Category: Economy
Czech Republic Natural Resources: Coal, Uranium and Saaz Hops
The Czech Republic’s natural resources include coal, with reserves of 4,012 million tonnes, and minerals such as uranium, lead and zinc. Forests cover 34.76% of the territory, 383 bird species have been recorded, and the country has 13.15 km³ of renewable freshwater resources. What are the Czech Republic’s main natural resources? The Czech Republic, in…
Nepal Natural Resources: Hydropower, Forests and Medicinal Plants
Nepal’s natural resources revolve around the water and biodiversity of the Himalayas, with 210.5 km³ of renewable freshwater resources and electricity generation of about 11,125 GWh in 2024, almost all of it hydroelectric. What are Nepal’s most notable natural resources? The country is home to 870 bird species, 196 mammal species such as the Bengal…
Chad Natural Resources: Oil, Livestock and Natron
Chad’s natural resources include oil, with production of 144,000 barrels a day in 2024, as well as gold, uranium, titanium and bauxite. What are Chad’s most important natural resources? The country has 41.7 km³ of renewable freshwater resources, rivers such as the Chari and the Logone, and forests covering 3.43% of its territory. Chad, a…
Finland Natural Resources: Boreal Forests, Chromium and Platinum
Finland’s natural resources are concentrated in its forests, which cover 73.72% of the territory, and in minerals such as iron, copper and nickel. Timber tops the list, and the country ranks fourth in the world in the 2024 Environmental Performance Index, with 73.8 points. Which of Finland’s natural resources are the most valuable? Finland is…
Bangladesh Natural Resources: Natural Gas, Jute and Mangroves
Bangladesh’s natural resources rest on forests, rivers and fertile land that place it among the world’s major rice producers. The country produced about 18 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2025, is home to Bengal tigers and Asian elephants, and has 1,227 km³ of renewable freshwater resources. What is Bangladesh’s real natural wealth? Bangladesh…
Fiji Natural Resources: Forests, Sugarcane and Vatukoula Gold
Fiji’s natural resources include water, forests and remarkable marine biodiversity. What are Fiji’s most important natural resources? The archipelago has 28.55 km³ of renewable freshwater resources, forest cover of 63.5% and 1,357 fish species, as well as the Monasavu hydroelectric scheme, the largest in the country. Fiji, an archipelago of more than 300 islands in…
Malaysia Natural Resources: Palm Oil, Natural Gas and Rainforests
Malaysia’s natural resources include oil, natural gas, tin and bauxite, along with forests that cover more than half the country. It produces about 555,000 barrels of oil a day and ranks 11th in the world for natural gas, with about 80.2 billion cubic meters produced in 2025. What is Malaysia’s natural wealth? Malaysia is a…
Denmark Natural Resources: Wind Power, North Sea Oil and Farmland
Denmark’s natural resources combine North Sea oil, at about 62,800 barrels a day in 2024 (34th in the world), with fertile land and renewable energy. The country generated 32.5 TWh of renewable electricity in 2025, has forests on 15.78% of its territory and receives an average of 703 mm of rainfall a year. What are…
Afghanistan Natural Resources: Lapis Lazuli, Copper and Lithium
Afghanistan’s natural resources include minerals, hydrocarbons, water and biodiversity. What natural wealth does the country have? Highlights include part of the roughly 1,900 million barrels of undiscovered recoverable oil that the USGS estimates for the Amu Darya and Afghan-Tajik basins, coal reserves of 72.75 million short tons and 5,000 vascular plant species recorded in 2020.…
Angola Natural Resources: Oil, Diamonds and Natural Gas
Angola’s natural resources include oil, natural gas, diamonds, iron, copper and gold, along with vast forests and freshwater. What are Angola’s most important natural resources? The country has 148 km³ of renewable freshwater resources and forest covering 53.43% of its land (666,073 km², 10th in the world), as well as 11.0 TWh of hydroelectric generation…
