| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $30.99 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 9.4%
industry: 31.2%
services: 59.3% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
48% (1999 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.3% (2001) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.62 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 30%, industry 15%, services 55% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.434 billion
expenditures: $2.625 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
1.6% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
3.729 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 44%
hydro: 30.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 25.1% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
3.777 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
44 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
353 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; shrimp; beef, dairy products |
| Exports : |
$3.162 billion (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 57.5%, Guatemala 13.5%, Honduras 7.7%, Nicaragua 5%, Costa Rica 4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$5.466 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 36.4%, Guatemala 10.4%, Mexico 5.7% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$6.575 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
total $252 million; $57 million from US (1995) |
| Currency : |
US dollar (USD) |
| Currency Code : |
USD |
| Exchange Rates : |
the US dollar is the legal tender |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
