Based on a comparison of 99 countries in 2017, East Timor ranked the highest in natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP with 16.8% followed by Turkmenistan and Brunei. On the other end of the scale was France with < 0.001%, Dem. Republic of the Congo with < 0.001% and Moldova with < 0.001%.
Average natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP reached 0.192% in 2017 in the World according to EIA. This is 22.7 % more than in the previous year and -99.2 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average natural gas rents as a percentage of GDP reached an all time high of 0.695% in 1979 and an all time low of 0.007% in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 7.33 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Natural Gas Rents (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Natural Gas Rents (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | 3.99% | 4.34% | 4.24% | 3.89% | 3.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 3.33% | 3.55% | 3.25% | 2.52% | 2.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brunei | % | 5.97% | 5.80% | 5.64% | 6.44% | 11.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.70% | 7.68% | 9.77% | 15.6% | 29.9% | ||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.70% | 5.16% | 5.00% | 4.70% | 4.36% | |||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 1.91% | 1.97% | 1.85% | 2.03% | 2.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 4.68% | 4.86% | 4.14% | 4.19% | 3.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | 1.78% | 1.86% | 1.74% | 2.41% | 3.71% | |||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 2.86% | 3.32% | 2.95% | 2.24% | 2.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | 0.069% | 0.058% | 0.056% | 2.21% | 5.93% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 7.93% | 8.42% | 8.43% | 7.53% | 6.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 4.04% | 3.77% | 3.52% | 2.72% | 2.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 9.59% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 7.72% | 5.23% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 28.4% | 26.2% | 23.0% | 15.2% | 13.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 14.2% | 13.4% | 13.1% | 8.50% | 5.27% |
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