Mineral rents

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
212
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Bank

    The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations.

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20210percent
Albania20210.18percent
Algeria20210.00percent
American Samoa20210percent
Andorra20210percent
Angola20210percent
Antigua and Barbuda20210percent
Argentina20210.58percent
Armenia20216.79percent
Aruba20210percent

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