Indicators · Industries and economic structure
Coal rents
The value of coal produced at world prices, minus production costs, as a share of GDP.
Why it matters
Coal dependence matters for power costs, transition risk and export earnings.
Read with care
Based on world prices; coal sold locally to power stations often earns less.
Coal rents: highest in Mozambique, lowest in Seychelles
Coal rents, % of GDP. Latest year available, 2021. 16 of 16 countries have data.
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Ranked: coal rentsiWhy it mattersCoal dependence matters for power costs, transition risk and export earnings.
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How spread out SADC is
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Coal rents against income per person
Each bubble is a SADC country, sized by population. Dashed lines mark the SADC medians. Countries far from the pattern are worth a closer look.
Table
The same figures as the map, for screen readers and copying.| Rank | Country | Value | Year | Five-year change | Grade | Details |
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| 1 | Mozambique | 3.8% | 2021 | up 2.0 points since 2016 | B | |
| 2 | South Africa | 2.4% | 2021 | up 0.6 points since 2016 | B | |
| 3 | Botswana | 0.5% | 2021 | up 0.2 points since 2016 | B | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 5 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 6 | Eswatini | 0.1% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 7 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 8 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 9 | Angola | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 10 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 11 | DRC | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 12 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 13 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 14 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 15 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 16 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B |