Data for 1972

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972

Name: Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972
Creator: World Bank Group
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1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972 covers 128 countries. Qatar is highest, at 50.8533; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 1.7798. Against 1971, 117 values changed (64 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1972

HighestQatar

50.8533

Lowest11 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

128countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
118distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.8533
2	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.7615
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42.9460
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.4641
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.9275
6	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.6686
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.6182
8	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.7418
9	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.5731
10	Guyana`GUY`South America	17.2987
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.7131
12	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.2255
13	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.3490
14	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.5545
15	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.2416
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	9.9608
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.6919
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.0091
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8.6378
20	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	8.3691
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.4933
22	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.4611
23	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.4339
24	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.4248
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.1927
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.1617
27	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.0075
28	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.4679
29	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.3083
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.2491
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.0893
32	Chile`CHL`South America	5.7974
33	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.7475
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.4800
35	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.3408
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.0582
37	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.0433
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.9827
39	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.8765
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4.0827
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.9685
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.9424
43	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.6276
44	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.5815
45	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.4879
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.4773
47	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.4702
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.4029
49	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.3809
50	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.1852
51	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.6425
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.5890
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.5426
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.3586
55	Peru`PER`South America	2.3093
56	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.2711
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2.2510
58	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.0552
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.0198
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.0001
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.9353
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.8888
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.8821
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.7899
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7697
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.7399
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.6077
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.4912
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.4542
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.3800
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.3795
72	Colombia`COL`South America	1.2933
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.2661
74	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.1952
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.1750
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.0962
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.8951
78	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.8936
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.8795
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.8731
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.8392
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.8174
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7978
84	United States`USA`Northern America	0.7298
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.6449
86	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.6272
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.5975
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.5805
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.5024
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.4663
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.4487
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.4112
93	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.3877
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.3841
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.3824
96	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.3524
97	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.3362
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.2938
99	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.2764
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.2592
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.2220
102	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.1732
103	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.1598
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.1570
105	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.1543
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.1447
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.1262
108	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.1253
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0884
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.0847
111	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.0581
112	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.0561
113	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.0311
114	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0133
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0053
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0032
117	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0019
=118	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0000
=118	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0000
=118	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.0000
=118	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0000
=118	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.0000
=118	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0000
=118	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.0000
=118	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0000
=118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0000
=118	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0000
=118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0000

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar50.8533
2Oman43.7615
3Kuwait42.9460
4Saudi Arabia36.4641
5Malaysia26.9275

Lowest

118Seychellesshared0.0000
118Sudanshared0.0000
118Puerto Ricoshared0.0000
118Maltashared0.0000
118Monacoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.7798. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 128 in both
64 · 53rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea1.8455 → 16.7131+14.8677
Malaysia19.6130 → 26.9275+7.3145
Saudi Arabia29.7183 → 36.4641+6.7457
Brunei3.3200 → 9.9608+6.6408
Kuwait37.5826 → 42.9460+5.3634

Fell most

New Caledonia23.1941 → 12.3490−10.8451
Eswatini15.0597 → 8.6378−6.4219
Zambia23.7034 → 20.6182−3.0851
Jamaica7.3923 → 6.0893−1.3030
Guyana18.4955 → 17.2987−1.1968

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1972.
118 distinct values among 128
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 11 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 128 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1972). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1972

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