World Bank · Energy

Greenland: Mineral rents

0percent · 2020

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 Greenland from 1970 to 2020.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20200
20190
20180
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130.019
20120.354
20110.115
20100
20090
20080.845
20070.672
20060.81
20050.335
20040.225
20030
20020
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970.862
19960.318
19950.48
19940.606
19930.623
19921.168
19910.639
19907.249
198924.524
198822.385
19870.162
19860
19852.687
19844.541
19830.946
19822.233
19811.786
19803.489
19796.017
19782.506
19773.106
19767.321
197510.063
197446.907
19739.572
19720
19710
19700

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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