Inflation rate-consumer price index: 1% (1997 est.)
Labor force: total: 71,000 by occupation: agriculture 30%, services 16%, government 15.4%, commerce 11.2%, manufacturing 10.3% note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 13% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $140 million expenditures: $142 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY97/98 est.)
Industries: garment production, food processing, tourism, construction
Industrial production growth rate: 0.2% (1996 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 23,000 kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 105 million kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 491 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: bananas, coca, citrus, sugarcane; lumber; fish, cultured shrimp