Total natural resource rents
The value of oil, gas, coal, minerals and timber extracted, minus the cost of extracting them, as a share of GDP.
Measures how dependent the economy and the state budget are on extraction, and so how exposed they are to commodity prices.
Rents estimate the profit from extraction, not value added. World Bank estimates are updated with a lag.
Resource rents: highest in DRC, lowest in Mauritius
Total natural resource rents, % of GDP. Latest year available, 2021. 16 of 16 countries have data.
Ranked: resource rentsiWhy it mattersMeasures how dependent the economy and the state budget are on extraction, and so how exposed they are to commodity prices.
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Total natural resource 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 | DRC | 38.8% | 2021 | up 18.3 points since 2016 | B | |
| 2 | Zambia | 35.3% | 2021 | up 23.6 points since 2016 | B | |
| 3 | Angola | 30.0% | 2021 | up 9.1 points since 2016 | B | |
| 4 | Mozambique | 14.9% | 2021 | down 1.4 point since 2016 | B | |
| 5 | South Africa | 7.3% | 2021 | up 3.8 points since 2016 | B | |
| 6 | Tanzania | 6.7% | 2021 | up 1.1 point since 2016 | B | |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 6.4% | 2021 | up 1.9 point since 2016 | B | |
| 8 | Madagascar | 5.5% | 2021 | down 3.2 points since 2016 | B | |
| 9 | Lesotho | 4.3% | 2021 | down 3.0 points since 2016 | B | |
| 10 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2021 | down 6.8 points since 2016 | B | |
| 11 | Namibia | 4.0% | 2021 | up 1.4 point since 2016 | B | |
| 12 | Eswatini | 3.0% | 2021 | down 1.6 point since 2016 | B | |
| 13 | Comoros | 1.6% | 2021 | down 0.9 points since 2016 | B | |
| 14 | Botswana | 1.0% | 2021 | up 0.3 points since 2016 | B | |
| 15 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B | |
| 16 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | little changed since 2016 | B |