Oman vs Qatar: Total natural resource rents

Oman
29.2%
in 2021
Qatar
27.3%
in 2021
Oman rank
13th
Qatar rank
15th

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Oman
  • Qatar
20406080197019952021

How they compare

Oman currently reports 29.2% against 27.3% in Qatar, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.

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

Oman ranks 13th and Qatar ranks 15th 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.