Dataset
Natural resources — rents, extraction, land, energy, depletion (World Bank)
Coverage
2005-12-31 — 2025-12-31
Region
West Africa
Access
Open
License
CC-BY-4.0
Description
Natural resources — rents, extraction, land, energy, depletion (World Bank). Collected from World Bank Group (igo) on a quarterly cadence. 361 records spanning 2005-12-31 to 2025-12-31, covering GHA, NER, CIV, NGA, SEN, GMB, CPV, BFA, TGO, BEN, GNB, GIN, MLI, MRT, SLE, LBR. Evidence is content-addressed: every record carries a SHA-256 hash of the exact bytes retrieved, the source URL, the date the source published it and the date it was fetched.
Data preview
Natural-resource indicators — latest observed value per country
| country | indicator | group | latest year | value | unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | Total natural resources rents | rents | 2021 | 2.30442028320417 | % of GDP |
| Benin | Oil rents | rents | 2021 | 0.0 | % of GDP |
| Benin | Natural gas rents | rents | 2021 | 0.0 | % of GDP |
| Benin | Mineral rents | rents | 2021 | 0.0 | % of GDP |
| Benin | Coal rents | rents | 2021 | 0.0 | % of GDP |
| Benin | Forest rents | rents | 2021 | 2.30442028320417 | % of GDP |
Showing 6 of 361 records.
Methodology
Content-addressed collection (SHA-256). Evidence class: primary source. Cadence: quarterly.
Variables & Indicators
records: 361 temporal span: 2005-12-31 to 2025-12-31 countries covered: 16 data kind: quantitative evidence class: primary licence: CC-BY-4.0 republishable: yes top countries: GHA (23), NER (23), CIV (23), NGA (23), SEN (23) record types: resource_series (361)