According to the cited documentsMunicipalities
Alta Verapaz share of GDP
3.7%
2024Banguat PIBR 2024Cobán is the northern hub: coffee and cardamom (Alta Verapaz is the country's leading producer) as its export mainstays, plus regional trade and tourism; no industrial park is documented. The key contrast for site selection: the department contributes 3.7% of national GDP but its GDP per capita is among the five lowest - an abundant, cheap labor market with weak logistics infrastructure (no railway, far from the ports).
