$NA
GDP - real growth rate:
4.6% (2004 est.) country comparison to the world: 94
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$69,900 (2004 est.) country comparison to the world: 4
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 10%
services: 89% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
38,360 (2004) country comparison to the world: 193
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate:
2.1% (2004 est.) country comparison to the world: 20
Population below poverty line:
19% (2000)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Budget:
revenues: $738 million
expenditures: $665 million (FY04/05)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (November 2005) country comparison to the world: 32
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 92 $2.731 billion (31 December 2007)
$2.704 billion (31 December 2006)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey
Industries:
international business, tourism, light manufacturing
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
675.6 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 154
Electricity - consumption:
628.3 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 155
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Oil - consumption:
5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 164
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 139
Oil - imports:
4,500 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 160
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 55
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Exports:
$763 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 157
Exports - commodities:
reexports of pharmaceuticals
Exports - partners:
Brazil 24.7%, US 16.2%, Germany 12.2%, South Africa 8.9% (2008)
Imports:
$1.162 billion (2006) country comparison to the world: 169
Imports - commodities:
clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals
Imports - partners:
Italy 26.3%, US 18%, South Korea 17.3%, UK 8.3%, Singapore 5.3%,
France 5.1%, Norway 4.4% (2008)
Debt - external:
$160 million (FY99/00) country comparison to the world: 184
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$15.01 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: