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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $35.34 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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5.6% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $9,100 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 29.4%
services: 62.1% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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20.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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20.6% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 36.8% (2002)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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45.9 (1997)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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9.4% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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1.758 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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6.7% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $2.313 billion
expenditures: $2.851 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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56.1% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
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Industrial production growth rate:
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8% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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6.839 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 1.5%
hydro: 81.9%
other: 16.6% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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6.109 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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379 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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128 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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37,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Agriculture - products:
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coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
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Current account balance:
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$-970 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$6.176 billion (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment
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Exports - partners:
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US 25%, Netherlands 6.8%, UK 5%, Mexico 4.5% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$7.057 billion (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
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Imports - partners:
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US 33.4%, Japan 4.2%, Mexico 3.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$1.836 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$5.366 billion (2003 est.)
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Currency code:
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CRC
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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