Australia vs India: Coal rents
Australia
0.8%
in 2021
India
1.3%
in 2021
Australia rank
8th
India rank
5th
Coal rents over time
- Australia
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 1.3% against 0.8% in Australia, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes India's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was India ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and India ranks 5th of 199 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | India |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | India |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | India |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.2% | India |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% | India |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Australia or India?
- India, at 1.3% against 0.8% in Australia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Australia and India?
- 0.5%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and India?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Australia and India rank globally for coal rents?
- Australia ranks 8th and India ranks 5th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as Coal rents (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.