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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988 covers 163 countries. Cabo Verde is highest, at 60.06296; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 2.86189. Against 1987, 147 values changed (64 up, 83 down), 3 countries joined.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1988

HighestCabo Verde

60.06296

Lowest13 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), 1988, 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 163 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa60.06296
2TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia42.90465
3NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa40.07016
4OmanOMNWestern Asia34.89330
5QatarQATWestern Asia27.34572
6KuwaitKWTWestern Asia27.05230
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia27.00507
8BahrainBHRWestern Asia26.78286
9BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia26.42396
10MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia26.07456
11Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia25.45977
12MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia25.07941
13GreenlandGRLNorthern America22.38539
14Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa22.37205
15United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21.75467
16Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa20.86622
17GuineaGINWestern Africa20.55897
18New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.40885
19IraqIRQWestern Asia19.71686
20DR CongoCODMiddle Africa19.35389
21ZambiaZMBEastern Africa18.57633
22GuyanaGUYSouth America18.52245
23Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa16.40421
24PeruPERSouth America15.46961
25AngolaAGOMiddle Africa15.30094

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cabo Verde60.06296
  2. 2Turkmenistan42.90465
  3. 3Namibia40.07016
  4. 4Oman34.89330
  5. 5Qatar27.34572

Lowest

  1. 151Seychellesshared0.00000
  2. 151Puerto Ricoshared0.00000
  3. 151Maltashared0.00000
  4. 151Marshall Islandsshared0.00000
  5. 151Monacoshared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.86189. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 160 in both
  • 64 · 83rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Turkmenistan66.98634 → 42.90465−24.08168
  • Guyana28.23977 → 18.52245−9.71732
  • Brunei35.10041 → 26.42396−8.67644
  • Oman41.90055 → 34.89330−7.00725
  • Bahrain33.74584 → 26.78286−6.96298
+ Lebanon+ Russia+ Tanzania

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 1988.

  • 151 distinct values among 163

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 13 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 163 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 (1988). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1988

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07Questions

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural resource rents in Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988?

Cabo Verde, at 60.06296, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988 cover?

163.

Where can I download Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1988?

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), 1988 the newest?

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

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