<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Guatemala<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> The economy is based on family and corporate agriculture, which accounts for 26% of GDP, employs about 60% of the labor force, and supplies two-thirds of exports. Manufacturing, predominantly in private hands, accounts for about 18% of GDP and 12% of the labor force. In both 1990 and 1991, the economy grew by 3%, the fourth and fifth consecutive years of mild growth. In 1992 growth picked up to almost 5% as government policies favoring competition and foreign trade and investment took stronger hold. In 1993, despite political unrest, this momentum continued, foreign investment held up, and growth was estimated at 4%.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—purchasing power equivalent—$31.3 billion (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> 4% (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $3,000 (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> accounts for 26% of GDP; most important sector of economy; contributes two-thirds of export earnings; principal crops—sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; livestock—cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; food importer
<item><hi format=bold>Illicit drugs:</hi> transit country for cocaine shipments; illicit producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade; the government has an active eradication program for cannabis and opium poppy
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $1.1 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $7.92 billion