Natural resource rents, per capita by country
Natural resource rents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Natural resource rents, per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 units per person in New Caledonia; the lowest is 0 units per person in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per person, and the mean is 0 units per person.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 156 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 1,054.3%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.9%).
Natural resource rents, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0.0001 units per person | 2021 | up 279.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Brunei | 0.0001 units per person | 2021 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Guyana | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 86.4% | falling |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 5 | East Timor | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 7 | Suriname | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Eritrea | 0 units per person | 2011 | up 360.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Libya | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 15 | Gabon | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Oman | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 22 | Bhutan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Fiji | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 27 | Mauritania | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Armenia | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Central African Republic | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 30 | Comoros | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2019 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 32 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Lesotho | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Zambia | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Namibia | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 41 | Belize | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Samoa | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 44 | Seychelles | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Chad | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 46 | South Sudan | 0 units per person | 2015 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 49 | Gambia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 50 | Burundi | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 58.1% | rising |
| 51 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Iraq | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 248.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 57 | Angola | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 1,054.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Mali | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Laos | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 64 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 71 | Dominica | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 73 | Botswana | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Ghana | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 77 | Venezuela | 0 units per person | 2014 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Tonga | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Iran | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Syria | 0 units per person | 2020 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Rwanda | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 88 | Sudan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Niger | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 90 | Senegal | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Djibouti | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 94 | Malawi | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 95 | Cameroon | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 96 | Malaysia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Paraguay | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 445.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 103 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 104 | Benin | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Uganda | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Myanmar | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Yemen | 0 units per person | 2018 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 114 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Russia | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 116 | South Africa | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 119 | Guatemala | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 120 | Tanzania | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Colombia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 123 | Moldova | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 54.1% | flat |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 125 | El Salvador | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 130 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 131 | Argentina | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Egypt | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 139 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 140 | Nigeria | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Brazil | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 70.6% | flat |
| 142 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Haiti | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Mexico | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 148 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Vietnam | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 151 | Kenya | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Aruba | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 155 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Nepal | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Morocco | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Turkey | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Jordan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Pakistan | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 171 | United States | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 175 | India | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 176 | Mauritius | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 178 | China | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Macao | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 181 | South Korea | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Lebanon | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 184 | France | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2021 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Hong Kong | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Greenland | 0 units per person | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2021 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Natural resource rents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Natural resource rents ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Natural resource rents Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Natural resource rents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.