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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017 covers 209 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 44.8705; 23 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 1.3394. Against 2016, 186 values changed (130 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 2017

HighestTimor-Leste

44.8705

Lowest23 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), 2017, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia44.8705
2IraqIRQWestern Asia39.2006
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia36.7579
4Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa29.8064
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa25.9503
6DR CongoCODMiddle Africa24.7657
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.4866
8Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia22.9193
9LibyaLBYNorthern Africa22.1588
10Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa21.9589
11OmanOMNWestern Asia21.3538
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa21.3241
13SurinameSURSouth America19.7855
14AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia19.6747
15GuineaGINWestern Africa18.9531
16QatarQATWestern Asia18.8987
17SomaliaSOMEastern Africa18.6973
18BurundiBDIEastern Africa18.5077
19MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa18.0510
20GabonGABMiddle Africa17.6998
21IranIRNSouthern Asia17.4678
22BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia17.1506
23MongoliaMNGEastern Asia17.0884
24ChadTCDMiddle Africa16.8846
25Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia16.0436

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Timor-Leste44.8705
  2. 2Iraq39.2006
  3. 3Kuwait36.7579
  4. 4Republic of the Congo29.8064
  5. 5Angola25.9503

Lowest

  1. 187Tuvalushared0.0000
  2. 187Sint Maartenshared0.0000
  3. 187San Marinoshared0.0000
  4. 187Palestineshared0.0000
  5. 187Puerto Ricoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.3394. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 209 in both
  • 130 · 56rose · fell
  • 23unchanged

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 2017.

  • 187 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 23 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 209 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 (2017). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/2017

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07Questions

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest natural resource rents in Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017?

Timor-Leste, at 44.8705, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017 cover?

209.

Where can I download Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 2017?

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), 2017 the newest?

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

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