Coal rents (% of GDP) by country

Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.

Countries reporting
198
Highest
17.2%
Cape Verde
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
0.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
10,658

What the numbers show

Coal rents (% of GDP) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 17.2% in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 73,210.5%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).

Coal rents: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cape Verde 17.2% 2021 down 56.7% volatile
2 Mongolia 4.9% 2021 down 81.1% volatile
3 Mozambique 3.8% 2021 up 136.1% volatile
4 South Africa 2.4% 2021 down 38.1% falling
5 India 1.3% 2021 down 36.3% rising
6 Indonesia 1.2% 2021 down 59.8% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2021 down 65.7% volatile
8 Australia 0.8% 2021 down 66.6% volatile
9 Colombia 0.7% 2021 down 59.2% volatile
10 Mauritania 0.7% 2021 down 86.7% volatile
11 Russia 0.6% 2021 down 25.9% volatile
12 China 0.6% 2021 down 82.8% volatile
13 Botswana 0.5% 2021 up 35.8% volatile
14 Tajikistan 0.5% 2021 up 256.7% volatile
16 Vietnam 0.4% 2021 down 78.1% volatile
17 Ukraine 0.3% 2021 down 85.7% volatile
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2021 down 83.8% volatile
19 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2021 down 83.5% volatile
20 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2021 down 38.1% volatile
21 Poland 0.2% 2021 down 75.5% volatile
22 Serbia 0.2% 2021 down 82.7% volatile
23 Zambia 0.2% 2021 up 73,210.5% volatile
24 Laos 0.2% 2012 up 234.9% volatile
25 United States Virgin Islands 0.2% 2020 down 94.1% volatile
26 United States 0.2% 2021 down 71.3% volatile
27 Montenegro 0.1% 2021 down 82.2% volatile
28 Eswatini 0.1% 2021 down 34.5% volatile
29 Bulgaria 0.1% 2021 down 86.2% volatile
30 Pakistan 0.1% 2021 up 24.3% falling
31 Philippines 0.1% 2021 down 43.8% volatile
32 Czechia 0.1% 2021 down 89.2% volatile
33 Canada 0.1% 2021 down 76.7% volatile
34 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2021 down 72.0% volatile
35 Tanzania 0.0% 2021 up 173.6% volatile
36 Turkey 0.0% 2021 down 72.9% volatile
37 Myanmar 0.0% 2021 down 46.0% volatile
38 Niger 0.0% 2021 down 65.3% volatile
39 Thailand 0.0% 2021 down 81.4% volatile
40 Albania 0.0% 2021 up 4,043.5% volatile
41 New Zealand 0.0% 2021 down 87.5% volatile
42 Slovenia 0.0% 2021 down 87.0% volatile
43 Malaysia 0.0% 2021 down 63.9% volatile
44 Romania 0.0% 2021 down 91.8% volatile
45 Afghanistan 0.0% 2021 down 96.0% volatile
46 Malawi 0.0% 2021 down 75.6% volatile
47 Mexico 0.0% 2021 down 87.8% volatile
48 Greece 0.0% 2021 down 93.5% volatile
49 Germany 0.0% 2021 down 87.4% volatile
50 Brazil 0.0% 2021 up 36.3% volatile
51 Bangladesh 0.0% 2021 down 66.5% volatile
52 Iran 0.0% 2021 down 58.0% volatile
53 Hungary 0.0% 2021 down 90.5% volatile
54 North Macedonia 0.0% 2021 down 76.0% volatile
55 Georgia 0.0% 2021 down 76.2% volatile
56 Venezuela 0.0% 2014 down 95.5% volatile
57 Nepal 0.0% 2021 down 20.7% volatile
58 Slovakia 0.0% 2021 down 90.0% volatile
59 Cambodia 0.0% 2021 volatile
60 Peru 0.0% 2021 down 61.3% volatile
61 South Korea 0.0% 2021 down 87.3% volatile
62 United Kingdom 0.0% 2021 down 97.1% volatile
63 Norway 0.0% 2021 down 95.4% volatile
64 Nigeria 0.0% 2021 down 19.8% volatile
65 Japan 0.0% 2021 down 68.3% volatile
66 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 down 96.8% volatile
67 Argentina 0.0% 2021 down 82.8% volatile
68 Chile 0.0% 2021 down 98.4% volatile
69 Armenia 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Aruba 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Angola 0.0% 2021 flat
70 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2021 flat
70 American Samoa 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Austria 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Burundi 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Belgium 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Benin 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Bahrain 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Bahamas 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Belarus 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Belize 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Bermuda 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Bolivia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Barbados 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Brunei 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Bhutan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
70 Central African Republic 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Switzerland 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Cameroon 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Congo 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Comoros 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Costa Rica 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Cuba 0.0% 2020 flat
70 Curacao 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Djibouti 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Dominica 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Denmark 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Algeria 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Egypt 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Eritrea 0.0% 2011 flat
70 Spain 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
70 Estonia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Finland 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Fiji 0.0% 2021 flat
70 France 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2012 flat
70 Gabon 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Ghana 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Guinea 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Gambia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Grenada 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Greenland 0.0% 2020 volatile
70 Guatemala 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Guam 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Guyana 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Hong Kong 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Honduras 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Croatia 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Haiti 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Ireland 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Iraq 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Iceland 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Israel 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Italy 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
70 Jamaica 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Jordan 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Kenya 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Kiribati 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Kuwait 0.0% 2020 flat
70 Lebanon 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Liberia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Libya 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Lesotho 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Lithuania 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Luxembourg 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Latvia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Macao 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Morocco 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Moldova 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Madagascar 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
70 Maldives 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Mali 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Malta 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Mauritius 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Namibia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 New Caledonia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Nicaragua 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Netherlands 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Oman 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Panama 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Portugal 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Palestine 0.0% 2021 flat
70 French Polynesia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Qatar 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Sudan 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Senegal 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Singapore 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2021 flat
70 El Salvador 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Somalia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Suriname 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Sweden 0.0% 2021 volatile
70 Seychelles 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Syria 0.0% 2020 flat
70 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Chad 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Togo 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2019 flat
70 East Timor 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Tonga 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Tunisia 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Uganda 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Uruguay 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Vanuatu 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Samoa 0.0% 2021 flat
70 Yemen 0.0% 2018 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Coal rents (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 10,658 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.