Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
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The other analysis that is crucial to the Economic Geography school of thought, which should be read in conjunction with the Geography section. A country with great agricultural land has natural advantages. If it can feed itself it will not need to buy that product from other countries, reducing import needs. Furthermore if it has an abundance of agricultural products, it can generate export revenues. Energy is almost as vital as food in the industrialised world, so countries with oil or gas reserves (and to an extent coal), such as the OPEC nations are assured foreign exchange revenues and influence (although since oil is paradoxically a curse, they are also assured troubled). Countries such as Canada, Australia and many African countries, blessed with iron ores and other metal deposits will have similar advantages. In the coming renewable energy age, countries with lots of sun, fast flowing rivers, regular wind and geothermal energy may also enjoy advantages.

Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use - Economic Statistics By Country
 Afghanistan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Akrotiri : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Albania : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Algeria : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 American Samoa : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Andorra : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Angola : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Anguilla : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Antarctica : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Antigua and Barbuda : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Argentina : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Armenia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Aruba : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ashmore and Cartier Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Australia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Austria : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Azerbaijan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bahamas : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bahrain : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bangladesh : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Barbados : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Belarus : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Belgium : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Belize : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Benin : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bermuda : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bhutan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bolivia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bosnia and Herzegovina : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Botswana : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bouvet Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Brazil : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 British Indian Ocean Territory : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 British Virgin Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Brunei Darussalam : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Bulgaria : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Burkina Faso : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Burundi : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cambodia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cameroon : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Canada : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cape Verde : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cayman Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Central African Republic : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Chad : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Chile : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 China : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Christmas Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Clipperton Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cocos Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Colombia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Comoros : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Congo : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Congo, Republic of : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cook Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Coral Sea Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Costa Rica : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Croatia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cuba : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Curacao : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Cyprus : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Czech Republic : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Denmark : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Dhekelia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Djibouti : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Dominica : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Dominican Republic : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ecuador : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Egypt : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 El Salvador : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Equatorial Guinea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Eritrea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Estonia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ethiopia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Falkland Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Faroe Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Fiji : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Finland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 France : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 French Polynesia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Gabon : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Gambia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Gaza Strip : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Georgia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Germany : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ghana : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Gibraltar : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Greece : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Greenland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Grenada : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guam : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guatemala : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guernsey : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guinea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guinea Bissau : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Guyana : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Haiti : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Heard Island and McDonald Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Honduras : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Hong Kong : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Hungary : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Iceland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 India : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Indonesia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Iran : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Iraq : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ireland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Isle of Man : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Israel : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Italy : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ivory Coast : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Jamaica : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Jan Mayen : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Japan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Jersey : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Jordan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kazakhstan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kenya : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kiribati : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Korea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kosovo : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kuwait : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Kyrgyzstan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Laos : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Latvia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Lebanon : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Lesotho : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Liberia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Libya : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Liechtenstein : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Lithuania : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Luxembourg : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Macau : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Macedonia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Madagascar : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Malawi : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Malaysia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Maldives : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mali : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Malta : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Marshall Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mauritania : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mauritius : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mexico : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Micronesia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Moldova : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Monaco : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mongolia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Montenegro : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Montserrat : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Morocco : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Mozambique : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Myanmar : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Namibia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Nauru : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Navassa Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Nepal : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Netherlands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 New Caledonia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 New Zealand : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Nicaragua : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Niger : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Nigeria : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Niue : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Norfolk Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 North Korea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Northern Mariana Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Norway : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Oman : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Pakistan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Palau : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Panama : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Papua New Guinea : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Paracel Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Paraguay : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Peru : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Philippines : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Pitcairn Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Poland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Portugal : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Puerto Rico : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Qatar : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Romania : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Russia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Rwanda : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Barthelemy : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Helena : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Kitts and Nevis : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Lucia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Martin : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Samoa : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 San Marino : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sao Tome and Principe : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Saudi Arabia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Senegal : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Serbia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Seychelles : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sierra Leone : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Singapore : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sint Maarten : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Slovakia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Slovenia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Solomon Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Somalia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 South Africa : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Spain : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Spratly Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sri Lanka : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sudan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Suriname : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Swaziland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Sweden : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Switzerland : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Syria : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Taiwan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tajikistan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tanzania : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Thailand : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Timor Leste (East Timor) : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Togo : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tokelau : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tonga : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Trinidad and Tobago : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tunisia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Turkey : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Turkmenistan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Turks and Caicos Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Tuvalu : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Uganda : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Ukraine : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 United Arab Emirates : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 United Kingdom : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 United States : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Uruguay : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 US Virgin Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Uzbekistan : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Vanuatu : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Vatican City : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Venezuela : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Vietnam : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Wake Island : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Wallis and Futuna Islands : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 West Bank : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Western Sahara : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Yemen : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Zambia : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use
 Zimbabwe : Natural Resources, Agricultural Products, Land Use and Water Use