Based on a comparison of 96 countries in 2018, East Timor ranked the highest in natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP with 30.8% followed by Turkmenistan and Brunei. On the other end of the scale was France with < 0.001%, Moldova with < 0.001% and Dem. Republic of the Congo with < 0.001%.
Average natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP reached 0.285% in 2018 in the World according to EIA. This is 33.2 % more than in the previous year and -73.7 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP reached an all time high of 0.632% in 1979 and an all time low of 0.007% in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 8.08 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Natural Gas Rents (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Natural Gas Rents (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Algeria | % | 4.38% | 4.29% | 3.94% | 3.18% | 2.03% | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 3.54% | 3.24% | 2.51% | 2.43% | 2.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brunei | % | 5.69% | 5.39% | 7.11% | 11.7% | 8.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.68% | 9.77% | 15.6% | 29.9% | 28.9% | ... | ||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.17% | 5.06% | 4.73% | 4.38% | 2.61% | ||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 1.95% | 1.85% | 2.04% | 2.79% | 1.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 4.33% | 3.95% | 4.04% | 2.95% | 2.19% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | 1.85% | 1.75% | 2.42% | 3.22% | 1.97% | ||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 3.16% | 2.81% | 2.12% | 2.03% | 1.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 0.058% | 0.056% | 2.21% | 5.57% | 3.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 8.51% | 8.56% | 7.63% | 6.18% | 3.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 3.76% | 3.52% | 2.71% | 2.81% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 9.89% | 9.89% | 7.04% | 4.78% | 2.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 26.1% | 22.9% | 15.2% | 13.0% | 8.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 10.8% | 10.9% | 6.97% | 4.29% | 2.61% |
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