How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.

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.

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

Kazakhstan

0.8%

in 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

0.5%

in 2021

Kazakhstan rank

7th

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

8th

Coal rents over time

Kazakhstan
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 200 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kazakhstan	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.3%	0.7%	0.6%	Kazakhstan
2000s	1.8%	0.9%	0.9%	Kazakhstan
2010s	1.1%	0.6%	0.4%	Kazakhstan
2020s	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal rents, Kazakhstan or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Kazakhstan, at 0.8% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
What is the difference in coal rents between Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 0.3%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
How do Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for coal rents?: Kazakhstan ranks 7th 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: 03 September 2026

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