Everybody understand that the U.S. and England are wealthy countries, but why countries such as Canada or?

Question

What's the reason to consider 1st world countries to countries such as Canada, Australia or New Zeland. Those countries don't have important industries such as electronics or automovile industries. They don't have petroleum or some really importan source of wealth such as an important production of gold or silver.
Shouldn't those countries be consider 3rd world countries?

yes canada has automovile plants such as general motors, ford, etc, etc. but those plants are foreigner sometimes americans, japaneses, etc, etc. why the first mentioned countries don't have their OWN industries.

Answer 1

It's evident that you are amazingly ignorant about Canada and Australia New Zealand. They do have important industries, and Canada has FAR more petroleum than the US does. In addition they have very high educational standards, technology standards, infrastructures, and sophisticated healthcare, public health and environmental standards.

Yogi suggested that you check the CIA World Factbook. but I think you need to read a few books about the difference between the 1st world and 3rd world. Maybe take a course in Environmental Science, Economics or Economic Geography.

Answer 2

Those countries aren't impoverished. And they have enough there to do things for themselves. Many of the 3rd world countries don't have the resources or knowledge of how to better use their resources. That's why so many of them are starving and can't drink clean water. They don't have clean water to drink!