| Country | Natural resources |
| 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 | 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 |
| Marshall Islands | coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals |
| Mauritania | iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish |
| Mauritius | arable land, fish |
| Mayotte | NEGL |
| Mexico | petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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