| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $18.78 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
4.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 14.7%
services: 77.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
37% (1999 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 35.7% (1997) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
1.19 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% (1995 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.995 billion
expenditures: $3.421 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
7% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
4.039 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 37%
hydro: 61.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.7% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
3.681 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
118 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
43 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp |
| Exports : |
$5.237 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing (1999) |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 19.8%, Germany 11.5%, Peru 7.2%, Belgium 6.7%, Japan 6.3%, Italy 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$6.622 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals (1999) |
| Imports - Partners : |
Japan 37.4%, US 12.8%, China 10.3%, Singapore 8%, Italy 4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$8.834 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$197.1 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD) |
| Currency Code : |
PAB; USD |
| Exchange Rates : |
balboas per US dollar - 1 (2003), 1 (2002), 1 (2001), 1 (2000), 1 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
