natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones  
 

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc  
 

petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc  
 

sun, sand, sea, surf  
 

pumice, pumicite  
 

hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead  
 

petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium  
 

salt, fish, lobster  
 

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  
 

NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism  
 

petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay  
 

fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium  
 

sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)  
 

small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite  
 

NEGL; white sandy beaches  
 

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite  
 

fish  
 

small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower  
 

oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones  
 

bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum  
 

salt, aragonite, timber, arable land  
 

oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls  
 

guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

natural gas, arable land, timber, coal  
 

petroleum, fish, natural gas  
 

none  
 

forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay  
 

construction materials, silica sand, carbonates  
 

arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower  
 

small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber  
 

limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism  
 

timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate  
 

tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower  
 

coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower  
 

diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver  
 

none  
 

bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber  
 

NEGL  
 

coconuts, fish, sugarcane  
 

petroleum, natural gas, timber  
 

bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land  
 

manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt  
 

nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone  
 

copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower  
 

coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)  
 

fish  
 

NEGL  
 

hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand  
 

coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land  
 

timber, hydropower, arable land  
 

nickel, bauxite, gold, silver  
 

geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum  
 

petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower  
 

hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land  
 

gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish  
 

oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud  
 

NEGL  
 

iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish  
 

fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss  
 

fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas  
 

timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower  
 

timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone  
 

metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish; French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay  
 

fish, crayfish; note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts  
 

bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay  
 

timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower  
 

fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum  
 

arable land, natural gas  
 

forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth  
 

gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone  
 

none  
 

guano, coconuts  
 

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors  
 

lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential  
 

coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas  
 

coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land  
 

cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism  
 

fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)  
 

petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower  
 

cropland  
 

bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt  
 

fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum  
 

bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish  
 

bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower  
 

fish  
 

timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower  
 

outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar  
 

guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land  
 

oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules  
 

petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver  
 

none  
 

petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur  
 

petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur  
 

natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite  
 

fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite  
 

timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand  
 

coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land  
 

bauxite, gypsum, limestone  
 

none  
 

negligible mineral resources, fish  
 

guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west  
 

arable land  
 

guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

phosphates, potash, shale oil  
 

guano deposits and other fertilizers  
 

fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism  
 

oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential  
 

petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower  
 

iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower  
 

salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum  
 

major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium  
 

petroleum, natural gas, fish  
 

limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower  
 

terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

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  
 

phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)  
 

fish  
 

petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower  
 

NEGL  
 

petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower  
 

cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber  
 

NEGL  
 

coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower  
 

coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential  
 

oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower  
 

cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land  
 

petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas  
 

timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones  
 

water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone  
 

peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land  
 

limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land  
 

iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, gypsum  
 

hydroelectric potential, arable land  
 

peat, arable land, amber  
 

iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land  
 

NEGL  
 

graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower  
 

limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite  
 

tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite  
 

fish  
 

gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower; note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited  
 

limestone, salt, arable land  
 

phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt  
 

coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals  
 

coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land  
 

iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish  
 

arable land, fish  
 

NEGL  
 

low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land  
 

petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber  
 

wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic  
 

forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate  
 

lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone  
 

none  
 

oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron  
 

bauxite, hydroelectricity  
 

NEGL  
 

coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite  
 

petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower  
 

diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish; note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore  
 

phosphates, fish  
 

guano  
 

quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore  
 

nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper  
 

natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone  
 

gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish  
 

natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land  
 

phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)  
 

uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum  
 

natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land  
 

fish, arable land  
 

arable land, fish  
 

fish  
 

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower  
 

petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas  
 

oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower  
 

land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone  
 

forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals  
 

terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower  
 

gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries  
 

none  
 

hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone  
 

oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish  
 

copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas  
 

timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper  
 

miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish; note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore  
 

coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land  
 

fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower  
 

some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil  
 

fish, arable land, hydropower  
 

gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land  
 

petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower  
 

wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber; note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources  
 

fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel  
 

copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower  
 

hardwood forests, fish, hydropower  
 

building stone  
 

fish, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper  
 

iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower  
 

hydropower potential, timber, salt  
 

fish, phosphates, iron ore  
 

oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land  
 

oil, gas, coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, hydropower, arable land  
 

fish, copra, cinnamon trees  
 

diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite  
 

coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals  
 

fish, deepwater ports  
 

brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land  
 

lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests  
 

uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves  
 

coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land  
 

coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish  
 

fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential  
 

limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower  
 

has few natural resouces, its beaches being the most important  
 

fish, lobster  
 

arable land  
 

forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential  
 

salt  
 

fish, deepwater ports  
 

hydropower, cropland  
 

gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas  
 

petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower  
 

fish  
 

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, fish  
 

timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore  
 

asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc  
 

petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower  
 

hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold  
 

small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos  
 

hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel  
 

tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land  
 

gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble  
 

phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land  
 

NEGL  
 

fish, fertile soil  
 

petroleum, natural gas, asphalt  
 

fish  
 

petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt  
 

hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber  
 

petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt  
 

coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower  
 

petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt  
 

spiny lobster, conch  
 

fish  
 

copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land  
 

iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land