Fish catch per year: 225,896 tonnes

Oil production and reserves: Not an oil producer; refines 41,600 b/d

Estimated livestock resources: 1.53m cattle, 280,000 pigs, 14.1m chickens

Main mineral resources: Copper, coal, gold, silver, manganese, salt, clay

The Petaquilla area, west of the Canal, has great copper and gold potential. To reduce the country's dependence on oil imports, the government has stepped up hydroelectric production; four state energy plants were privatized in 1999. Tropical hardwoods are being cut down at an alarming rate.

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