Resource curse

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Resource curse

Quality:

Resource curse - economic theory that wealth of resources slows national growth. Article “Resource curse” in English Wikipedia has 67 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 157 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 7.45 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Resource curse” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Resource curse”, its content was written by 276 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 641 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 374 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1321 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8290 in March 2022
  • Global: #20101 in November 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #43611 in December 2014
  • Global: #52670 in December 2014

There are 24 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Resource curse
67.0359
2German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
48.1312
3Indonesian (id)
Kutukan sumber daya
44.8737
4Italian (it)
Maledizione delle risorse
31.4759
5Korean (ko)
자원의 저주
29.8722
6Polish (pl)
Klątwa surowcowa
29.1974
7Esperanto (eo)
Malbeno de Krudmaterialo
27.6247
8Ukrainian (uk)
Прокляття ресурсів
27.3075
9Spanish (es)
Maldición de los recursos
27.2032
10Swedish (sv)
Resursförbannelsen
26.8086
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Resource curse" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Resource curse
2 304 343
2Russian (ru)
Ресурсное проклятие
465 687
3German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
211 518
4Japanese (ja)
資源の呪い
207 078
5Spanish (es)
Maldición de los recursos
167 193
6French (fr)
Malédiction des ressources naturelles
100 979
7Chinese (zh)
資源詛咒
55 906
8Indonesian (id)
Kutukan sumber daya
46 911
9Polish (pl)
Klątwa surowcowa
46 510
10Ukrainian (uk)
Прокляття ресурсів
45 998
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Resource curse" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Resource curse
11 299
2Japanese (ja)
資源の呪い
2 665
3Russian (ru)
Ресурсное проклятие
914
4Chinese (zh)
資源詛咒
560
5French (fr)
Malédiction des ressources naturelles
531
6German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
449
7Spanish (es)
Maldición de los recursos
205
8Polish (pl)
Klątwa surowcowa
176
9Indonesian (id)
Kutukan sumber daya
142
10Korean (ko)
자원의 저주
118
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Resource curse" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Resource curse
276
2German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
83
3Russian (ru)
Ресурсное проклятие
51
4Italian (it)
Maledizione delle risorse
26
5Persian (fa)
نفرین منابع
24
6French (fr)
Malédiction des ressources naturelles
23
7Spanish (es)
Maldición de los recursos
22
8Ukrainian (uk)
Прокляття ресурсів
20
9Polish (pl)
Klątwa surowcowa
17
10Chinese (zh)
資源詛咒
16
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Resource curse" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Resource curse
2
2Italian (it)
Maledizione delle risorse
1
3Arabic (ar)
لعنة الموارد
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Resurs lənəti
0
5Catalan (ca)
Maledicció dels recursos
0
6Czech (cs)
Prokletí přírodních zdrojů
0
7German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Malbeno de Krudmaterialo
0
9Spanish (es)
Maldición de los recursos
0
10Persian (fa)
نفرین منابع
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Resource curse" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Resource curse
374
2Arabic (ar)
لعنة الموارد
177
3Ukrainian (uk)
Прокляття ресурсів
169
4Persian (fa)
نفرین منابع
168
5Chinese (zh)
資源詛咒
130
6Armenian (hy)
Ռեսուրսային անեծք
53
7Russian (ru)
Ресурсное проклятие
52
8Korean (ko)
자원의 저주
47
9Japanese (ja)
資源の呪い
43
10German (de)
Ressourcenfluch
30
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
لعنة الموارد
azAzerbaijani
Resurs lənəti
caCatalan
Maledicció dels recursos
csCzech
Prokletí přírodních zdrojů
deGerman
Ressourcenfluch
enEnglish
Resource curse
eoEsperanto
Malbeno de Krudmaterialo
esSpanish
Maldición de los recursos
faPersian
نفرین منابع
fiFinnish
Luonnonvarojen kirous
frFrench
Malédiction des ressources naturelles
heHebrew
קללת משאבי הטבע
hyArmenian
Ռեսուրսային անեծք
idIndonesian
Kutukan sumber daya
itItalian
Maledizione delle risorse
jaJapanese
資源の呪い
kkKazakh
Ресурстар қарғысы
koKorean
자원의 저주
plPolish
Klątwa surowcowa
ptPortuguese
Maldição dos recursos naturais
ruRussian
Ресурсное проклятие
svSwedish
Resursförbannelsen
ukUkrainian
Прокляття ресурсів
zhChinese
資源詛咒

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#43611
12.2014
Global:
#52670
12.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8290
03.2022
Global:
#20101
11.2012

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Resource curse from Wikipedia articles about Nauru, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dutch disease, Jharkhand and Middle income trap. Whereas reading the article about Resource curse people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Dutch disease, Rentier state, Banana republic, Biafra and Petrostate.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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