Coal rents (% of GDP) by country

Name: Coal rents (% of GDP)
Creator: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open 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.

Countries reporting

200

Highest

17.2%

Cape Verde

Lowest

0.0%

Yemen

Median

0.0%

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

10,658

What the numbers show

Coal rents (% of GDP) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 17.2% in Cape Verde; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 73,210.5%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).

Coal rents: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Cape Verde	17.2%	2021	down 56.7%	volatile
2	Mongolia	4.9%	2021	down 81.1%	volatile
3	Mozambique	3.8%	2021	up 136.1%	volatile
4	South Africa	2.4%	2021	down 38.1%	falling
5	India	1.3%	2021	down 36.3%	rising
6	Indonesia	1.2%	2021	down 59.8%	volatile
7	Kazakhstan	0.8%	2021	down 65.7%	volatile
8	Australia	0.8%	2021	down 66.6%	volatile
9	Colombia	0.7%	2021	down 59.2%	volatile
10	Mauritania	0.7%	2021	down 86.7%	volatile
11	Russian Federation	0.6%	2021	down 25.9%	volatile
12	China (People’s Republic of)	0.6%	2021	down 82.8%	volatile
13	Botswana	0.5%	2021	up 35.8%	volatile
14	Tajikistan	0.5%	2021	up 256.7%	volatile
15	Kosovo	0.4%	2021	down 81.8%	volatile
16	Viet Nam	0.4%	2021	down 78.1%	volatile
17	Ukraine	0.3%	2021	down 85.7%	volatile
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3%	2021	down 83.8%	volatile
19	Zimbabwe	0.3%	2021	down 83.5%	volatile
20	Kyrgyzstan	0.3%	2021	down 38.1%	volatile
21	Poland	0.2%	2021	down 75.5%	volatile
22	Serbia	0.2%	2021	down 82.7%	volatile
23	Zambia	0.2%	2021	up 73,210.5%	volatile
24	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.2%	2012	up 234.9%	volatile
25	United States Virgin Islands	0.2%	2020	down 94.1%	volatile
26	United States	0.2%	2021	down 71.3%	volatile
27	Montenegro	0.1%	2021	down 82.2%	volatile
28	Eswatini	0.1%	2021	down 34.5%	volatile
29	Bulgaria	0.1%	2021	down 86.2%	volatile
30	Pakistan	0.1%	2021	up 24.3%	falling
30	Least developed countries	0.1%	2021	down 34.8%	volatile
31	Philippines	0.1%	2021	down 43.8%	volatile
32	Czechia	0.1%	2021	down 89.2%	volatile
33	Canada	0.1%	2021	down 76.7%	volatile
34	Uzbekistan	0.1%	2021	down 72.0%	volatile
35	Tanzania, United Republic of	0.0%	2021	up 173.6%	volatile
36	Türkiye	0.0%	2021	down 72.9%	volatile
37	Myanmar	0.0%	2021	down 46.0%	volatile
38	Niger	0.0%	2021	down 65.3%	volatile
39	Thailand	0.0%	2021	down 81.4%	volatile
40	Albania	0.0%	2021	up 4,043.5%	volatile
41	New Zealand	0.0%	2021	down 87.5%	volatile
42	Slovenia	0.0%	2021	down 87.0%	volatile
43	Malaysia	0.0%	2021	down 63.9%	volatile
44	Romania	0.0%	2021	down 91.8%	volatile
45	Afghanistan	0.0%	2021	down 96.0%	volatile
46	Malawi	0.0%	2021	down 75.6%	volatile
47	Mexico	0.0%	2021	down 87.8%	volatile
48	Greece	0.0%	2021	down 93.5%	volatile
49	Germany	0.0%	2021	down 87.4%	volatile
50	Brazil	0.0%	2021	up 36.3%	volatile
51	Bangladesh	0.0%	2021	down 66.5%	volatile
52	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.0%	2021	down 58.0%	volatile
53	Hungary	0.0%	2021	down 90.5%	volatile
54	North Macedonia	0.0%	2021	down 76.0%	volatile
55	Georgia	0.0%	2021	down 76.2%	volatile
56	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	0.0%	2014	down 95.5%	volatile
57	Nepal	0.0%	2021	down 20.7%	volatile
58	Slovak Republic	0.0%	2021	down 90.0%	volatile
59	Cambodia	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
60	Peru	0.0%	2021	down 61.3%	volatile
61	Korea	0.0%	2021	down 87.3%	volatile
62	United Kingdom	0.0%	2021	down 97.1%	volatile
63	Norway	0.0%	2021	down 95.4%	volatile
64	Nigeria	0.0%	2021	down 19.8%	volatile
65	Japan	0.0%	2021	down 68.3%	volatile
66	Ethiopia	0.0%	2021	down 96.8%	volatile
67	Argentina	0.0%	2021	down 82.8%	volatile
68	Chile	0.0%	2021	down 98.4%	volatile
69	Armenia	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Aruba	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Angola	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	United Arab Emirates	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	American Samoa	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Austria	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Azerbaijan	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Burundi	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Belgium	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Benin	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Burkina Faso	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Bahrain	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Bahamas	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Belarus	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Belize	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Bermuda	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Barbados	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Brunei Darussalam	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Bhutan	0.0%	2021	down 100.0%	volatile
70	Central African Republic	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Switzerland	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Cameroon	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Congo	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Comoros	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Costa Rica	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Cuba	0.0%	2020	—	flat
70	Curaçao	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Cayman Islands	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Cyprus	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Djibouti	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Dominica	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Denmark	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Dominican Republic	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Algeria	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Ecuador	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Egypt	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Eritrea, The State of	0.0%	2011	—	flat
70	Spain	0.0%	2021	down 100.0%	volatile
70	Estonia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Finland	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Fiji	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	France	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Faroe Islands	0.0%	2012	—	flat
70	Gabon	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Ghana	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Guinea	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Gambia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Guinea-Bissau	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Equatorial Guinea	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Grenada	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Greenland	0.0%	2020	—	volatile
70	Guatemala	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Guam	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Guyana	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Hong Kong, China	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Honduras	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Croatia	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Haiti	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Ireland	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Iraq	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Iceland	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Israel	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Italy	0.0%	2021	down 100.0%	volatile
70	Jamaica	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Jordan	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Kenya	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Kiribati	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Kuwait	0.0%	2020	—	flat
70	Lebanon	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Liberia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Libya	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Saint Lucia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Sri Lanka	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Lesotho	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Lithuania	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Luxembourg	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Latvia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Macau, China	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Morocco	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Republic of Moldova	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Madagascar	0.0%	2021	down 100.0%	volatile
70	Maldives	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Mali	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Malta	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Mauritius	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Namibia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	New Caledonia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Nicaragua	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Netherlands	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Oman	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Panama	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Papua New Guinea	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Puerto Rico	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Portugal	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Paraguay	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Palestine, State of	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	French Polynesia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Qatar	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Rwanda	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Saudi Arabia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Sudan	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Senegal	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Singapore	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Solomon Islands	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Sierra Leone	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	El Salvador	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Somalia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Suriname	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Sweden	0.0%	2021	—	volatile
70	Seychelles	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0%	2020	—	flat
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Chad	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Togo	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Turkmenistan	0.0%	2019	—	flat
70	Timor-Leste	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Tonga	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Tunisia	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Uganda	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Uruguay	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Vanuatu	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Samoa	0.0%	2021	—	flat
70	Yemen	0.0%	2018	—	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

South Asia 1.1%
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5%
Africa Eastern and Southern 1.0%
Lower middle income 0.7%
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.6%
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6%
IBRD only 0.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.5%
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5%
Early-demographic dividend 0.5%
Middle income 0.5%

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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: 246 places, 10,658 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 06 August 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.