Population below poverty line:
75% (2004 est.)
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):
6.6% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
15.5% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.894 billion
expenditures: $4.828 billion; including capital expenditures of $750
million (2006 est.)
Public debt:
25.9% of GDP (2006 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)