Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.6% highest 10%: 42.7% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
55 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.8% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
23.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.693 billion
expenditures: $1.938 billion; including capital expenditures of $106
million (2005 est.)

Public debt:
68.4% of GDP (2005 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:
4.338 billion kWh (2003)