China vs Middle income: Coal rents
China
0.6%
in 2021
Middle income
0.5%
in 2021
China rank
12th
Middle income rank
12th
Coal rents over time
- China
- Middle income
How they compare
China currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Middle income, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Middle income ahead.
China ranks 12th and Middle income ranks 12th of 199 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | China |
| 1980s | 3.6% | 0.7% | 2.9% | China |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | China |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | China |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | China |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, China or Middle income?
- China, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Middle income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between China and Middle income?
- 0.1%, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle income?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
- How do China and Middle income rank globally for coal rents?
- China ranks 12th 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.