Fish catch per year: 55,654 tonnes

Oil production and reserves: 8.68m b/d (reserves 262bn barrels)

Estimated livestock resources: 8m sheep, 4.65m goats, 130m chickens

Main mineral resources: Oil, natural gas, limestone, gypsum, marble, clay, salt

ELECTRICITY GENERATION

With the world's biggest oil reserves and sizable gas deposits, Saudi Arabia plays a key role in the global economy. Attempts to diversify have not altered heavy dependency on the oil markets.

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