Based on a comparison of 170 countries in 2015, Liberia ranked the highest in natural resources rents as a percentage of GDP with 46.4% followed by Kuwait and Dem. Republic of the Congo. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with < 0.001%, Singapore with < 0.001% and Macao with < 0.001%.
Average natural resources rents as a percentage of GDP reached 1.73% in 2015 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 90.2 % less than in the previous year and -86.5 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average natural resources rents as a percentage of GDP reached an all time high of 5.99% in 1980 and an all time low of 0.726% in 1971. The average annual growth amounted to 1.62 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Total Natural Resources Rents (As % of GDP) indicator page.
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