Seventy nine per cent of Rio Tinto's contributions are in Australia/NZ, Canada, Europe and the US. The remaining 21 per cent are in emerging economies such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guinea, Indonesia, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Total contributions to the economy by geographic region (US$ millions)
	Payments to suppliers	Value added	Total contribution
Rio Tinto	5,469	6,286	11,755
Region
Australia/NZ	2,410 (44%)	2,830 (45%)	5,239 (45%)
North America	1,623 (30%)	1,868 (28%)	3,491 (30%)
Asia	330 (6%)	737 (12%)	1,067 (9%)
South America	297 (6%)	367 (6%)	664 (6%)
Africa	403 (7%)	251 (4%)	654 (6%)
Europe	407 (7%)	234 (4%)	640 (5%)