Botswana vs China: Coal rents
Botswana
0.5%
in 2021
China
0.6%
in 2021
Botswana rank
13th
China rank
12th
Coal rents over time
- Botswana
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Botswana, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was China ahead.
Botswana ranks 13th and China ranks 12th of 199 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.3% | China |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 3.6% | 2.9% | China |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | China |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | China |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | China |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Botswana or China?
- China, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Botswana as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Botswana and China?
- 0.1%, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and China?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Botswana and China rank globally for coal rents?
- Botswana ranks 13th and China ranks 12th 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.