KYC Economy - Natural Resources Contribution

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), G7

2021
Canada: 4.95France: 0.03Germany: 0.08Italy: 0.11Japan: 0.05United Kingdom: 0.59United States: 1.28
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Raw chart data
YearCanadaFranceGermanyItalyJapanUnited KingdomUnited States
20150.330.040.080.080.030.340.23
20160.790.040.060.050.030.270.3
20171.20.040.070.060.040.40.43
20181.80.040.080.10.040.630.6
20191.930.030.090.080.090.540.56
20201.240.030.080.060.10.280.33
20214.950.030.080.110.050.591.28
Source: World Bank, WDI

Information

Data:

2015 - 2021, dataset discontinued since 2021

Info:

Total natural resources (Oil, Coal, Forest, Mineral, Natural gas) rents contributing to % of GDP, Canada: 1st among G7 since 2016. 2nd among G7 in 2015.

In 2021, Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), Canada (1st): 4.95%, United States (2nd): 1.28%, France (7th): 0.03%.

To track and understand natural resrouces contribution to GDP of Canada, see

1)Natural Resources Sector (GDP), Canada

2)Natural Resources Sectors contributed to nominal GDP (% of GDP), Canada

Insights:

1)Three Differentiating Factors Behind Canada's GDP among G7

2)Without those 3 tricks and the historically low-interest-rate environment, what would be left?

Latest Data: 2021

Latest figures for total natural resources rents as a percentage of GDP, G7 countries, as of 2021. Source: World Bank, WDI.

  • Canada: 4.9% (up 3.7 percentage points from 2020).
Recent data (7 periods)
PeriodCanadaUnited StatesJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFranceItaly
20214.9%1.3%0.0%0.1%0.6%0.0%0.1%
20201.2%0.3%0.1%0.1%0.3%0.0%0.1%
20191.9%0.6%0.1%0.1%0.5%0.0%0.1%
20181.8%0.6%0.0%0.1%0.6%0.0%0.1%
20171.2%0.4%0.0%0.1%0.4%0.0%0.1%
20160.8%0.3%0.0%0.1%0.3%0.0%0.0%
20150.3%0.2%0.0%0.1%0.3%0.0%0.1%