Unemployment rate: 24.1% (1993 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $133 million
expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1992 est.)
Industries: construction, shrimp processing, forestry products,
rum, gold mining
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity: capacity: 180,000 kW production: 450 million kWh consumption per capita: 3,149 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: rice, corn, manioc, cocoa, vegetables, bananas,
sugar; cattle, pigs, poultry
Illicit drugs: small amount of marijuana grown for local
consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe
Exports: $110 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: shrimp, timber, rum, rosewood essence partners: France 52%, Spain 15%, US 5% (1992)
Imports: $719 million (c.i.f., 1992) commodities: food (grains, processed meat), other consumer goods, producer goods, petroleum partners: France 77%, Germany 11%, US 5% (1992)
External debt: $1.2 billion (1988)