Fish catch per year: 6676 tonnes

Oil production and reserves: 1.87m b/d (reserves 96.5bn barrels)

Estimated livestock resources: 800,000 sheep, 130,000 goats, 32.5m chickens

Main mineral resources: Oil, natural gas, salt

The oil industry is Kuwait's most profitable sector, accounting for around 90% of export earnings. Though badly hit by the 1991 Gulf War, when a number of wells were deliberately fired, it was quickly rehabilitated. Kuwait also possesses valuable reserves of natural gas. Other resources are dates, fish, ammonia, and chemicals.

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