Unemployment rate:
6.5% official rate; but the economy has much underemployment (2005
est.)
Population below poverty line:
36.1% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.3% (2001)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
52.5 (2001)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.7% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
15.8% of GDP (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.84 billion
expenditures: $3.167 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)
Public debt:
46.7% of GDP (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef,
dairy products; shrimp
Industries:
food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer,
textiles, furniture, light metals