Coal rents in India
India: Coal rents was 1.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Coal rents in India, 1971–2021
Source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coal rents in India is 1.3%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 82.9% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coal rents in India peaked at 2.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1971.
India ranks 5th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Coal rents in India, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2% | — |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5% | +90.8% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | +150.0% |
| 1976 | 1.2% | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 1.1% | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | -21.5% |
| 1979 | 0.8% | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | +21.7% |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +56.2% |
| 1982 | 1.6% | +8.7% |
| 1983 | 1.0% | -37.5% |
| 1984 | 0.9% | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7% | -23.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -38.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +26.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | +31.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +26.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | -13.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -27.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +50.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -30.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +34.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +62.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | +136.7% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | +139.2% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -51.2% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +17.7% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +23.0% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -18.3% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -21.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +23.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -28.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -15.8% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +82.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Mongolia 4.9% compare
- 3 Mozambique 3.8% compare
- 4 South Africa 2.4% compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.2% compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 0.8% compare
- 8 Australia 0.8% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coal rents in India?
- Coal rents in India was 1.3% in 2021, according to The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest coal rents recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest coal rents recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1971.
- How does India rank for coal rents?
- India ranks 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Is coal rents rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as part of Coal rents (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.