Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 46% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
48.3 (2000)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.1% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
15.6% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $3.374 billion
expenditures: $4.041 billion; including capital expenditures of $750
million (2005 est.)

Public debt:
25.9% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep,
pigs, chickens

Industries:
sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum,
metals, rubber, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
4.1% (1999)

Electricity - production:
6.898 billion kWh (2003)