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Namibia: Mineral rents

3.17percent · 2021+99.8% 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 Namibia from 1980 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20213.168
20201.037
20190.815
20180.773
20172.575
20161.635
20151.003
20140.948
20130.564
20121.176
20111.586
20101.903
20091.182
20081.522
20075.307
20062.293
20050.755
20040.322
20030.35
20020.118
20010.252
20000.236
19990.228
19980.226
19970.431
19960.118
19950.306
19940.219
19930.164
19920.283
19910.878
199010.202
198931.549
198839.668
19871.941
19860.887
19854.281
19843.211
19832.041
19822.32
19813.978
19805.936

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mineral rents. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mineral-rents (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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