Population below poverty line:
48% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.3% (2001)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
52.2 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.1% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
2.62 million (2003)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
6.5% - but the economy has much underemployment (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.434 billion
expenditures: $2.625 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Public debt:
43.7% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp;
beef, dairy products