Australia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Coal rents
Australia
0.8%
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.5%
in 2021
Australia rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th
Coal rents over time
- Australia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Australia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Australia, at 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 0.3%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for coal rents?
- Australia ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 200 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.