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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $11.6 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.3% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $2,300 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 28.9%
industry: 25.4%
services: 45.7% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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28.1% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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50% (2001 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 48.8% (1998)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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60.3 (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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5.3% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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1.91 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 42%, industry 15%, services 43% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $672.5 million
expenditures: $954.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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125.3% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood
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Industrial production growth rate:
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4.4% (2000 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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2.549 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 83.9%
hydro: 7.7%
other: 8.4% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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2.388 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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17 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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24,500 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, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products
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Current account balance:
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$-859 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$632 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, bananas, beef, sugar, gold
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Exports - partners:
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US 58.3%, El Salvador 8.2%, Honduras 5.2% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$1.658 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods
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Imports - partners:
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US 22.6%, Costa Rica 10.3%, Guatemala 7.9%, Venezuela 7.5%, El Salvador 6.1%, Mexico 5.4%, South Korea 4.7% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$502 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$5.833 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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Substantial foreign support (2001)
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Currency:
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gold cordoba (NIO)
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Currency code:
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NIO
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Exchange rates:
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gold cordobas per US dollar - 14.2513 (2003), 14.2513 (2002), 13.3719 (2001), 12.6844 (2000), 11.8092 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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