Resources and Land Use
Natural resources: oil and natural gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Land use:
arable land: 20.44%
permanent crops: 0.59%
other: 78.97% (2005)
'Total renewable water resources: 476.1 km3 (114.22 cu mi) (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 4.08 km3 or 0.979 cu mi/yr (1%/0%/98%)
per capita: 290 km3 or 69.6 cu mi/yr (2000)
Irrigated land: 2700 km² (2003)
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