Botswana vs Mauritania: Coal rents
Botswana
0.5%
in 2021
Mauritania
0.7%
in 2021
Botswana rank
13th
Mauritania rank
10th
Coal rents over time
- Botswana
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Botswana, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 13th and Mauritania ranks 10th of 199 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7% | 7.4% | 6.6% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 2.5% | 2.3% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.6% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Botswana or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Botswana as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Botswana and Mauritania?
- 0.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Botswana and Mauritania rank globally for coal rents?
- Botswana ranks 13th and Mauritania ranks 10th 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.