Indicators · Industries and economic structure
Natural gas rents
The value of natural gas produced at world prices, minus production costs, as a share of GDP.
Why it matters
Flags the gas economies, where LNG and gas-to-power projects are reshaping investment.
Read with care
New LNG trains can change this sharply from one year to the next.
Gas rents: highest in Mozambique, lowest in Zimbabwe
Natural gas rents, % of GDP. Latest year available, 2021. 16 of 16 countries have data.
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Ranked: gas rentsiWhy it mattersFlags the gas economies, where LNG and gas-to-power projects are reshaping investment.
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How spread out SADC is
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Natural gas 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 | 3.6% | 2021 | up 1.6 point since 2016 | B | |
| 2 | Angola | 1.0% | 2021 | up 0.9 points since 2016 | B | |
| 3 | Tanzania | 0.2% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 4 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 5 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 6 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 7 | DRC | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 8 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 9 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 10 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 11 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 13 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 14 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 15 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B |