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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989 covers 163 countries. Cabo Verde is highest, at 70.3593; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 2.9633. Against 1988, 150 values changed (110 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1989

HighestCabo Verde

70.3593

Lowest13 countries share it

0.0000

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), 1989, 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), 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa70.3593
2TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia56.7798
3OmanOMNWestern Asia45.4281
4QatarQATWestern Asia38.7061
5Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa36.5776
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia34.9347
7BahrainBHRWestern Asia34.7462
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia34.4675
9BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia32.9596
10NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa31.9535
11United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.0841
12IraqIRQWestern Asia28.3658
13MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia28.3611
14GabonGABMiddle Africa26.6626
15New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia25.9104
16GreenlandGRLNorthern America24.5245
17Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia24.3619
18GuineaGINWestern Africa23.9660
19NigeriaNGAWestern Africa22.8639
20AngolaAGOMiddle Africa22.7168
21MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia21.2064
22ZambiaZMBEastern Africa21.1411
23VenezuelaVENSouth America20.9627
24GuyanaGUYSouth America20.7123
25Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa20.4823

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cabo Verde70.3593
  2. 2Turkmenistan56.7798
  3. 3Oman45.4281
  4. 4Qatar38.7061
  5. 5Republic of the Congo36.5776

Lowest

  1. 151Seychellesshared0.0000
  2. 151Puerto Ricoshared0.0000
  3. 151Maltashared0.0000
  4. 151Marshall Islandsshared0.0000
  5. 151Monacoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.9633. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 163 in both
  • 110 · 40rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1989.

  • 151 distinct values among 163

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 13 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 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 (1989). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1989

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07Questions

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural resource rents in Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989?

Cabo Verde, at 70.3593, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989 cover?

163.

Where can I download Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1989?

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), 1989 the newest?

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

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