Does Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, or the United States have the most natural resources?

Does Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, or the United States have the most natural resources? Also, which country (out of those 6) has the best natural resources, and makes the most money off of them? Geography - 2 Answers Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions : 1 : Saudi Arabia has the most natural resources in terms of Fossil Fuels. Saudi Arabia has the most oil reserves at 230 billion barrels. Iraq has 143 billion barrels of oil reserves. The United States only has 21 billion barrels of oil reserves but has a lot of coal. Syria has less tha 2.5 billion barrels of oils reserves which will last less than 10 years. Israel has very little oil reserves & Turkey has only 300 million barrels of oil reserves. The USA has the most coal reserves at 246.643 million tonnes. Iraq & Sryia & Israel have very little coal and Turkey has 278 million tonnes of coal reserves. Overall & including all other natural resources, the United States has the most natural resources of the countries mentioned above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves 2 : The best definition of 'Natural Resources' would be from Princeton University which states 'raw materials supplied by the earth and its processes.' By country, Iraq has a vast volume of oil and natural gas providing 95% of its exported earnings. But that is about all. Most fresh water comes from desalination plants and very limited aquifers. Turkey, although mainly untouched, has a wealth of minerals. They include coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite and pumice. Turkey is without need of fresh water as their aquifers are plentiful and well managed. Israel's recourses are timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide and petroleum. Small amounts of all their resources have so far been used. Water is natural but due to Israels small population, their supply will last. Not much here. Saudi Arabia has petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper and petroleum. Water is from aquifers but mostly from desalination plants. The United States is the most diversified and abundant of natural resources but unfortunately those supplies are dwindling and being used at an astronomical rate. The US is using up their water supply and eventually will be importing it from Canada. Their oil supplies are being used up three times faster than production and supply and has to import from the Middle East and Canada the rest. The United States now is importing more of what was called domestic products than ever in it's history. The United States has the best of natural resources of the 6 but of a dramatic and rapidly dwindling supplies. Saudi Arabia makes the most money from the resource of its oil revenues than any of the countries you have mentioned. Iraq, conversely, is forced to spend a major portion of its oil revenues to the United States and Britain among other countries for the reparations of the 2003 Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom. I hope this helps you. Regards, Warren Established unquestioned concepts are the real rea... Need good prices for yardsale clothing? make me an outfit???? I have been paying on a debt to American Express (...