| country |
resources |
| Afghanistan |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
| Albania |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, hydropower |
| Algeria |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc |
| American Samoa |
pumice, pumicite |
| Andorra |
hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead |
| Angola |
petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
| Anguilla |
salt, fish, lobster |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
negligable; pleasant climate fosters tourism |
| Argentina |
fertile plains of the Pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
| Armenia |
small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina |
| Aruba |
fish |
| Australia |
bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum |
| Austria |
iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, lignite, copper, hydropower |
| Azerbaijan |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina |
| Bahamas, The |
salt, aragonite, timber, arable land |
| Bahrain |
oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls |
| Bangladesh |
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
| Barbados |
petroleum, fish, natural gas |
| Belarus |
forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay |
| Belgium |
coal, natural gas |
| Belize |
arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower |
| Benin |
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber |
| Bermuda |
limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism |
| Bhutan |
timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbide |
| Bolivia |
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper, chromium, lead, zinc, hydropower |
| Botswana |
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver |
| Bouvet Island |
none |
| Brazil |
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| Brunei |
petroleum, natural gas, timber |
| Bulgaria |
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land |
| Burkina Faso |
manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver |
| Burma |
petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower |
| Burundi |
nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, arable land, hydropower |
| Cambodia |
timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential |
| Cameroon |
petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower |
| Canada |
iron ore, nickel, uranium, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower |
| Cape Verde |
salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish |
| Cayman Islands |
fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism |
| Central African Rep. |
diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydropower |
| Chad |
petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad) |
| Chile |
copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower |
| China |
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) |
| Colombia |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower |
| Comoros |
negligable |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the |
cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower, timber |
| Congo, Rep. of the |
petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas, hydropower |
| Costa Rica |
hydropower |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, hydropower |
| Croatia |
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower |
| Cuba |
cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land |
| Cyprus |
copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment |
| Czech Republic |
hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
| Denmark |
petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand |
| Djibouti |
geothermal areas |
| Dominica |
timber, hydropower, arable land |
| Dominican Republic |
nickel, bauxite, gold, silver |
| Ecuador |
petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower |
| Egypt |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc |
| El Salvador |
hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land |
| Equatorial Guinea |
oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore |
| Eritrea |
gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish |
| Estonia |
oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud |
| Ethiopia |
small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss |
| Faroe Islands |
fish, whales, hydropower |
| Fiji |
timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower |
| Finland |
timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver |
| France |
coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, potash, timber, fish |
| French Guiana |
bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish |
| French Polynesia |
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
| Gabon |
petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower |
| Gambia, The |
fish |
| Georgia |
forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth |
| Germany |
iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land |
| Ghana |
gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower |
| Greece |
bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydropower potential |
| Greenland |
zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
| Grenada |
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors |
| Guadeloupe |
cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism |
| Guam |
fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan) |
| Guatemala |
petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower |
| Guernsey |
cropland |
| Guinea |
bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish |
| Guinea-Bissau |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
| Guyana |
bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish |
| Haiti |
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
none |
| Honduras |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
| Hungary |
bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land |
| Iceland |
fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite |
| India |
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
| Indonesia |
petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver |
| Iran |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur |
| Iraq |
petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur |
| Ireland |
zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver |
| Israel |
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand |
| Italy |
mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land |
| Jamaica |
bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
| Japan |
negligible mineral resources, fish |
| Jersey |
arable land |
| Jordan |
phosphates, potash, shale oil |
| Kazakhstan |
major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium |
| Kenya |
gold, limestone, soda ash, salt, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower |
| Kiribati |
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) |
| Korea, North |
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower |
| Korea, South |
coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential |
| Kuwait |
petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas |
| Kyrgyzstan |
abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc |
| Laos |
timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones |
| Latvia |
peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land |
| Lebanon |
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land |
| Lesotho |
water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals |
| Liberia |
iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower |
| Libya |
petroleum, natural gas, gypsum |
| Liechtenstein |
hydroelectric potential, arable land |
| Lithuania |
peat, arable land |
| Luxembourg |
iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land |
| Macedonia |
chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, nickel, low-grade iron ore, asbestos, sulfur, timber, arable land |
| Madagascar |
graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower |
| Malawi |
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite |
| Malaysia |
tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite |
| Maldives |
fish |
| Mali |
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower |
| Malta |
limestone, salt, arable land |
| Marshall Islands |
coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals |
| Martinique |
coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land |
| Mauritania |
iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish |
| Mauritius |
arable land, fish |
| Mayotte |
negligable |
| Mexico |
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
| Micronesia, FS of |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals |
| Moldova |
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone |
| Monaco |
none |
| Mongolia |
oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron, phosphate |
| Montserrat |
negligable |
| Morocco |
phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt |
| Mozambique |
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
| Namibia |
diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish |
| Nauru |
phosphates, fish |
| Nepal |
quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore |
| Netherlands |
natural gas, petroleum, arable land |
| Netherlands Antilles |
phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only) |
| New Caledonia |
nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper |
| New Zealand |
natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone |
| Nicaragua |
gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish |
| Niger |
uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum |
| Nigeria |
natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land |
| Niue |
fish, arable land |
| Northern Mariana Is. |
arable land, fish |
| Norway |
petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower |
| Oman |
petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas |
| Pakistan |
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
| Palau |
forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals |
| Palestine, State of |
arable land, natural gas |
| Panama |
copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower |
| Papua New Guinea |
gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries |
| Paraguay |
hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone |
| Peru |
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |
| Philippines |
timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper |
| Poland |
coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land |
| Portugal |
fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower |
| Puerto Rico |
some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil |
| Qatar |
petroleum, natural gas, fish |
| Reunion |
fish, arable land, hydropower |
| Romania |
petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower |
| Russia |
wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber |
| Rwanda |
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land |
| Saint Helena |
fish |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
arable land |
| Saint Lucia |
forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential |
| Saint Pierre & Miquelon |
fish, deepwater ports |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
hydropower, cropland |
| Samoa |
hardwood forests, fish, hydropower |
| San Marino |
building stone |
| Sao Tome & Principe |
fish, hydropower |
| Saudi Arabia |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper |
| Senegal |
fish, phosphates, iron ore |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land |
| Seychelles |
fish, copra, cinnamon trees |
| Sierra Leone |
diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite |
| Singapore |
fish, deepwater ports |
| Slovakia |
brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land |
| Slovenia |
lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests |
| Solomon Islands |
fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel |
| Somalia |
uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves |
| South Africa |
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas |
| South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. |
fish |
| Spain |
coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land |
| Sri Lanka |
limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower |
| Sudan |
petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower |
| Suriname |
timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
| Swaziland |
asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc |
| Sweden |
zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower |
| Switzerland |
hydropower potential, timber, salt |
| Syria |
petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower |
| Taiwan |
small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos |
| Tajikistan |
hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
| Tanzania |
hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel |
| Thailand |
tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Togo |
phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land |
| Tonga |
fish, fertile soil |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
| Tunisia |
petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
| Turkey |
antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower |
| Turkmenistan |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
spiny lobster, conch |
| Tuvalu |
fish |
| Uganda |
copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land |
| Ukraine |
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
| United Arab Emirates |
petroleum, natural gas |
| United Kingdom |
coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land |
| United States |
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber |
| Uruguay |
arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries |
| Uzbekistan |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |
| Vanuatu |
manganese, hardwood forests, fish |
| Venezuela |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds |
| Vietnam |
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
| Virgin Islands |
sun, sand, sea, surf |
| Wallis & Futuna |
negligable |
| Western Sahara |
phosphates, iron ore |
| Yemen |
petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west |
| Zambia |
copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower |
| Zimbabwe |
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals |
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| entity |
resources |
| Antarctica |
iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries |
| Arctic Ocean |
sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) |
| Atlantic Ocean |
oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones |
| Indian Ocean |
oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules |
| Pacific Ocean |
oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish |
| Southern Ocean |
probable large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin, manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fishes |
source: The World Factbook 2003, CIA.
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