Fish catch per year: 10,821 tonnes

Oil production and reserves: Not an oil producer

Estimated livestock resources: 200,000 pigs, 112,000 goats, 480,000 chickens

Main mineral resources: Salt, limestone, pozzolana

Cape Verde has no known strategic resources. With no oil or gas and no possibility of hydroelectric power, it depends on imported petroleum for energy. There is a permanent shortfall in food production due to poverty of soil and lack of rain. Cereal production meets just one-quarter of requirements.

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004