Total natural resource rents by country
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.
Countries reporting
207
Highest
61.0%
Libya
Lowest
0.0%
Tuvalu
Median
1.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
9,209
What the numbers show
Total natural resource rents is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 61.0% in Libya; the lowest is 0.0% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 6.8%.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 1,258.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.9%).
Total natural resource rents: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 61.0% | 2021 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 2 | Iraq | 43.4% | 2021 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.8% | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 4 | Congo | 37.7% | 2021 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 5 | Zambia | 35.3% | 2021 | up 102.4% | volatile |
| 6 | East Timor | 34.7% | 2021 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Guyana | 33.7% | 2021 | up 103.7% | falling |
| 8 | Mongolia | 33.1% | 2021 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran | 30.4% | 2021 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 10 | Angola | 30.0% | 2021 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 29.9% | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 12 | Kuwait | 29.3% | 2020 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 13 | Oman | 29.2% | 2021 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 27.4% | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 15 | Qatar | 27.3% | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 27.0% | 2011 | up 497.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 26.8% | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 25.6% | 2021 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 19 | Brunei | 24.3% | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.5% | 2021 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Algeria | 22.6% | 2021 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 22 | Liberia | 21.9% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 23 | Chad | 21.3% | 2021 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 20.5% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 20.1% | 2021 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 26 | Russia | 18.5% | 2021 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 18.5% | 2021 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 28 | Mali | 18.4% | 2021 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 18.4% | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 17.7% | 2021 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 17.6% | 2021 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 32 | Chile | 16.9% | 2021 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 33 | New Caledonia | 16.8% | 2021 | up 306.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Bahrain | 16.6% | 2021 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 14.9% | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 36 | Burundi | 14.0% | 2021 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 13.5% | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 38 | Australia | 13.4% | 2021 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 13.3% | 2021 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 40 | South Sudan | 13.1% | 2015 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 12.8% | 2021 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Peru | 12.7% | 2021 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Venezuela | 11.8% | 2014 | down 50.3% | rising |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2021 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritania | 11.4% | 2021 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Somalia | 11.2% | 2021 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.4% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 48 | Central African Republic | 10.3% | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 10.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Suriname | 9.6% | 2021 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 51 | Bolivia | 9.5% | 2021 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 9.0% | 2021 | up 344.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 9.0% | 2021 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 54 | Myanmar | 8.7% | 2021 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Nigeria | 8.6% | 2021 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 7.9% | 2021 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 7.9% | 2021 | down 56.1% | flat |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.9% | 2021 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 59 | Ukraine | 7.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2021 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 7.3% | 2021 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 62 | Armenia | 7.1% | 2021 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Malaysia | 6.9% | 2021 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Ecuador | 6.7% | 2021 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Tanzania | 6.7% | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 66 | Niger | 6.4% | 2021 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 6.4% | 2021 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 6.4% | 2020 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 5.9% | 2021 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 70 | Madagascar | 5.5% | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 71 | Cameroon | 5.5% | 2021 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 72 | Laos | 5.4% | 2021 | down 64.8% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 5.3% | 2021 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 74 | Indonesia | 5.2% | 2021 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Egypt | 5.1% | 2021 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Canada | 4.9% | 2021 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Yemen | 4.9% | 2018 | down 85.6% | falling |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7% | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2021 | down 75.2% | falling |
| 80 | Senegal | 4.4% | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 81 | Lesotho | 4.3% | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 82 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2021 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 83 | Namibia | 4.0% | 2021 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2021 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 3.8% | 2021 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 3.7% | 2021 | up 1,258.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 3.6% | 2021 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 88 | India | 3.2% | 2021 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 3.0% | 2021 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2021 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 91 | Bhutan | 2.7% | 2021 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Argentina | 2.7% | 2021 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Vietnam | 2.5% | 2021 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Benin | 2.3% | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 95 | Fiji | 2.3% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 2.2% | 2021 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 2.1% | 2021 | up 510.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 2.0% | 2021 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 1.9% | 2021 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 100 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2021 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.9% | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 1.9% | 2021 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 1.8% | 2021 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Estonia | 1.7% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 106 | China | 1.7% | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Comoros | 1.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 108 | New Zealand | 1.5% | 2021 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 1.4% | 2021 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Pakistan | 1.4% | 2021 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Georgia | 1.4% | 2021 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 112 | Paraguay | 1.3% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 113 | United States | 1.3% | 2021 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Kenya | 1.2% | 2021 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 115 | Honduras | 1.2% | 2021 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Sweden | 1.2% | 2021 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Latvia | 1.2% | 2021 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 118 | Romania | 1.1% | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Botswana | 1.0% | 2021 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Poland | 1.0% | 2021 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 0.9% | 2021 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Turkey | 0.8% | 2021 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8% | 2021 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2021 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Croatia | 0.7% | 2021 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 127 | Montenegro | 0.6% | 2021 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2021 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 129 | United Kingdom | 0.6% | 2021 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 2021 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.6% | 2020 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 132 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2021 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 133 | Belize | 0.5% | 2021 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Nepal | 0.5% | 2021 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2021 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 0.4% | 2021 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Israel | 0.4% | 2021 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2021 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2021 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 140 | Czechia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Morocco | 0.4% | 2021 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2021 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2021 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2021 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2021 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 147 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2021 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 148 | Samoa | 0.3% | 2021 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2021 | down 68.8% | rising |
| 150 | Moldova | 0.2% | 2021 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 151 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 152 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.2% | 2020 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2021 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2021 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Austria | 0.1% | 2021 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Spain | 0.1% | 2021 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Italy | 0.1% | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 160 | Greece | 0.1% | 2021 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2021 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Germany | 0.1% | 2021 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 164 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2021 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Japan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2021 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 168 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 170 | France | 0.0% | 2021 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2021 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 181 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2021 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Macao | 0.0% | 2021 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Isle of Man | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 189 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Palau | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 189 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 189 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
About this data
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.