Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 35.7% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
48.5 (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2004 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
25% of GDP (2004 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.095 billion
expenditures: $3.737 billion, including capital expenditures of $471
million (2004 est.)
Public debt:
69.2% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock;
shrimp
Industries:
construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials,
sugar milling
Industrial production growth rate:
5.4% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.873 billion kWh (2002)