Indicator	Value
GDP (nominal)	125,000,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP (PPP)	287,000,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP growth	-2 %World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP per capita	6,870 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Inflation (CPI)	1.55 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Unemployment	3.31 %World Bank WDI [2025]
Exports of goods & services	37,800,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Imports of goods & services	33,600,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Agriculture (% GDP)	9.48 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industry (% GDP)	26.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Services (% GDP)	57.2 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industries	petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicalsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Agricultural products	bananas, sugarcane, milk, oil palm fruit, maize, rice, plantains, chicken, pineapples, cocoa beans (2023); note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnageCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export commodities	crude petroleum, shellfish, bananas, fish, gold (2023); note: top five export commodities based on value in dollarsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export partners	USA 22%, China 21%, Panama 12%, Japan 3%, Peru 3% (2023); note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exportsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Import partners	USA 27%, China 20%, Colombia 7%, Brazil 4%, Peru 4% (2023); note: top five import partners based on percentage share of importsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Gini index	45.9 indexWorld Bank WDI [2025]
GDP per capita (1913)	1,506 int$ (2011)Maddison Project [1913]
Leading mineral commodity	petroleum, crude (25,500,000 tonnes (metric), 2023)BGS World Mineral Statistics [2023]
Wealth share of top 10%	0.596 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Wealth share of top 1%	0.251 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Gini (WID)	1–45.9 indexWorld Inequality Database [2024] 1 index·World Bank WDI [2025] 45.9 index
Top export partners	USA (21.3%) / China (18.9%) / Panama (14.4%) / Peru (4.1%) / Japan (3.0%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top import partners	USA (23.5%) / China (23.3%) / Colombia (7.2%) / Peru (3.7%) / Brazil (3.7%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top agricultural products	Fruit Primary / Bananas / Sugar Crops Primary / Sugar cane / Hen eggs in shell, freshFAOSTAT [2024]
Bank assets (% of GDP)	49.8 %WB GFDD [2021]
Private credit (% of GDP)	47.4 %WB GFDD [2020]
Stock market capitalization (% of GDP)	4.08 %WB GFDD [2000]
Financial account ownership	64.5 %WB Findex [2024]
Mobile-money account	No authoritative open source found
Borrowed from a bank	16.1 %WB Findex [2024]
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day)	No authoritative open source found
Poverty headcount ($6.85/day)	No authoritative open source found