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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986 covers 155 countries. Brunei is highest, at 33.95626; 14 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 1.87618. Against 1985, 140 values changed (45 up, 95 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1986

HighestBrunei

33.95626

Lowest14 countries share it

0.00000

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 155 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia33.95626
2OmanOMNWestern Asia31.38611
3BahrainBHRWestern Asia28.21600
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia26.93425
5QatarQATWestern Asia26.32392
6GuineaGINWestern Africa25.40125
7Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa24.03378
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.94328
9MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia23.65100
10Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa22.02768
11MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia21.35084
12Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia20.39574
13GuyanaGUYSouth America19.97411
14Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa19.51396
15United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia18.36664
16IraqIRQWestern Asia14.24874
17Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa13.40577
18MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa13.07037
19DR CongoCODMiddle Africa12.74785
20UgandaUGAEastern Africa12.73790
21EthiopiaETHEastern Africa10.63284
22Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean10.23768
23SurinameSURSouth America10.19996
24Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia9.90095
25GabonGABMiddle Africa9.84910

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Brunei33.95626
  2. 2Oman31.38611
  3. 3Bahrain28.21600
  4. 4Kuwait26.93425
  5. 5Qatar26.32392

Lowest

  1. 142Seychellesshared0.00000
  2. 142Puerto Ricoshared0.00000
  3. 142Maltashared0.00000
  4. 142Marshall Islandsshared0.00000
  5. 142Monacoshared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.87618. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 152 in both
  • 45 · 95rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Aruba+ Micronesia+ Guinea− Djibouti

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 1986.

  • 142 distinct values among 155

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 14 countries share 0.00000. 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 155 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1986). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1986

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07Questions

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural resource rents in Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986?

Brunei, at 33.95626, of the 155 countries in the file.

What year does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986 cover?

155.

Where can I download Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1986 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2021.

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