📊 TOP COUNTRIES BY NATURAL RESOURCE WEALTH 🌍💎🛢️

Here’s a concise snapshot of the world’s most resource‑rich nations based on estimated total natural resource value (trillions USD):

1. 🇷🇺 Russia — ~$75T (coal, natural gas, oil, timber, rare earths)

2. 🇺🇸 United States — ~$45T (coal, timber, natural gas, gold, copper)

3. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — ~$34.4T (oil, natural gas)

4. 🇨🇦 Canada — ~$33.2T (oil sands, uranium, timber, gas)

5. 🇮🇷 Iran — ~$27.3T (oil, natural gas)

6. 🇨🇳 China — ~$23T (coal, rare earth metals, timber)

7. 🇧🇷 Brazil — ~$21.8T (iron ore, gold, timber, oil)

8. 🇦🇺 Australia — ~$20T (coal, copper, iron ore, gold, uranium)

9. 🇮🇶 Iraq — ~$15.9T (oil, phosphates)

10. 🇻🇪 Venezuela — ~$14.3T (oil, iron, natural gas)

📌 These figures combine energy resources (oil, gas, coal) with minerals, metals, and timber, illustrating which countries hold the greatest underground and land‑based wealth.

🔥 Why it matters: Natural resource endowment plays a key role in economic leverage, energy security, and long‑term strategic positioning on the global stage.

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