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Mineral rents as a share of GDP

Compare mineral rents as a share of gdp across 196 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2021 official-source slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
1.8% of GDP
0
Countries Covered
196
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
28.8% of GDP
Lowest
Burundi
0.0% of GDP
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo28.8% of GDP
2Zambia28.2% of GDP
3Mongolia26.6% of GDP
4New Caledonia16.8% of GDP
5Chile16.2% of GDP
By Region
Key Findings
  • 196 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2021 observation.
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo has the highest published value (28.8127978039482 % of GDP).
  • Burundi has the lowest published value (0 % of GDP).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% of GDP)High (28.8% of GDP)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.8% of GDP)

About This Statistic

Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.

MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.

Methodology

Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Democratic Republic of the Congo28.8% of GDP
2Zambia28.2% of GDP
3Mongolia26.6% of GDP
4New Caledonia16.8% of GDP
5Chile16.2% of GDP
6Mali16.2% of GDP
7Burkina Faso15.5% of GDP
8Papua New Guinea14.4% of GDP
9Peru12.1% of GDP
10Kyrgyzstan11.2% of GDP
11Australia10.5% of GDP
12Mauritania9.6% of GDP
13Guyana9.4% of GDP
14Kazakhstan9.1% of GDP
15Uzbekistan8.5% of GDP
16Tajikistan7.1% of GDP
17Armenia6.8% of GDP
18Sudan6.6% of GDP
19Bolivia5.9% of GDP
20Liberia5.4% of GDP
21Ukraine5.3% of GDP
22Ghana5.2% of GDP
23Togo4.9% of GDP
24Brazil4.5% of GDP
25Zimbabwe4.2% of GDP
26United Republic of Tanzania4.0% of GDP
27Lao People's Democratic Republic3.9% of GDP
28South Africa3.8% of GDP
29Panama3.6% of GDP
30Islamic Republic of Iran3.4% of GDP
31Namibia3.2% of GDP
32Senegal2.9% of GDP
33Nicaragua2.7% of GDP
34Cote d'Ivoire2.5% of GDP
35Russian Federation2.1% of GDP
36Dominican Republic2.0% of GDP
37Myanmar2.0% of GDP
38Indonesia1.9% of GDP
39Philippines1.5% of GDP
40Mexico1.4% of GDP
41India1.3% of GDP
42Georgia1.3% of GDP
43Canada1.2% of GDP
44Fiji1.1% of GDP
45Guatemala1.1% of GDP
46Sweden1.0% of GDP
47Colombia0.9% of GDP
48Niger0.8% of GDP
49Central African Republic0.8% of GDP
50Serbia0.7% of GDP
51Türkiye0.6% of GDP
52Bulgaria0.6% of GDP
53Argentina0.6% of GDP
54People's Republic of China0.5% of GDP
55Poland0.5% of GDP
56Honduras0.4% of GDP
57Azerbaijan0.3% of GDP
58Morocco0.3% of GDP
59Ethiopia0.3% of GDP
60Botswana0.2% of GDP
61Sierra Leone0.2% of GDP
62Albania0.2% of GDP
63Saudi Arabia0.2% of GDP
64Portugal0.1% of GDP
65Mozambique0.1% of GDP
66Finland0.1% of GDP
67Vietnam0.1% of GDP
68United States of America0.1% of GDP
69Spain0.1% of GDP
70New Zealand0.1% of GDP
71Bhutan0.1% of GDP
72Pakistan0.1% of GDP
73Greece0.1% of GDP
74Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0% of GDP
75Ireland0.0% of GDP
76Romania0.0% of GDP
77Gabon0.0% of GDP
78Montenegro0.0% of GDP
79Uruguay0.0% of GDP
80Cyprus0.0% of GDP
81Slovakia0.0% of GDP
82Nigeria0.0% of GDP
83Japan0.0% of GDP
84Kenya0.0% of GDP
85Malawi0.0% of GDP
86Algeria0.0% of GDP
87South Korea0.0% of GDP
88United Kingdom0.0% of GDP
89Burundi0.0% of GDP
90Belarus0.0% of GDP
91Cambodia0.0% of GDP
92Cameroon0.0% of GDP
93Cape Verde0.0% of GDP
94Cayman Islands0.0% of GDP
95Sri Lanka0.0% of GDP
96Chad0.0% of GDP
97Comoros0.0% of GDP
98Republic of the Congo0.0% of GDP
99Costa Rica0.0% of GDP
100Croatia0.0% of GDP
101Czech Republic0.0% of GDP
102Benin0.0% of GDP
103Denmark0.0% of GDP
104Dominica0.0% of GDP
105Ecuador0.0% of GDP
106El Salvador0.0% of GDP
107Equatorial Guinea0.0% of GDP
108Estonia0.0% of GDP
109Faroe Islands0.0% of GDP
110France0.0% of GDP
111French Polynesia0.0% of GDP
112Djibouti0.0% of GDP
113Republic of The Gambia0.0% of GDP
114State of Palestine0.0% of GDP
115Germany0.0% of GDP
116Kiribati0.0% of GDP
117Grenada0.0% of GDP
118Guam0.0% of GDP
119Guinea0.0% of GDP
120Haiti0.0% of GDP
121Hong Kong0.0% of GDP
122Hungary0.0% of GDP
123Iceland0.0% of GDP
124Iraq0.0% of GDP
125Israel0.0% of GDP
126Italy0.0% of GDP
127Jamaica0.0% of GDP
128Jordan0.0% of GDP
129Lebanon0.0% of GDP
130Lesotho0.0% of GDP
131Latvia0.0% of GDP
132Libya0.0% of GDP
133Lithuania0.0% of GDP
134Luxembourg0.0% of GDP
135Macao0.0% of GDP
136Madagascar0.0% of GDP
137Malaysia0.0% of GDP
138Maldives0.0% of GDP
139Malta0.0% of GDP
140Mauritius0.0% of GDP
141Monaco0.0% of GDP
142Moldova, Republic of0.0% of GDP
143Oman0.0% of GDP
144Nauru0.0% of GDP
145Nepal0.0% of GDP
146Netherlands0.0% of GDP
147Curaçao0.0% of GDP
148Aruba0.0% of GDP
149Vanuatu0.0% of GDP
150Norway0.0% of GDP
151Micronesia, Federated States of0.0% of GDP
152Marshall Islands0.0% of GDP
153Palau0.0% of GDP
154Paraguay0.0% of GDP
155Guinea-Bissau0.0% of GDP
156Timor-Leste0.0% of GDP
157Puerto Rico0.0% of GDP
158Qatar0.0% of GDP
159Rwanda0.0% of GDP
160Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0% of GDP
161Saint Lucia0.0% of GDP
162Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0% of GDP
163Sao Tome and Principe0.0% of GDP
164Seychelles0.0% of GDP
165Singapore0.0% of GDP
166Slovenia0.0% of GDP
167Somalia0.0% of GDP
168Suriname0.0% of GDP
169Eswatini0.0% of GDP
170Switzerland0.0% of GDP
171Thailand0.0% of GDP
172Tonga0.0% of GDP
173Trinidad and Tobago0.0% of GDP
174United Arab Emirates0.0% of GDP
175Tunisia0.0% of GDP
176Turks and Caicos Islands0.0% of GDP
177Tuvalu0.0% of GDP
178Uganda0.0% of GDP
179The Republic of North Macedonia0.0% of GDP
180Egypt0.0% of GDP
181Samoa0.0% of GDP
182Afghanistan0.0% of GDP
183American Samoa0.0% of GDP
184Andorra0.0% of GDP
185Angola0.0% of GDP
186Antigua and Barbuda0.0% of GDP
187Austria0.0% of GDP
188Bahamas0.0% of GDP
189Bahrain0.0% of GDP
190Bangladesh0.0% of GDP
191Barbados0.0% of GDP
192Belgium0.0% of GDP
193Belize0.0% of GDP
194Bermuda0.0% of GDP
195Brunei Darussalam0.0% of GDP
196Solomon Islands0.0% of GDP
Showing 196 of 196 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).

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