Indicators · Industries and economic structure
Oil rents
The value of crude oil produced at world prices, minus production costs, as a share of GDP.
Why it matters
Shows oil dependence, above all in Angola, which drives the currency, the budget and import demand.
Read with care
Moves with world oil prices as much as with output.
Oil rents: highest in Angola, lowest in Zambia
Oil rents, % of GDP. Latest year available, 2021. 16 of 16 countries have data.
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Ranked: oil rentsiWhy it mattersShows oil dependence, above all in Angola, which drives the currency, the budget and import demand.
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How spread out SADC is
Over time
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Oil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 28.3% | 2021 | up 8.5 points since 2016 | B | |
| 2 | DRC | 0.6% | 2021 | up 0.3 points since 2016 | B | |
| 3 | South Africa | 0.4% | 2021 | up 0.2 points since 2016 | B | |
| 4 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 5 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 7 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 8 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 9 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 10 | Lesotho | 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 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 16 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B |