Based on a comparison of 169 countries in 2014, Liberia ranked the highest in forest rents as a percentage of GDP with 27.3% followed by Bhutan and Guinea Bissau. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with < 0.001%, United Arab Emirates with < 0.001% and Israel with < 0.001%.
Average forest rents as a percentage of GDP reached 0.391% in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 16.4 % more than in the previous year and 37.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average forest rents as a percentage of GDP reached an all time high of 0.450% in 1990 and an all time low of 0.118% in 1985. The average annual growth amounted to 1.90 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Forest Rents (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Forest Rents (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Bhutan | % | 17.2% | 16.6% | 24.6% | 22.6% | 19.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 9.20% | 9.14% | 7.69% | 7.31% | 8.17% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 32.7% | 30.7% | 23.7% | 23.1% | 16.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 11.8% | 9.02% | 8.40% | 9.04% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 22.0% | 23.5% | 18.6% | 18.3% | 18.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 18.7% | 16.3% | 15.5% | 16.6% | 14.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 14.6% | 14.5% | 12.4% | 13.1% | 13.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | % | 16.1% | 17.3% | 14.9% | 13.1% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 6.22% | 5.09% | 5.82% | 6.97% | 6.21% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 43.7% | 33.3% | 27.7% | 26.8% | 28.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 10.7% | 8.37% | 7.32% | 7.83% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 8.62% | 9.04% | 8.74% | 7.66% | 8.01% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 10.3% | 10.4% | 8.87% | 9.07% | 9.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Uganda | % | 16.6% | 13.3% | 10.7% | 12.4% | 12.5% |
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