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Natural resources
This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
Source: CIA-World Factbook
 
Country Natural resources
Afghanistan

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

Egypt

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

Albania

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

Algeria

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

American Virgin Islands

sun, sand, sea, surf  
 

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  
 

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  
 

Antigua and Barbuda

NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism  
 

Equatorial Guinea

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

Argentina

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

Arctic Ocean

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

Armenia

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

Aruba

NEGL; white sandy beaches  
 

Azerbaijan

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

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

fish  
 

Ethiopia

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

Atlantic Ocean

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

Australia

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

Bahamas, The

salt, aragonite, timber, arable land  
 

Bahrain

oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls  
 

Baker Island

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

Bangladesh

natural gas, arable land, timber, coal  
 

Barbados

petroleum, fish, natural gas  
 

Bassas da India

none  
 

Belarus

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

Belgium

construction materials, silica sand, carbonates  
 

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 carbonate  
 

Bolivia

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

British Virgin Islands

NEGL  
 

British Indian Ocean Territory

coconuts, fish, sugarcane  
 

Brunei

petroleum, natural gas, timber  
 

Bulgaria

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

Burkina Faso

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

Burundi

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

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)  
 

Clipperton Island

fish  
 

Cook Islands

NEGL  
 

Costa Rica

hydropower  
 

Cote d'Ivoire

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

Denmark

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

Germany

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

Dominica

timber, hydropower, arable land  
 

Dominican Republic

nickel, bauxite, gold, silver  
 

Djibouti

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

Ecuador

petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower  
 

El Salvador

hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land  
 

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  
 

Europa Island

NEGL  
 

European Union

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

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss  
 

Faroe Islands

fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas  
 

Fiji

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

Finland

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

France

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  
 

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

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

French Guiana

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

French Polynesia

timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower  
 

Gabon

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

Gambia, The

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

Gaza Strip

arable land, natural gas  
 

Georgia

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

Ghana

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

Gibraltar

none  
 

Glorioso Islands

guano, coconuts  
 

Grenada

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors  
 

Greece

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

Greenland

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

United Kingdom

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

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, salt  
 

Guinea-Bissau

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

Guyana

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

Haiti

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

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

fish  
 

Honduras

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

Hong Kong

outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar  
 

Howland Island

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

India

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

Indian Ocean

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

Indonesia

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

Isle of Man

none  
 

Iraq

petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur  
 

Iran

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

Ireland

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

Iceland

fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite  
 

Israel

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

Italy

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

Jamaica

bauxite, gypsum, limestone  
 

Jan Mayen

none  
 

Japan

negligible mineral resources, fish  
 

Jarvis Island

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

Yemen

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

Jersey

arable land  
 

Johnston Atoll

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

Jordan

phosphates, potash, shale oil  
 

Juan de Nova Island

guano deposits and other fertilizers  
 

Cayman Islands

fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism  
 

Cambodia

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

Cameroon

petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower  
 

Canada

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

Cape Verde

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

Kazakhstan

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

Qatar

petroleum, natural gas, fish  
 

Kenya

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

Kingman Reef

terrestrial and aquatic wildlife  
 

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  
 

Kiribati

phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)  
 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

fish  
 

Colombia

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

Comoros

NEGL  
 

Congo, Republic of the

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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

Coral Sea Islands

NEGL  
 

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  
 

Croatia

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

Cuba

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

Kuwait

petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas  
 

Laos

timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones  
 

Lesotho

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

Latvia

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

Lebanon

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

Liberia

iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower  
 

Libya

petroleum, natural gas, gypsum  
 

Liechtenstein

hydroelectric potential, arable land  
 

Lithuania

peat, arable land, amber  
 

Luxembourg

iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land  
 

Macau

NEGL  
 

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, gypsum, granite, hydropower; note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited  
 

Malta

limestone, salt, arable land  
 

Morocco

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

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

NEGL  
 

Macedonia

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

Mexico

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

Midway Islands

wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic  
 

Micronesia, Federated States of

forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate  
 

Moldova

lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone  
 

Monaco

none  
 

Mongolia

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

Montenegro

bauxite, hydroelectricity  
 

Montserrat

NEGL  
 

Mozambique

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

Burma

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

Namibia

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