Data for 1985

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1985

Name: Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1985
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1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1985 covers 153 countries. Oman is highest, at 40.5551; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 2.2886. Against 1984, 139 values changed (57 up, 82 down), 2 countries joined.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1985

HighestOman

40.5551

Lowest12 countries share it

0.0000

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

153countries
1measure
1985the year it describes
142distinct 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), 1985, 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), 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.5551
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	39.4326
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	35.5577
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	34.7996
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.9345
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29.9923
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.1090
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.1503
9	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.4219
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	24.6653
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.6666
12	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.7897
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.4687
14	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.0178
15	Guyana`GUY`South America	20.6803
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.6373
17	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	18.4211
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17.0683
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.3107
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.2533
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15.6373
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.8660
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.3988
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.3620
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.2612
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.0787
27	Suriname`SUR`South America	12.0743
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.0213
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.1043
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.8451
31	Peru`PER`South America	10.4942
32	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.4659
33	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.0118
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.7898
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.6084
36	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.3035
37	Chile`CHL`South America	9.0329
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.9328
39	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.7128
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.6265
41	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.3590
42	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.9515
43	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.8710
44	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.8581
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.1015
46	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.8632
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.8402
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.5358
49	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.3320
50	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.1430
51	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.1323
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.9361
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.9126
54	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.7304
55	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.4829
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.8318
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4.6244
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.5780
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.4910
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.3054
61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.1924
62	Colombia`COL`South America	3.9595
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.9168
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.8467
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.8086
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.6667
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.5124
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.4702
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.4041
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.3645
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.2487
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.9626
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.8010
74	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	2.6870
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.5249
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.4438
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2.2886
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.1695
79	United States`USA`Northern America	2.0930
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.0880
81	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.9454
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.9270
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.9150
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.8855
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.8544
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.6595
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.5909
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.5188
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.4604
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.4460
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.3503
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.3462
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.1820
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.1525
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.9416
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.8716
97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.7840
98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.7602
99	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.5977
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5748
101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.5673
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.5631
103	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.5546
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.5527
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.5218
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.5165
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.4695
108	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.4495
109	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.4361
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.4277
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.3354
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.3120
113	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.3053
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.3041
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.2993
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.2979
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.2774
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.2528
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.2006
120	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.1820
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.1748
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.1591
123	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.1439
124	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.1234
125	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.0863
126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.0693
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.0469
128	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0408
129	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0403
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.0396
131	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0282
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.0280
133	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.0217
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0195
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0170
136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0089
137	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.0025
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.0017
139	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0015
140	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0012
141	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0010
=142	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0000
=142	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0000
=142	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0000
=142	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0000
=142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.0000
=142	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.0000
=142	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0000
=142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.0000
=142	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.0000
=142	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0000
=142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.0000
=142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0000

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Oman40.5551
2Qatar39.4326
3Kuwait35.5577
4Brunei34.7996
5Bahrain33.9345

Lowest

142Seychellesshared0.0000
142Puerto Ricoshared0.0000
142Maltashared0.0000
142Marshall Islandsshared0.0000
142Monacoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.2886. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 151 in both
57 · 82rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini10.7646 → 21.4687+10.7041
Papua New Guinea15.5144 → 21.0178+5.5034
South Africa5.3604 → 10.8451+5.4846
Gabon21.9281 → 25.4219+3.4939
Iraq21.1115 → 23.6666+2.5552

Fell most

Qatar51.9947 → 39.4326−12.5621
Kuwait44.5600 → 35.5577−9.0023
Saudi Arabia34.0895 → 28.1090−5.9805
Guinea-Bissau19.4132 → 14.3988−5.0145
Ethiopia10.6963 → 6.8632−3.8331

+ Djibouti

+ Vietnam

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

Read before you use

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 1985.
142 distinct values among 153
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 153 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1985). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1985

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