Fish catch per year: 44,041 tonnes

Oil production and reserves: 20,752 b/d (reserves 197m barrels)

Estimated livestock resources: 2.54m cattle, 778,000 pigs, 26m chickens

Main mineral resources: Oil, antimony, lead, tungsten, nickel, copper

Agriculture provides over 20% of GDP and over 50% of export earnings. Guatemala is the world's largest producer of cardamom. The civil war hindered the exploitation of oil reserves and hydroelectric potential.

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