Guatemala has no significant domestic production or development in any IT sector, (R&D, Software Development, or Hardware Manufacturing).

The following chart is provided to show how the economy is divided within Guatemala. I believe many of these numbers are presented to be much more favorable than the actual situation in Guatemala. For example they state a 13% unemployment rate yet only 15% of females are employed.

ECONOMY (1)

OVERVIEW: The economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for 25% of GDP, employs about 60% of the labor force, and supplies two-thirds of exports. Industry accounts for about 20% of GDP and 15% of the labor force. The economy has reentered a slow-growth phase, but is hampered by political uncertainty. In 1988 the economy grew by 3.7%, the third consecutive year of mild growth. Government economic reforms introduced since 1986 have stabilized exchange rates and have helped to stem inflationary pressures. The inflation rate has dropped from 36.9% in 1986 to 15% in 1989.

GDP: $10.8 billion, per capita $1,185; real growth rate 1.3% (1989 est.)

LABOR FORCE: 2,500,000; 57.0% agriculture, 14.0% manufacturing, 13.0% services, 7.0% commerce, 4.0% construction, 3.0% transport, 0.8% utilities, 0.4% mining (1985)

LABOR FORCE, FEMALES: 15.9% ages 15/64

ORGANIZED LABOR: 8% of labor force (1988 est.)

INFLATION RATE (CONSUMER PRICES): 15% (1989)

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 13%, with 30-40% underemployment (1988 est.)

BUDGET: revenues $771 million; expenditures $957 million, including capital expenditures of $188 million (1988)

EXPORTS: $1.02 billion (f.o.b., 1988); commodities -- coffee 38%, bananas 7%, sugar 7%, cardamom 4%; partners -- US 29%, El Salvador, FRG, Costa Rica, Italy

IMPORTS: $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988); commodities -- fuel and petroleum products, machinery, grain, fertilizers, motor vehicles; partners -- US 38%, Mexico, FRG, Japan, El Salvador

EXTERNAL DEBT: $3.0 billion (December 1989 est.)

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: growth rate 3.5% (1988 est.)

ELECTRICITY: 807,000 kW capacity; 2,540 million kWh produced, 280 kWh per capita (1989)

INDUSTRIES: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism

AGRICULTURE: accounts for 25% of GDP; most important sector of economy and contributes two-thirds to export earnings; principal crops -- sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; livestock -- cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens; food importer

ILLICIT DRUGS: illicit producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade; the government has engaged in aerial eradication of opium poppy; transit country for cocaine shipments

AID: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $869 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $7.7 billion

CURRENCY: quetzal (plural -- quetzales); 1 quetzal (Q) = 100 centavos

EXCHANGE RATES: free market quetzales (Q) per US$1 -- 5.181 (March 1991) 3.3913 (January 1990), 2.8261 (1989), 2.6196 (1988), 2.500 (1987), 1.875 (1986), 1.000 (1985); note -- black-market rate 2.800 (May 1989)

FISCAL YEAR: calendar year

MANUFACTURING:

Cigarettes: 2,400,000,000

Sawnwood: 83,000 cubic meters

Paper and Paperboard: 17,000 metric tons

Nitrogen Fertilizer: 10,000 metric tons

Phosphate Fertilizer: 10,000 metric tons

Cement: 790,000 metric tons

Lead: 100 metric tons

ENERGY:

Crude Petroleum: 413,000 metric tons coal equivalent

Motor Gasoline: 172,000 metric tons coal equivalent

Electricity: 216,000 metric tons coal equivalent

Energy Consumption: 197 KWh per capita

AGRICULTURE:

LAND IN AGRICULTURE: 29.7 percent

AGRICULTURAL POPULATION DENSITY: 261 persons per sq km

TOTAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS: 1,270,000

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS: 52.9 percent of work force

AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS: $127,389,000

AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: $882,070,000

FOOD AND ANIMALS IMPORTED: $80,773,000

FOOD AND ANIMALS EXPORTED: $763,432,000

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS:

Cereal: 1,423,000 metric tons

Wheat: 52,000 metric tons

Rice: 59,000 metric tons

Barley: 1,000 metric tons

Maize (Corn): 1,217,000 metric tons

Potatoes: 69,000 metric tons

Cassavas: 10,000 metric tons

Dry Beans: 86,000 metric tons

Soybeans: 29,000 metric tons

Groundnuts: 2,000 metric tons

Fruits: 769,000 metric tons

Vegetables: 317,000 metric tons

Sugar Cane: 7,000,000 metric tons

Bananas: 470,000 metric tons

Plantains: 55,000 metric tons

Coffee: 162,000 metric tons

Cocoa Beans: 2,000 metric tons

Tobacco: 7,000 metric tons

Cotton: 44,000 metric tons

ANIMALS:

Horses: 112,000

Mules: 38,000

Asses: 9,000

Cattle: 2,140,000

Pigs: 875,000

Sheep: 660,000

Goats: 76,000

Chickens: 15,000,000

ANIMAL PRODUCTS:

Total Meat: 128,000 metric tons

Beef: 57,000 metric tons

Mutton and Lamb: 3,000 metric tons

Pig Meat: 14,000 metric tons

Horse Meat: 2,000 metric tons

Poultry: 52,000 metric tons

DAIRY PRODUCTS:

Cow Milk: 366,000 metric tons

Cheese: 16,103 metric tons

Butter and Ghee: 5,000 metric tons

Dry Milk: 1,750 metric tons

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS:

Fish Catches: 2,100 metric tons

Eggs: 42,800 metric tons

Honey: 3,100 metric tons


AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT:

Agricultural Tractors: 4,140 in use

Harvester-Threshers: 2,950 in use