Australia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Coal rents
Australia
0.8%
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.5%
in 2021
Australia rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
9th
Coal rents over time
- Australia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 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?
- Australia, at 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.3%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for coal rents?
- Australia ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 9th 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.
Individual pages
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.