GDP: purchasing power parity - $38.1 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.2% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
1%
industry:
45%
services:
54% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.2% (1999 est.)
Labor force: 1.3 million (1996)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 3%, industry 20%, services 77% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate: 13% (FY97/98 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$6.7 billion
expenditures:
$9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99/00)
Industries: pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity - production: 17.765 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
98.06%
hydro:
1.94%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1998)
Electricity - consumption: 16.521 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998)
Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
Exports: $34.9 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities: pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment
Exports - partners: US 88% (1999)
Imports: $25.3 billion (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities: chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products
Imports - partners: US 60% (1999)
Debt - external: $NA
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 US dollar (US$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: US currency is used
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June