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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Kosovo 0.4%
- South Asia 1.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.1%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.0%
- Lower middle income 0.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6%
- IBRD only 0.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 0.5%
About this data
Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.