Distribution of family income - Gini index:
56.3 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
24.1% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.467 billion
expenditures: $1.722 billion, including capital expenditures of $106
million (2004 est.)
Public debt:
74.1% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Industries:
sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products
Industrial production growth rate:
7.7% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
3.626 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 50.2% hydro: 49.8% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)