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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009 covers 207 countries. Libya is highest, at 51.73226; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 1.63784. Against 2008, 188 values changed (31 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 2009

HighestLibya

51.73226

Lowest20 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), 2009, 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 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1LibyaLBYNorthern Africa51.73226
2KuwaitKWTWestern Asia39.59076
3IraqIRQWestern Asia39.51266
4Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia35.77274
5Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa35.57791
6South SudanSSDEastern Africa35.18866
7OmanOMNWestern Asia33.95829
8BurundiBDIEastern Africa30.33666
9AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30.31147
10AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia29.63930
11QatarQATWestern Asia29.08983
12DR CongoCODMiddle Africa28.26180
13Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa27.73700
14GabonGABMiddle Africa27.73626
15AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa24.20225
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia23.71573
17BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia23.55210
18TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia22.93545
19LiberiaLBRWestern Africa22.07775
20Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa21.74974
21KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia21.58586
22YemenYEMWestern Asia21.00130
23MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa20.84479
24IranIRNSouthern Asia20.33627
25United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia19.71346

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Libya51.73226
  2. 2Kuwait39.59076
  3. 3Iraq39.51266
  4. 4Saudi Arabia35.77274
  5. 5Republic of the Congo35.57791

Lowest

  1. 188Tuvalushared0.00000
  2. 188San Marinoshared0.00000
  3. 188Palestineshared0.00000
  4. 188Puerto Ricoshared0.00000
  5. 188Palaushared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.63784. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 207 in both
  • 31 · 157rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

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 2009.

  • 188 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 20 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 207 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 (2009). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/2009

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07Questions

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural resource rents in Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009?

Libya, at 51.73226, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009 cover?

207.

Where can I download Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2009?

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), 2009 the newest?

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

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