| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $35.34 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5.6% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $9,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 29.4%
services: 62.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
20.6% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 36.8% (2002) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
9.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
1.758 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.313 billion
expenditures: $2.851 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
8% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
6.839 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 1.5%
hydro: 81.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 16.6% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
6.109 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
379 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
128 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber |
| Exports : |
$6.176 billion (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 25%, Netherlands 6.8%, UK 5%, Mexico 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$7.057 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 33.4%, Japan 4.2%, Mexico 3.5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$5.366 billion (2003 est.) |
| Currency : |
Costa Rican colon (CRC) |
| Currency Code : |
CRC |
| Exchange Rates : |
Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 398.663 (2003), 359.817 (2002), 328.871 (2001), 308.187 (2000), 285.685 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
