15 Richest Countries in the World by Natural Resources

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4. Canada

Metal & ore reserves: $1,000 billion
Oil reserves: $21 trillion
Timber reserves: $11.3 trillion

Total worth of natural resources: $34.2 trillion

Canada’s oil industry has been experiencing a steady boom since Alberta’s oil fields have been tapped. With the ice receding, it is only a matter of time before northern oil fields, previously trapped under it, will be tapped as well.

Richest Countries in the World by Natural Resources

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