th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Niger
  • Syria
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 6.4% against 6.4% in Syria, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 66th and Syria ranks 68th 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.