Based on a comparison of 105 countries in 2020, Iraq ranked the highest in oil rents as a percentage of GDP with 32.2% followed by Congo and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Honduras with < 0.001%, South Korea with < 0.001% and Spain with < 0.001%.
Average oil rents as a percentage of GDP reached 0.884% in 2020 in the World according to EIA. This is 54.2 % less than in the previous year and -139 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average oil rents as a percentage of GDP reached an all time high of 4.49% in 1980 and an all time low of 0.460% in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 1.31 % since 1970.
Data for more countries are available at Oil Rents (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Oil Rents (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | % | 23.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% | 15.8% | 26.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | % | 20.5% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 17.9% | 25.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | 17.4% | 7.53% | 6.75% | 14.8% | 20.5% | |||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 28.4% | 13.2% | 13.6% | 28.1% | 42.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | % | ... | ... | 23.9% | 12.7% | 12.1% | 17.4% | 23.0% | ||||||||||||||
| Gabon | % | 23.2% | 9.95% | 9.40% | 16.2% | 20.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Iran | % | 23.1% | 12.8% | 11.8% | 15.8% | 31.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 45.6% | 36.2% | 31.7% | 37.8% | 44.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 51.0% | 37.1% | 32.5% | 37.0% | 45.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 39.7% | 24.9% | 20.2% | 36.7% | 42.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 36.1% | 21.4% | 18.3% | 21.8% | 26.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 21.3% | 12.5% | 10.6% | 12.9% | 15.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 40.4% | 23.6% | 19.6% | 23.7% | 29.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 23.0% | 13.1% | 10.8% | 13.0% | 16.6% |
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