| Afghanistan |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
| 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 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 |
| Arctic Ocean |
sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) |
| Argentina |
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
| Armenia |
small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite |
| Aruba |
NEGL; white sandy beaches |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
fish |
| 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; note: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports |
| Austria |
oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower |
| Azerbaijan |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazil |
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
coconuts, fish, sugarcane |
| British Virgin Islands |
NEGL |
| 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 |
| Burma |
petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower |
| Burundi |
nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone |
| Cambodia |
oil and gas, timber, gemstones, 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 |
| Cayman Islands |
fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism |
| Central African Republic |
diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydropower |
| Chad |
petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt |
| 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) |
| Christmas Island |
phosphate, beaches |
| Clipperton Island |
fish |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
fish |
| Colombia |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower |
| Comoros |
NEGL |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber |
| Congo, Republic of the |
petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower |
| Cook Islands |
NEGL |
| Coral Sea Islands |
NEGL |
| Costa Rica |
hydropower |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower |
| 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 |
| 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, chalk, stone, gravel and sand |
| Djibouti |
geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum |
| Dominica |
timber, hydropower, arable land |
| Dominican Republic |
nickel, bauxite, gold, silver |
| East Timor |
gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble |
| 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 |
petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| French Guiana |
bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay |
| French Polynesia |
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
fish, crayfish; note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts |
| 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 |
| Germany |
coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land |
| Ghana |
gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone |
| Glorioso Islands |
guano, coconuts |
| 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 |
| Grenada |
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors |
| Guadeloupe |
cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism |
| Guam |
aquatic wildlife (supporting tourism), fishing (largely undeveloped) |
| Guatemala |
petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower |
| Guernsey |
cropland |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Iran |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur |
| Iraq |
petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur |
| Ireland |
natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite |
| 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 |
| Japan |
negligible mineral resources, fish; note: with virtually no energy natural resources, Japan is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas as well as the second largest importer of oil |
| Jarvis Island |
guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife |
| 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 |
| Kazakhstan |
major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium |
| Kenya |
limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower |
| Kingman Reef |
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife |
| 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, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone |
| 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 |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, 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, gypsum, granite, hydropower; note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
| Malta |
limestone, salt, arable land |
| Man, Isle of |
none |
| 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 |
| Mayotte |
NEGL |
| Mexico |
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate |
| Midway Islands |
wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic |
| Moldova |
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone |
| Monaco |
none |
| Mongolia |
oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron |
| Montserrat |
NEGL |
| Morocco |
phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt |
| Mozambique |
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
| Namibia |
diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish; note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore |
| Nauru |
phosphates, fish |
| Navassa Island |
guano |
| Nepal |
quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore |
| Netherlands |
natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, 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, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum |
| Nigeria |
natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
| Niue |
fish, arable land |
| Norfolk Island |
fish |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
arable land, fish |
| Norway |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower |
| Oman |
petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas |
| Pacific Ocean |
oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish |
| 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 |
| Palmyra Atoll |
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife |
| 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 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish |
| Pitcairn Islands |
miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish; note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore |
| Poland |
coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land |
| Portugal |
fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower |
| Puerto Rico |
some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil |
| Qatar |
petroleum, natural gas, fish |
| Réunion |
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; note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources |
| Rwanda |
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land |
| Saint Barthelemy |
has few natural resouces, its beaches being the most important |
| Saint Barthelemy |
has few natural resources, its beaches being the most important |
| Saint Helena |
fish, lobster |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
arable land |
| Saint Lucia |
forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential |
| Saint Martin |
salt |
| Saint Martin |
salt |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
fish, deepwater ports |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
hydropower, cropland |
| Samoa |
hardwood forests, fish, hydropower |
| San Marino |
building stone |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
fish, hydropower |
| Saudi Arabia |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper |
| Senegal |
fish, phosphates, iron ore |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, 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, building stone, 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 and the South Sandwich Islands |
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, fish |
| Spain |
coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land |
| Spratly Islands |
fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential |
| 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 |
| Svalbard |
coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish |
| Swaziland |
asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc |
| Sweden |
iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, 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 |
| Tokelau |
NEGL |
| Tonga |
fish, fertile soil |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
| Tromelin Island |
fish |
| Tunisia |
petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
| Turkey |
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 |
| Turkmenistan |
petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt |
| Turks and 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, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land |
| United States |
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber; note: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total |
| 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 and Futuna |
NEGL |
| West Bank |
arable land |
| 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 |
