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Norway vs Suriname: Total natural resource rents

Norway
10.0%
in 2021
Suriname
9.6%
in 2021
Norway rank
49th
Suriname rank
50th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Norway
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 10.0% against 9.6% in Suriname, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Suriname ahead.

Norway ranks 49th and Suriname ranks 50th 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.