Unemployment rate:
27.9% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
53% (1993 est.)
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):
5.7% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
23.7% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.002 billion
expenditures: $2.028 billion; including capital expenditures of $106
million (2006 est.)
Public debt:
67.1% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Industries:
sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products