Natural resources

This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance, such as rare earth elements (REEs). In general, products appear only if they make a significant contribution to the economy, or are likely to do so in the future.

• Afghanistan

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

• Albania

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

• 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 noncommercial quantities; mineral exploitation except for scientific research is banned by the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty; krill, icefish, toothfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries, which are managed through the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources (CCAMLR)

• 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, arable land

• Armenia

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

• Aruba

  NEGL; white sandy beaches foster tourism

• 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

  alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum; note - Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports; as well, Australia is by far the world's largest supplier of opals

• 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

• Bangladesh

  natural gas, arable land, timber, coal

• Barbados

  petroleum, fish, natural gas

• Belarus

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

• Belgium

  construction materials, silica sand, carbonates, arable land

• 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, antimony, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, timber, hydropower

• Botswana

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

• Bouvet Island

  none

• Brazil

  alumina, bauxite, beryllium, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, niobium, phosphates, platinum, tantalum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  coconuts, fish, sugarcane

• British Virgin Islands

  NEGL; pleasant climate, beaches foster tourism

• Brunei

  petroleum, natural gas, timber

• Bulgaria

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

• Burkina Faso

  gold, manganese, zinc, limestone, marble, phosphates, pumice, salt

• Burma

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

• Burundi

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

• Cabo Verde

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

• Cambodia

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

• Cameroon

  petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower

• Canada

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

• 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, helium, petroleum, natural gas, arsenic, bismuth, cobalt, cadmium, ferrosilicon, gallium, germanium, hafnium, indium, lithium, mercury, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, antimony, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, selenium, strontium, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest), arable land

• Christmas Island

  phosphate, beaches

• Clipperton Island

  fish

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  fish

• Colombia

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

• Comoros

  fish

• 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

  coconuts (copra)

• Coral Sea Islands

  fish

• 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

• 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

• Curacao

  calcium phosphates, protected harbors, hot springs

• Cyprus

  copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment

• Czechia

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

• Denmark

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

• Djibouti

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

• Dominica

  timber, hydropower, arable land

• Dominican Republic

  nickel, bauxite, gold, silver, arable land

• Ecuador

  petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower

• Egypt

  petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, rare earth elements, 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, rare earth elements, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud

• Eswatini

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

• Ethiopia

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

• 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, arable land, fish; French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, 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
  
  note: in the 1950's and 1960's, several species of trout were introduced to Iles Kerguelen of which two, Brown trout and Brook trout, survived to establish wild populations; reindeer were also introduced to Iles Kerguelen in 1956 as a source of fresh meat for whaling crews, the herd today, one of two in the Southern Hemisphere, is estimated to number around 4,000

• Gabon

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

• Gambia, The

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

• Gaza Strip

  arable land, natural gas

• Georgia

  timber, 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

• Gibraltar

  none

• 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

• Guam

  aquatic wildlife (supporting tourism), fishing (largely undeveloped)

• 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, arable land

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  fish

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  none

• Honduras

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

• Hong Kong

  outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar

• Hungary

  bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land

• Iceland

  fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite

• India

  coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), antimony, iron ore, lead, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, 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

• Isle of Man

  none

• Israel

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

• Italy

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

• Jamaica

  bauxite, alumina, gypsum, limestone

• Jan Mayen

  none

• Japan

  negligible mineral resources, fish; note - with virtually no natural energy resources, Japan is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas, as well as the second largest importer of oil

• 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

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

• Kiribati

  phosphate (production discontinued in 1979), coconuts (copra), fish

• Korea, North

  coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, precious metals, hydropower

• Korea, South

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

• Kosovo

  nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite

• Kuwait

  petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas

• Kyrgyzstan

  abundant hydropower; gold, 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, timber, 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

• Madagascar

  graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, rare earth elements, 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

• Marshall Islands

  coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals

• Mauritania

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

• Mauritius

  arable land, fish

• Mexico

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

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  timber, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate

• Moldova

  lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, limestone, arable land

• Monaco

  none

• Mongolia

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

• Montenegro

  bauxite, hydroelectricity

• 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 (mining discontinued in 1898)

• 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

• 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

  arable land, fish

• Norfolk Island

  fish

• North Macedonia

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

• 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

  arable 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

• Panama

  copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower

• Papua New Guinea

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

• Paracel Islands

  none

• 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; 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, fish, natural gas

• 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, bauxite, reserves of rare earth elements, 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

  few natural resources; beaches foster tourism

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  fish, lobster

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  arable land

• Saint Lucia

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

• Saint Martin

  salt

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  fish, deepwater ports

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  hydropower, arable land

• Samoa

  hardwood forests, fish, hydropower

• San Marino

  building stone

• Sao Tome and Principe

  fish, hydropower

• Saudi Arabia

  petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper

• Senegal

  fish, phosphates, iron ore

• Serbia

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

• Seychelles

  fish, coconuts (copra), cinnamon trees

• Sierra Leone

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

• Singapore

  fish, deepwater ports

• Sint Maarten

  fish, salt

• Slovakia

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

• Slovenia

  lignite, 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, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  fish

• South Sudan

  hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver

• Southern Ocean

  probable large 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, arable land

• 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

• 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, asbestos, arable land

• Tajikistan

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

• Tanzania

  hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones (including tanzanite, found only in Tanzania), gold, natural gas, nickel

• Thailand

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

• Timor-Leste

  gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble

• Togo

  phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land

• Tokelau

  Fisheries

• Tonga

  arable land, fish

• Trinidad and Tobago

  petroleum, natural gas, asphalt

• Tunisia

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

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  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, coconut (copra)

• Uganda

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

• 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, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, arable land;
  
  note 1: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total
  
  note 2: the US is reliant on foreign imports for 100% of its needs for the following strategic resources: Arsenic, Cesium, Fluorspar, Gallium, Graphite, Indium, Manganese, Niobium, Rare Earths, Rubidium, Scandium, Tantalum, Yttrium; see Appendix H: Strategic Materials for further details

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  terrestrial and aquatic wildlife

• Uruguay

  arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fish

• 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

  antimony, phosphates, coal, manganese, rare earth elements, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, timber, hydropower, arable land

• Virgin Islands

  pleasant climate, beaches foster tourism

• Wake Island

  none

• Wallis and Futuna

  NEGL

• West Bank

  arable land

• World

  the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality pose serious long-term problems

• 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