AGRICULTURE
Total Area: 75,420 sq km
Land Area: 74,340 sq km
Water Area: 1,080 sq km
Climate description: tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
Terrain description: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
Arable Land Use: 7.16%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 2.51%
Irrigated Land: 346.2 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 148 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.91 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 296.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
Environmental Current Issues: water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
Total Labor Force: 1.517 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 17%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
Total Area: 75,420 sq km
Land Area: 74,340 sq km
Water Area: 1,080 sq km
Climate description: tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
Terrain description: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
Arable Land Use: 7.16%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 2.51%
Irrigated Land: 346.2 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 148 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.91 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 296.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
Environmental Current Issues: water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
Total Labor Force: 1.517 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 17%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp