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Ghana: Mineral rents

5.17percent · 2021-5.9% 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 Ghana from 1970 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20215.165
20202.238
20192.051
20181.722
20171.784
20161.224
20152.358
20143.162
20132.953
20124.818
20115.488
20103.949
20092.937
20082.078
20072.157
20062.129
20051.668
20040.946
20031.216
20022.95
20012.673
20003.032
19991.315
19981.722
19971.805
19962.631
19951.228
19943.994
19932.54
19921.567
19911.739
19900.768
19890.801
19881.038
19871.101
19860.612
19850.698
19840.88
19831.325
19821.148
19811.806
19802.947
19790.809
19780.201
19770.195
19760.172
19750.209
19740.582
19730.105
19720.129
19710.107
19700.123

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Mineral rents. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mineral-rents (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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