15 Richest Countries in the World by Natural Resources

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2. The USA

Metal & ore reserves: $613 billion
Natural gas reserves: $3.1 trillion
Timber reserves: $10.9 trillion

Total worth of natural resources: $45.613 trillion

The world’s largest economy has been, in large part, built on vast resources found in the New World. Despite being barely in top ten countries based on oil reserves, United States has been in top three oil producers in the world for decades, which testifies to how developed its oil fields are.

Richest Countries in the World by Natural Resources

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