ld, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten,
zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber

Uruguay
arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries

Uzbekistan
natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver,
copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Vanuatu
manganese, hardwood forests, fish

Venezuela
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other
minerals, hydropower, diamonds

Vietnam
phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil
and gas deposits, forests, hydropower

Virgin Islands
sun, sand, sea, surf

Wake Island
none

Wallis and Futuna
NEGL

West Bank
arable land

Western Sahara
phosphates, iron ore

World
the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the
depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and
plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality
(especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose
serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only
beginning to address

Yemen
petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal,
gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west

Zambia
copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver,
uranium, hydropower

Zimbabwe
coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron
ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@2112 Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)

Afghanistan
21.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Albania
-4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Algeria
-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

American Samoa
-20.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Andorra
6.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Angola
0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Anguilla
8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
-6.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Argentina
0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Armenia
-6.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Aruba
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Australia
3.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Austria
1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan
-4.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The
-2.18 m