Indicator comparison
Range of Copper: 1960–2025. Range of Mineral rents: 1970–2021.
Global copper prices and mineral rents as a percentage of GDP.
Copper Copper tracks commodity market prices in dollars per metric ton, while mineral rents Mineral rents measure the mining sector's contribution to GDP.
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Annual average world price of copper in US dollars per metric ton from the World Bank Pink Sheet report.
Mineral rents from mining activities expressed as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank.
World
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Annual average world price of copper in US dollars per metric ton from the World Bank Pink Sheet report.
Copper price, annual average, US$ per tonne. Pink Sheet.
Column Copper, Annual Prices (Nominal).
Pair: Mineral rents. Price versus rent.
Longseries, “Copper”. World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet) (COPPER), 1960–2025, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 6ec04e68233b4d26770814b41783460b35dcaa5aae8a8bc637f0adbe5b55a032. https://longseries.com/en/d/cmo-copper/| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| World | 2025 | 9,947 USD/t9.9K USD/t↑+805 USD/t (+8.8%) |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
World
66 rows for World
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World
679→9.9K
World: 679 (1960) → 9.9K (2025). Change of +1,364.9 % over 65 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.2 % per year.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | World | 9,947 USD/t |
| 2024 | World | 9,142 USD/t |
| 2023 | World | 8,490 USD/t |
| 2022 | World | 8,822 USD/t |
| 2021 | World | 9,317 USD/t |
| 2020 | World | 6,174 USD/t |
| 2019 | World | 6,010 USD/t |
| 2018 | World | 6,530 USD/t |
| 2017 | World | 6,170 USD/t |
| 2016 | World | 4,868 USD/t |
| 2015 | World | 5,510 USD/t |
| 2014 | World | 6,863 USD/t |
| 2013 | World | 7,332 USD/t |
| 2012 | World | 7,962 USD/t |
| 2011 | World | 8,828 USD/t |
| 2010 | World | 7,535 USD/t |
| 2009 | World | 5,150 USD/t |
| 2008 | World | 6,956 USD/t |
| 2007 | World | 7,118 USD/t |
| 2006 | World | 6,722 USD/t |
Mineral rents from mining activities expressed as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank.
Mineral rents, % of GDP. World Bank.
Mineral rents as a percentage of GDP from the World Bank. See also: Copper.
Pair: Copper. Do not convert % of GDP into $/t here.
Longseries, “Mineral rents”. World Bank Open Data (NY.GDP.MINR.RT.ZS), 1970–2021, Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Albania, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Armenia, American Samoa, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Bahamas, Bosnia, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Barbados, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Central African Republic, Canada, Switzerland, CHI, Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, Congo - Brazzaville, Colombia, Comoros, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Dominica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, France, Faroe Islands, Micronesia, Gabon, United Kingdom, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Grenada, Greenland, Guatemala, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Isle of Man, India, Ireland, Iran, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, St. Kitts & Nevis, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, St. Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Macao, St. Martin, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Myanmar, Montenegro, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Palestine, French Polynesia, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, San Marino, Somalia, Serbia, South Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Eswatini, Sint Maarten, Seychelles, Syria, Turks & Caicos Islands, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States, Uzbekistan, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Venezuela, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Vanuatu, World, Samoa, Kosovo, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: 3db62823e6a7c85c5944f7d4b78507094f0da16558ae7bc84e1da90dc3f4f778. https://longseries.com/en/d/mineral-rents/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2021: highest — Congo - Kinshasa; lowest — Germany, France, Czechia, Netherlands, Italy, Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, American Samoa, Antigua & Barbuda, Austria, Burundi, Belgium, Benin, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Barbados, Brunei, Switzerland, Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, Comoros, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Cayman Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Micronesia, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Guam, Hong Kong, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Cambodia, Kiribati, St. Kitts & Nevis, Lebanon, Libya, St. Lucia, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Macao, Monaco, Moldova, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Malaysia, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, Oman, Palau, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Palestine, French Polynesia, Qatar, Rwanda, Singapore, Solomon Islands, El Salvador, Somalia, São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Slovenia, Eswatini, Seychelles, Turks & Caicos Islands, Chad, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Vanuatu, Samoa
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxCongo - Kinshasa | 2021 | 28.8%28.8%↑+23.2 pp |
| Zambia | 2021 | 28.2%28.2%↑+20.0 pp |
| Mongolia | 2021 | 26.6%26.6%↑+18.3 pp |
| Eritrea | 2011 | 24.6%24.6%↑+24.6 pp |
| New Caledonia | 2021 | 16.8%16.8%↑+16.8 pp |
| Chile | 2021 | 16.2%16.2%↑+11.6 pp |
| Mali | 2021 | 16.2%16.2%↑+9.0 pp |
| Burkina Faso | 2021 | 15.5%15.5%↑+11.1 pp |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
32 rows for Poland
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Poland
0.8→0.5
Poland: 0.8 (1990) → 0.5 (2021). Difference: −0.3 pp. Peak value of 4.4 in 2011; lowest value of 0.0 in 2001.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Poland | 0.5% |
| 2020 | Poland | 0.2% |
| 2019 | Poland | 0.2% |
| 2018 | Poland | 2.1% |
| 2017 | Poland | 2.5% |
| 2016 | Poland | 1.5% |
| 2015 | Poland | 0.8% |
| 2014 | Poland | 2.6% |
| 2013 | Poland | 2.7% |
| 2012 | Poland | 2.9% |
| 2011 | Poland | 4.4% |
| 2010 | Poland | 3.2% |
| 2009 | Poland | 0.3% |
| 2008 | Poland | 0.2% |
| 2007 | Poland | 0.5% |
| 2006 | Poland | 0.7% |
| 2005 | Poland | 0.2% |
| 2004 | Poland | 0.3% |
| 2003 | Poland | 0.1% |
| 2002 | Poland | 0% |