Mauritania vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Coal rents
Mauritania
0.7%
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.5%
in 2021
Mauritania rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th
Coal rents over time
- Mauritania
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 200 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.4% | 1.2% | 6.1% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.7% | 1.8% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 0.9% | 2.3% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.6% | 1.4% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal rents, Mauritania or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Mauritania, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
- What is the difference in coal rents between Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 0.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
- How do Mauritania and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for coal rents?
- Mauritania ranks 10th 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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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.