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Environment and energy · ranked by Total natural resources rents

Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP

Name: Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP — snapshot history
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50 ranked · updated 2026-11-02

Number oneLibya61.03 % of GDP

Ranking by Total natural resources rents
#	Name	Total natural resources rents	Change
1	Libya	61.03 % of GDP	new
2	Iraq	43.45 % of GDP	new
3	Congo, Dem. Rep.	38.83 % of GDP	new
4	Congo, Rep.	37.71 % of GDP	new
5	Zambia	35.26 % of GDP	new
6	Timor-Leste	34.73 % of GDP	new
7	Guyana	33.68 % of GDP	new
8	Mongolia	33.14 % of GDP	new
9	Iran, Islamic Rep.	30.45 % of GDP	new
10	Angola	29.97 % of GDP	new

Show positions 11–50

11	Azerbaijan	29.94 % of GDP	new
12	Kuwait	29.28 % of GDP	new
13	Oman	29.21 % of GDP	new
14	Papua New Guinea	27.39 % of GDP	new
15	Qatar	27.29 % of GDP	new
16	Eritrea	26.96 % of GDP	new
17	Kazakhstan	26.84 % of GDP	new
18	Saudi Arabia	25.57 % of GDP	new
19	Brunei Darussalam	24.28 % of GDP	new
20	Equatorial Guinea	23.5 % of GDP	new
21	Algeria	22.59 % of GDP	new
22	Liberia	21.92 % of GDP	new
23	Chad	21.34 % of GDP	new
24	Uzbekistan	20.47 % of GDP	new
25	Burkina Faso	20.14 % of GDP	new
26	Russian Federation	18.51 % of GDP	new
27	Gabon	18.49 % of GDP	new
28	Mali	18.42 % of GDP	new
29	Solomon Islands	18.4 % of GDP	new
30	Cabo Verde	17.66 % of GDP	new
31	United Arab Emirates	17.63 % of GDP	new
32	Chile	16.9 % of GDP	new
33	New Caledonia	16.79 % of GDP	new
34	Bahrain	16.64 % of GDP	new
35	Mozambique	14.91 % of GDP	new
36	Burundi	13.96 % of GDP	new
37	Turkmenistan	13.49 % of GDP	new
38	Australia	13.36 % of GDP	new
39	Ghana	13.35 % of GDP	new
40	South Sudan	13.05 % of GDP	new
41	Sudan	12.75 % of GDP	new
42	Peru	12.72 % of GDP	new
43	Venezuela, RB	11.85 % of GDP	new
44	Kyrgyz Republic	11.51 % of GDP	new
45	Mauritania	11.45 % of GDP	new
46	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.24 % of GDP	new
47	Guinea-Bissau	10.43 % of GDP	new
48	Central African Republic	10.26 % of GDP	new
49	Norway	10.05 % of GDP	new
50	Suriname	9.59 % of GDP	new

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Positions of today's top 10 across every published snapshot.

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About this ranking

Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP, explained

Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP is a live ranking of the top 50 entries in environment and energy by Total natural resources rents, built from public data published by World Bank Open Data. It was last refreshed on 2026-11-02. This is the first published snapshot; from the next refresh onwards the page will also show movers, new entries and a rank history chart.

Libya currently holds #1 with 61.03 % of GDP. Iraq is second with 43.45 % of GDP, which puts the leader 40% ahead. Congo, Dem. Rep. completes the top three with 38.83 % of GDP. Together the top three account for about 38% of the combined top-10 total, which gives a quick sense of how concentrated this ranking is.

How it is measured: The sum of oil, natural gas, coal, mineral and forest rents as a share of GDP. World Bank indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS; most recent year available per country, regional and income aggregates excluded. Caveat: Countries report in different years; each shows its latest available figure. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). The full top 50 is on this page, with positions 11 to 50 one click away, and each entry links to its own profile showing every ranking it appears in.

Use this page to check who is number one right now, compare any two entries head to head, or test yourself with the quiz, which asks you to name all ten in three minutes. Year-end archives are available for 2026, freezing the ranking as it stood at the close of each year. Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value: each number is fetched from its source, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails the gate, the previous snapshot stays live and the problem is reviewed by a person.

Frequently asked questions

Who is #1 in Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP?: Libya is #1 with 61.03 % of GDP, as of 2026-11-02. Iraq is #2.
How is Countries with the highest natural resource rents as a share of GDP ranked?: By Total natural resources rents. The sum of oil, natural gas, coal, mineral and forest rents as a share of GDP. World Bank indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS; most recent year available per country, regional and income aggregates excluded.
How often is this ranking updated?: It refreshes on a fixed schedule from World Bank Open Data. The latest snapshot was captured on 2026-11-02.
Where does the data come from?: World Bank Open Data. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). The raw payload for every refresh is stored unchanged so any number can be traced back.

How this ranking is made

Measure: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP). The sum of oil, natural gas, coal, mineral and forest rents as a share of GDP. World Bank indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS; most recent year available per country, regional and income aggregates excluded.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). (terms)
Fetched: 2026-11-02 10:41 UTC; source data as of 2026-10-08
Caveat: Countries report in different years; each shows its latest available figure.

Every snapshot is kept; corrections are published as new snapshots and labelled. Nothing on this page is estimated or generated.

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