This is an accepted version of this page A resource-based or natural-resource-based economy is that of a country whose gross national product or gross domestic product to a large extent comes from natural resources.
[1] The economies of Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar are highly dependent on exporting oil and gas.
[2] Of Russian exports, more than 80% are oil, natural gas, metals and timber.
[3] Since Russia has a resource-based economy, it depends most of all on the fluctuations of oil and gas demand and prices.
[4] Norway's export of oil and gas forms 45% of total exports and more than 20% of the GDP.