Data for 1977

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1977

Name: Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1977
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1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1977 covers 135 countries. Brunei is highest, at 65.3544; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 3.8384. Against 1976, 122 values changed (71 up, 51 down), 3 countries joined.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1977

HighestBrunei

65.3544

Lowest12 countries share it

0.0000

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

135countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
124distinct 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), 1977, 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), 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.3544
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59.5565
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	52.3024
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.9141
5	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.0798
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.5959
7	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.3853
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31.1505
9	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30.9180
10	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	30.3247
11	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.2638
12	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.7021
13	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.2576
14	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.1064
15	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.8112
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.0696
17	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.7704
18	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.0498
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.6436
20	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.2561
21	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.1791
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.1985
23	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	15.2783
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.3710
25	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.2511
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.9926
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.6562
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.9097
29	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.7215
30	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	12.5609
31	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12.5079
32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.9754
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.8603
34	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.8205
35	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.5820
36	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.3530
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.9098
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.3919
39	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.6024
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.1727
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.8297
42	Chile`CHL`South America	8.7759
43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	8.6098
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.0974
45	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.8815
46	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.8200
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.4091
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	7.2088
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.1103
50	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.5383
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.9090
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.7784
53	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.5654
54	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.5457
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5.5287
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.5059
57	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.2990
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.2925
59	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.2603
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.2022
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.0304
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.9335
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.9137
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.8977
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.3359
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.1215
67	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.9780
68	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.8384
69	Peru`PER`South America	3.8360
70	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.5500
71	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.5303
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.3157
73	United States`USA`Northern America	3.1141
74	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	3.1056
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.0395
76	Colombia`COL`South America	2.7659
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.7197
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.6914
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.6832
80	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.5679
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.2342
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.1598
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.1562
84	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.0042
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.7933
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.7682
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.4783
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.4719
89	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.3920
90	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.2704
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.0612
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.9799
93	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.9114
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.8199
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.7867
96	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.7304
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.6942
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6898
99	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.6792
100	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.5779
101	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.5274
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.5119
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.4843
104	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.3877
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3747
106	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.3464
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.2936
108	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.2614
109	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.2363
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.2172
111	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.2080
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.1957
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.1906
114	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.1769
115	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.1696
116	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.1521
117	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.0891
118	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.0890
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.0583
120	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0305
121	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0074
122	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0032
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0015
=124	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0000
=124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0000
=124	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0000
=124	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0000
=124	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0000
=124	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.0000
=124	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0000
=124	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.0000
=124	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0000
=124	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0000
=124	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0000
=124	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0000

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei65.3544
2Kuwait59.5565
3Oman52.3024
4Saudi Arabia51.9141
5Iraq50.0798

Lowest

124Seychellesshared0.0000
124Sudanshared0.0000
124Puerto Ricoshared0.0000
124Maltashared0.0000
124Monacoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.8384. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 132 in both
71 · 51rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Togo11.0660 → 23.1064+12.0404
Myanmar21.2632 → 31.3853+10.1221
Somalia4.7572 → 14.2511+9.4938
Guinea-Bissau12.7429 → 22.0696+9.3267
Nepal2.2857 → 9.1727+6.8870

Fell most

Qatar58.6718 → 49.5959−9.0759
Trinidad and Tobago26.1975 → 18.6436−7.5538
Venezuela22.9932 → 16.1985−6.7946
United Arab Emirates37.0263 → 31.1505−5.8759
Kuwait64.4502 → 59.5565−4.8937

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Dominica

+ Grenada

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 1977.
124 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 12 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 135 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1977). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1977

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