Botswana vs Middle income: Coal rents
Botswana
0.5%
in 2021
Middle income
0.5%
in 2021
Botswana rank
13th
Middle income rank
12th
Coal rents over time
- Botswana
- Middle income
How they compare
Middle income currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Middle income's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Middle income ahead.
Botswana ranks 13th and Middle income ranks 12th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Botswana |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Middle income |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Middle income |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Botswana or Middle income?
- Middle income, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Botswana as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Botswana and Middle income?
- 0.0%, with Middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Middle income?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do Botswana and Middle income rank globally for coal rents?
- Botswana ranks 13th and Middle income 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.