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Australia: Mineral rents

10.47percent · 2021+108.1% since 2011

Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. Annual figures for Australia from 1970 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202110.466
20204.088
20193.317
20182.861
20173.186
20162.588
20151.852
20142.916
20133.553
20123.045
20115.028
20104.855
20092.376
20084.126
20074.253
20062.805
20051.903
20040.903
20030.757
20021.027
20011.149
20000.944
19990.902
19981.025
19970.77
19960.824
19950.862
19940.944
19930.938
19921.197
19911.269
19901.51
19891.514
19882.811
19871.418
19861.292
19851.519
19841.347
19831.246
19821.338
19811.347
19801.993
19791.779
19781.52
19772.017
19761.951
19751.629
19742.092
19731.848
19721.315
19711.413
19701.471

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Mineral rents. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mineral-rents (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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