Statistics
GDP: $29.32 billion (2009)
GDP PPP: $48.51 billion. (2009)
GDP real growth rate: -1.5% (2009)
GDP per capita: purchasing power parity: $10,900 (2009)
GDP per capita nominal: $6,590 (2008)
GDP composition by sector: agriculture: 7.6% (2008) Bananas, pineapples, coffee, beef, sugarcane, rice, corn, dairy products, vegetables, timber, fruits and ornamental plants. industry: 29.1% (2008) Electronic components, food processing, textiles and apparel, construction materials, cement, fertilizer. services: 63.3% (2008) Hotels, restaurants, tourist services, banks, and insurance.
Population below poverty line: 21.3% (2010)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.0% highest 10%: 37.4% (2003 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.05% (2009)
Labor force: 1.975 million (2008) Note: Excluding Nicaraguans living in the country
Labor force by occupation: agriculture 14%, industry 22%, services 64% (2006)
Unemployment rate: 7.8% (2009)
Budget: revenues: $4.604 billion (2008) expenditures: $4.552 billion (2008)
Industries: microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Industrial production growth rate: -0.8% (2008)
Electricity production: 8.918 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity production by source: fossil fuel: 9.28% hydro: 80.62% nuclear: 0% other: 10.1% (1998)
Electricity consumption: 7.779 kWh (2006)
Electricity exports: 77.16 million kWh (2008)
Electricity imports: 203.22 million kWh (2008)
Agriculture products: coffee, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes, beef, timber
Exports: $8.847 billion (2009)
Export commodities: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
Export partners: USA 25.7%, China 14.1%, Netherlands 10.9%, UK 6.3%, Mexico 5% (2007)
Imports: $10.87 billion (2009)
Import commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials
Import partners: USA 41%, Mexico 6.1%, Venezuela 5.7%, Japan 5.4%, China 5.1%, Brazil 4.3% (2007)
External debt: $7.401 billion (December 2008)
Economic aid - recipient: $107.1 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Costa Rican colon (₡) = 100 centimos
Exchange rates: Costa Rican colones (₡) per US$1 – 512.11 (September 4, 2010), US$1 – 559.51 (October 24, 2008), per US$1 – 500.10 (December 2007), 516.78 (November 2007), 506.11 (April 2006), 479.57 (July 2005), 299.63 (February 2000), 285.68 (1999), 257.23 (1998), 232.60 (1997), 207.69 (1996) and 179.73 (1995)
Fiscal year: October 1 – September 30
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