nternational and domestic financial analysts note with
concern the growing central government deficit, which hovers at 5%
of GDP. However, the government's economic policy and democratic
security strategy have engendered a growing sense of confidence in
the economy, particularly within the business sector.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$366.7 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$105.5 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.4% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$8,400 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 35.2%
services: 52.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
20.81 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 22.7%
industry: 18.7%
services: 58.5% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:
11.1% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
49.2% (2005)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 7.9%
highest 10%: 34.3% (2004)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
53.8 (2005)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.3% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22.8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $50.7 billion
expenditures: $52.29 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
45.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa
beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp

Industries:
textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages,
chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds

Industrial production growth rate:
5.8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
46.93 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 26%
hydro: 72.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.3% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
42.01 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
1.682 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
48 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
512,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
269,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
1.282 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
6.18 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
6.18 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserve