Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 37.9% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
47.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.2% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
24.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $5.322 billion
expenditures: $5.485 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.1
billion (2005)

Public debt:
45.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes,
corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs

Industries:
tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles,
cement, tobacco

Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2001 est.)

Electricity - production:
12.6 billion kWh (2003)