Oil rents (% of GDP) by country
Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at regional prices and total costs of production.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
56.4%
Libya
Lowest
0.0%
Zambia
Median
0.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
10,767
What the numbers show
Oil rents (% of GDP) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 56.4% in Libya; the lowest is 0.0% in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 2.8%.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 524.9%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Oil rents: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 56.4% | 2021 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 2 | Iraq | 42.8% | 2021 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | Congo | 34.4% | 2021 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 4 | Angola | 28.3% | 2021 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 5 | Kuwait | 27.6% | 2020 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 23.7% | 2021 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 7 | Oman | 23.5% | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 8 | Guyana | 22.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 21.0% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 10 | Iran | 18.3% | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 11 | Chad | 16.8% | 2021 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 15.7% | 2021 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 13 | Gabon | 15.6% | 2021 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 15.3% | 2021 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.9% | 2021 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 14.8% | 2021 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 14.5% | 2021 | down 42.2% | flat |
| 18 | Venezuela | 11.3% | 2014 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bahrain | 10.9% | 2021 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 20 | South Sudan | 10.4% | 2015 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei | 10.4% | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Russia | 9.7% | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 23 | Suriname | 7.9% | 2021 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Ecuador | 6.4% | 2021 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 6.2% | 2021 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Norway | 6.1% | 2021 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 5.8% | 2019 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 28 | East Timor | 5.3% | 2021 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Yemen | 4.8% | 2018 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Ghana | 4.1% | 2021 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Syria | 4.0% | 2020 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Colombia | 3.4% | 2021 | down 50.6% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 3.3% | 2021 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Egypt | 3.0% | 2021 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Canada | 2.8% | 2021 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.7% | 2021 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 2.6% | 2021 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Cameroon | 2.4% | 2021 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Mexico | 2.1% | 2021 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 1.9% | 2021 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Malaysia | 1.8% | 2021 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | 1.5% | 2021 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Argentina | 1.5% | 2021 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mongolia | 1.5% | 2021 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Bolivia | 1.3% | 2021 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Albania | 1.0% | 2021 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2021 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 0.9% | 2021 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 0.8% | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 50 | Indonesia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7% | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Vietnam | 0.7% | 2021 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6% | 2021 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Niger | 0.6% | 2021 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 55 | United States | 0.6% | 2021 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2021 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2021 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.4% | 2021 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2021 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Romania | 0.4% | 2021 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 62 | India | 0.3% | 2021 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2021 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 64 | China | 0.3% | 2021 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2021 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 0.3% | 2021 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 0.3% | 2021 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Ukraine | 0.3% | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2021 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Australia | 0.3% | 2021 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Peru | 0.2% | 2021 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2020 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Hungary | 0.2% | 2021 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 75 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2021 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2021 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2021 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2021 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Italy | 0.1% | 2021 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2021 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2021 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2021 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Finland | 0.0% | 2021 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Poland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Austria | 0.0% | 2021 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2021 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2021 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2021 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 95 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2021 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2021 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2021 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2021 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 170.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2021 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 524.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Germany | 0.0% | 2021 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Chile | 0.0% | 2021 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Greece | 0.0% | 2021 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Israel | 0.0% | 2021 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2021 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 111 | France | 0.0% | 2021 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Japan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2021 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2021 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2021 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2021 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Spain | 0.0% | 2021 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2021 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 122 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Laos | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Macao | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mali | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Panama | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Togo | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 122 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.0%
- Arab World 17.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 14.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 11.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 11.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 10.0%
- Africa Western and Central 5.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.8%
- Caribbean small states 4.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.8%
About this data
Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at regional prices and total costs of production.