Peru vs Venezuela: Total natural resource rents

Peru
12.7%
in 2021
Venezuela
11.8%
in 2014
Peru rank
42nd
Venezuela rank
43rd

Total natural resource rents over time

  • Peru
  • Venezuela
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 12.7% against 11.8% in Venezuela, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Venezuela's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Venezuela ahead.

Peru ranks 42nd and Venezuela ranks 43rd 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
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.