| Country | Natural resources |
| Afghanistan | natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones |
| Akrotiri | void |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
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