India vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Coal rents

India
1.3%
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.5%
in 2021
India rank
5th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th

Coal rents over time

  • India
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0123197119962021

How they compare

India currently reports 1.3% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.8%.

That makes India's figure about 2.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

India ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7% 0.9% 0.2% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 0.9% 1.2% 0.3% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% India
2000s 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% India
2010s 1.2% 0.6% 0.5% India
2020s 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal rents, India or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
India, at 1.3% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
What is the difference in coal rents between India and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.8%, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
51 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2021.
How do India and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for coal rents?
India ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th 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.

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Indicator
Coal rents (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 10,672 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production.