The development of certain industries in different countries is related to many factors, including natural resources, available work force, level of education and more. Natural resources play a very important role in the development of certain industries. Some countries rely a lot on the oil, natural gas, coal, mineral and forest industries. Agriculture, services, manufacturing, food, chemicals – these are only a few of the industries that can play a very important role in a country’s well-being.
The tourism/travel industry can also be a big player. It is also related to the hotel, hospitality and transport industries, and in some countries it is a driving force of the economy. Some countries that benefit a lot from tourism are France, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Thailand. You’ve definitely thought about visiting them yourself, right? Book a flight now!
Country | Industries |
Afghanistan | small-scale production of bricks, textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food products, non-alcoholic beverages, mineral water, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper |
Albania | food; footwear, apparel and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower |
Algeria | petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing |
American Samoa | tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts |
Andorra | tourism (particularly skiing), banking, timber, furniture |
Angola | petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing, brewing, tobacco products, sugar; textiles; ship repair |
Anguilla | tourism, boat building, offshore financial services |
Antigua and Barbuda | tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances) |
Argentina | food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel |
Armenia | brandy, mining, diamond processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging and pressing machines, electric motors, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry, software, food processing |
Aruba | tourism, petroleum transshipment facilities, banking |
Australia | mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel |
Austria | construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and paper, electronics, tourism |
Azerbaijan | petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles |
Bahrain | petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism |
Bangladesh | jute, cotton, garments, paper, leather, fertilizer, iron and steel, cement, petroleum products, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, ceramics, tea, salt, sugar, edible oils, soap and detergent, fabricated metal products, electricity, natural gas |
Barbados | tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export |
Belarus | metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, synthetic fibers, fertilizer, textiles, refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances |
Belgium | engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, base metals, textiles, glass, petroleum |
Belize | garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil |
Benin | textiles, food processing, construction materials, cement |
Bermuda | international business, tourism, light manufacturing |
Bhutan | cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide, tourism |
Bolivia | mining, smelting, electricity, petroleum, food and beverages, handicrafts, clothing, jewelry |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, ammunition, domestic appliances, oil refining |
Botswana | diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver; beef processing; textiles |
Brazil | textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment |
British Virgin Islands | tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore banking center |
Brunei | petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction, agriculture, aquaculture, transportation |
Bulgaria | electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery and equipment, automotive parts, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel; outsourcing centers |
Burkina Faso | cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold |
Burma | agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; oil and natural gas; garments; jade and gems |
Burundi | light consumer goods (sugar, shoes, soap, beer); cement, assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing (fruits) |
Cabo Verde | food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair |
Cambodia | tourism, garments, construction, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles |
Cameroon | petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair |
Canada | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum, natural gas |
Cayman Islands | tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture |
Central African Republic | gold and diamond mining, logging, brewing, sugar refining |
Chad | oil, cotton textiles, brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials |
Chile | copper, lithium, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles |
China | world leader in gross value of industrial output; mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizer; consumer products (including footwear, toys, and electronics); food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, railcars and locomotives, ships, aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites |
Christmas Island | tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion) |
Cocos Islands | copra products, tourism |
Colombia | textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds |
Comoros | fishing, tourism, perfume distillation |
Congo Republic | petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes |
Cook Islands | fishing, fruit processing, tourism, clothing, handicrafts |
Costa Rica | medical equipment, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products |
Cote d’Ivoire | foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, gold mining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity |
Croatia | chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism |
Cuba | petroleum, nickel, cobalt, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, construction, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, sugar |
Curacao | tourism, petroleum refining, petroleum transshipment, light manufacturing, financial and business services |
Cyprus | tourism, food and beverage processing, cement and gypsum, ship repair and refurbishment, textiles, light chemicals, metal products, wood, paper, stone and clay products |
Czechia | motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery and equipment, glass, armaments |
Denmark | wind turbines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, shipbuilding and refurbishment, iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products |
Djibouti | construction, agricultural processing, shipping |
Dominica | soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes |
Democratic Republic of Congo | mining (copper, cobalt, gold, diamonds, coltan, zinc, tin, tungsten), mineral processing, consumer products (textiles, plastics, footwear, cigarettes), metal products, processed foods and beverages, timber, cement, commercial ship repair |
Ecuador | petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals |
Egypt | textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures |
El Salvador | food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals |
Equatorial Guinea | petroleum, natural gas, sawmilling |
Eritrea | food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light manufacturing, salt, cement |
Estonia | food, engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textiles; information technology, telecommunications |
Eswatini | soft drink concentrates, coal, forestry, sugar processing, textiles, and apparel |
Ethiopia | food processing, beverages, textiles, leather, garments, chemicals, metals processing, cement |
Falkland Islands | fish and wool processing; tourism |
Faroe Islands | fishing, fish processing, tourism, small ship repair and refurbishment, handicrafts |
Fiji | tourism, sugar processing, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber |
Finland | metals and metal products, electronics, machinery and scientific instruments, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing |
France | machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism |
French Polynesia | tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates |
Gabon | petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, gold; chemicals, ship repair, food and beverages, textiles, lumbering and plywood, cement |
Gambia | peanuts, fish, hides, tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing |
Gaza Strip | textiles, food processing, furniture |
Georgia | steel, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese, copper, gold), chemicals, wood products, wine |
Germany | among the world’s largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, automobiles, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles |
Ghana | mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing, cement, small commercial ship building, petroleum |
Gibraltar | tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco |
Greece | tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum |
Greenland | fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); anorthosite and ruby mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards |
Grenada | food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction, education, call-center operations |
Guam | national defense, tourism, construction, transshipment services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles |
Guatemala | sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism |
Guernsey | tourism, banking |
Guinea | bauxite, gold, diamonds, iron ore; light manufacturing, agricultural processing |
Guinea-Bissau | agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks |
Guyana | bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining |
Haiti | textiles, sugar refining, flour milling, cement, light assembly using imported parts |
Vatican City | printing; production of coins, medals, postage stamps; mosaics, staff uniforms; worldwide banking and financial activities |
Honduras | sugar processing, coffee, woven and knit apparel, wood products, cigars |
Hong Kong | trading and logistics, financial services, professional services, tourism, cultural and creative, clothing and textiles, shipping, electronics, toys, clocks and watches |
Hungary | mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles |
Iceland | tourism, fish processing; aluminum smelting;; geothermal power, hydropower; medical/pharmaceutical products |
India | textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals |
Indonesia | petroleum and natural gas, textiles, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, and tourism |
Iran | petroleum, petrochemicals, gas, fertilizer, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and nonferrous metal fabrication, armaments |
Iraq | petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing |
Ireland | pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing; medical devices |
Isle of Man | financial services, light manufacturing, tourism |
Israel | high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, pharmaceuticals, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, cut diamonds, textiles, footwear |
Italy | tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics |
Jamaica | agriculture, mining, manufacture, construction, financial and insurance services, tourism, telecommunications |
Japan | among world’s largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods |
Jersey | tourism, banking and finance, dairy, electronics |
Jordan | tourism, information technology, clothing, fertilizer, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing |
Kazakhstan | oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, uranium, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials |
Kenya | small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, commercial ship repair, tourism, information technology |
Kiribati | fishing, handicrafts |
Kosovo | mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather, machinery, appliances, foodstuffs and beverages, textiles |
Kuwait | petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials |
Kyrgyzstan | small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, lumber, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals |
Laos | mining (copper, tin, gold, gypsum); timber, electric power, agricultural processing, rubber, construction, garments, cement, tourism |
Latvia | processed foods, processed wood products, textiles, processed metals, pharmaceuticals, railroad cars, synthetic fibers, electronics |
Lebanon | banking, tourism, real estate and construction, food processing, wine, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating |
Lesotho | food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts, construction, tourism |
Liberia | mining (iron ore and gold), rubber processing, palm oil processing, diamonds |
Libya | petroleum, petrochemicals, aluminum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement |
Liechtenstein | electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism, optical instruments |
Lithuania | metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, televisions, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture, textiles, food processing, fertilizer, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, lasers, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry, information technology, video game development, app/software development, biotechnology |
Luxembourg | banking and financial services, construction, real estate services, iron, metals, and steel, information technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation and logistics, chemicals, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism, biotechnology |
Macau | tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys |
Madagascar | meat processing, seafood, soap, beer, leather, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism, mining |
Malawi | tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods |
Malaysia | Peninsular Malaysia – rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, petroleum and natural gas, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, electronics and semiconductors, timber processing;Sabah – logging, petroleum and natural gas production;Sarawak – agriculture processing, petroleum and natural gas production, logging |
Maldives | tourism, fish processing, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand mining |
Mali | food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining |
Malta | tourism, electronics, ship building and repair, construction, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, footwear, clothing, tobacco, aviation services, financial services, information technology services |
Marshall Islands | copra, tuna processing, tourism, craft items (from seashells, wood, and pearls) |
Mauritania | fish processing, oil production, mining (iron ore, gold, copper) |
Mauritius | food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism |
Mexico | food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism |
Micronesia | tourism, construction; specialized aquaculture, craft items (shell and wood) |
Moldova | sugar processing, vegetable oil, food processing, agricultural machinery; foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles |
Monaco | banking, insurance, tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer products |
Mongolia | construction and construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, tin, tungsten, gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber manufacturing |
Montenegro | steelmaking, aluminum, agricultural processing, consumer goods, tourism |
Montserrat | tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances |
Morocco | automotive parts, phosphate mining and processing, aerospace, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, energy, tourism |
Mozambique | aluminum, petroleum products, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco, food, beverages |
Namibia | meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products, pasta, beverages; mining (diamonds, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper) |
Nauru | phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products |
Nepal | tourism, carpets, textiles; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production |
Netherlands | agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, fishing |
New Caledonia | nickel mining and smelting |
New Zealand | agriculture, forestry, fishing, logs and wood articles, manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, real estate services, tourism |
Nicaragua | food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, knit and woven apparel, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood, electric wire harness manufacturing, mining |
Niger | uranium mining, petroleum, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses |
Nigeria | crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; rubber products, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel |
Niue | handicrafts, food processing |
Norfolk Island | tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete |
North Korea | military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism |
North Macedonia | food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals, automotive parts |
Northern Mariana Islands | tourism, banking, construction, fishing, handicrafts, other services |
Norway | petroleum and gas, shipping, fishing, aquaculture, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles |
Oman | crude oil production and refining, natural and liquefied natural gas production; construction, cement, copper, steel, chemicals, optic fiber |
Pakistan | textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, surgical instruments, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp |
Palau | tourism, fishing, subsistence agriculture |
Panama | construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling |
Papua New Guinea | copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining (gold, silver, copper); crude oil and petroleum products; construction, tourism, livestock (pork, poultry, cattle), dairy products, spice products (turmeric, vanilla, ginger, cardamom, chili, pepper, citronella, and nutmeg), fisheries products |
Paraguay | sugar processing, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, base metals, electric power |
Peru | mining and refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas and natural gas liquefaction; fishing and fish processing, cement, glass, textiles, clothing, food processing, beer, soft drinks, rubber, machinery, electrical machinery, chemicals, furniture |
Philippines | semiconductors and electronics assembly, business process outsourcing, food and beverage manufacturing, construction, electric/gas/water supply, chemical products, radio/television/communications equipment and apparatus, petroleum and fuel, textile and garments, non-metallic minerals, basic metal industries, transport equipment |
Pitcairn Islands | postage stamps, handicrafts, beekeeping, honey |
Poland | machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles |
Portugal | textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper and pulp, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, automobiles and auto parts, base metals, minerals, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications; dairy products, wine, other foodstuffs; ship construction and refurbishment; tourism, plastics, financial services, optics |
Puerto Rico | pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, tourism |
Qatar | liquefied natural gas, crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizer, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair |
Romania | electric machinery and equipment, auto assembly, textiles and footwear, light machinery, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining, mining, timber, construction materials |
Russia | complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; defense industries (including radar, missile production, advanced electronic components), shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts |
Rwanda | cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes |
Saint Barthelemy | n/a |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing, collectible postage stamps |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages |
Saint Lucia | tourism; clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, lime processing, coconut processing |
Saint Martin | tourism, light industry and manufacturing, heavy industry |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | tourism; food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch |
Samoa | food processing, building materials, auto parts |
San Marino | tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine |
Sao Tome and Principe | light construction, textiles, soap, beer, fish processing, timber |
Saudi Arabia | crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, ammonia, industrial gases, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), cement, fertilizer, plastics, metals, commercial ship repair, commercial aircraft repair, construction |
Senegal | agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair |
Serbia | automobiles, base metals, furniture, food processing, machinery, chemicals, sugar, tires, clothes, pharmaceuticals |
Seychelles | fishing, tourism, beverages |
Sierra Leone | diamond mining; iron ore, rutile and bauxite mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, footwear) |
Singapore | electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunication equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, entrepot trade |
Sint Maarten | tourism, light industry |
Slovakia | automobiles; metal and metal products; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals, synthetic fibers, wood and paper products; machinery; earthenware and ceramics; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products; food and beverages; pharmaceutical |
Slovenia | ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools |
Solomon Islands | fish (tuna), mining, timber |
Somalia | light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, wireless communication |
South Africa | mining (world’s largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair |
South Korea | electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel |
South Sudan | n/a |
Spain | textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment |
Sri Lanka | processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; tourism, shipping; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, information technology services, construction |
Sudan | oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly, milling |
Suriname | gold mining, oil, lumber, food processing, fishing |
Svalbard | n/a |
Sweden | iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles |
Switzerland | machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals |
Syria | petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, automobile assembly |
Taiwan | electronics, communications and information technology products, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals |
Tajikistan | aluminum, cement, coal, gold, silver, antimony, textile, vegetable oil |
Tanzania | agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); mining (diamonds, gold, and iron), salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer |
Thailand | tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts, agricultural machinery, air conditioning and refrigeration, ceramics, aluminum, chemical, environmental management, glass, granite and marble, leather, machinery and metal work, petrochemical, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, printing, pulp and paper, rubber, sugar, rice, fishing, cassava, world’s second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer |
Bahamas | tourism, banking, oil bunkering, maritime industries, transshipment and logistics, salt, aragonite, pharmaceuticals |
Dominican Republic | tourism, sugar processing, gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco, electrical components, medical devices |
Timor-Leste | printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth |
Togo | phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages |
Tonga | tourism, construction, fishing |
Trinidad and Tobago | petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, food processing, cement, cotton textiles |
Tunisia | petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate, iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages |
Turkey | textiles, food processing, automobiles, electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper |
Turkmenistan | natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing |
Turks and Caicos Islands | tourism, offshore financial services |
Tuvalu | fishing |
Uganda | sugar processing, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production |
Ukraine | coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing |
United Arab Emirates | petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizer, commercial ship repair, construction materials, handicrafts, textiles |
United Kingdom | machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods |
United States | highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second-largest industrial output in the world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
Uruguay | food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages |
Uzbekistan | textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, mining, hydrocarbon extraction, chemicals |
Vanuatu | food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning |
Venezuela | agricultural products, livestock, raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, iron and steel products, crude oil and petroleum products |
Vietnam | food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, mobile phones |
Virgin Islands | tourism, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, electronics |
Wallis and Futuna | copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber |
West Bank | small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs |
Western Sahara | phosphate mining, handicrafts |
Yemen | crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles, leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; aluminum products; cement; commercial ship repair; natural gas production |
Zambia | copper mining and processing, emerald mining, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture |
Zimbabwe | mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages |
There are so many industries and humans are continuously discovering new things and pushing to evolve more and more, who knows how long it will take until the new main industry in some countries becomes the space travel industry? Maybe then we will talk about the Mars tourism industry!