Northern Mariana Islands: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Northern Mariana Islands in the 2019 ranking

• Turkmenistan — 1st of 3: 13.49%
• Isle of Man — 2nd of 3: 0%

What this measures

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 18 values

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0% (2021)
• Australia — 13.36% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 24.28% (2021)
• Cambodia — 0.84% (2021)
• China — 1.71% (2021)
• Fiji — 2.25% (2021)
• French Polynesia — 0.00357% (2021)
• Guam — 0% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.000993% (2021)
• Indonesia — 5.16% (2021)

More environment data for Northern Mariana Islands

• Rural population — 3,406 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 7.82% (2025)
• Urban population — 40,135 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 92.18% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 11 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 61.62 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 72.62 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -2.98% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — -1.57% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Northern Mariana Islands's total natural resources rents (% of GDP)?

0% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is unchanged since 2002. The highest value was 0% in 2002 and the lowest 0% in 2002.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: 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); Staff estimates, Wo….

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: 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); Staff estimates, Wo… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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