Agriculture
Total Area: 108,889 sq km
Land Area: 107,159 sq km
Water Area: 1,730 sq km
Climate description: tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
Terrain description: mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
Arable Land Use: 13.78%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.68%
Irrigated Land: 3,121 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 111.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 3.46 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 259.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
Total Labor Force: 4.465 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 38%
Agricultural Products description: sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
Land Area: 107,159 sq km
Water Area: 1,730 sq km
Climate description: tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
Terrain description: mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
Arable Land Use: 13.78%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 8.68%
Irrigated Land: 3,121 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 111.3 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 3.46 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 259.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
Total Labor Force: 4.465 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 38%
Agricultural Products description: sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens