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)