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China: Mineral rents

0.51percent · 2021-78.1% 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 China from 1970 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.51
20200.168
20190.272
20180.179
20170.236
20160.185
20150.203
20140.359
20130.604
20120.784
20112.333
20102.02
20090.996
20082.362
20072.157
20061.171
20050.719
20040.263
20030.137
20020.128
20010.125
20000.143
19990.337
19980.438
19970.234
19960.239
19950.318
19940.445
19930.524
19920.689
19910.743
19900.377
19890.395
19881.111
19870.259
19860.175
19850.254
19840.288
19830.408
19820.465
19810.532
19800.405
19790.354
19780.281
19770.424
19760.421
19750.221
19740.319
19730.175
19720.112
19710.142
19700.19

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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