1987 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1987 (Internet Archive)
Economy
Agriculture
bananas, coffee, corn, beans, sugarcane, rice, tobacco
Aid
US, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $809 million loans; other Western (non-US) countries, ODA and ODF (1970-84), $507 million
Budget
revenues, $389 million; expenditures, $605 million (1983)
Electric power
580,000 kW capacity; 1,400 million kWh produced, 300 kWh per capita (1986)
Exports
$933 million (f.0.b., 1986); bananas, coffee, lumber, meat, minerals, sugar, seafood
Fiscal year
calendar year
Fishing
catch 8,400 metric tons (1983)
Imports
$873 million (f.0.b., 1986); manufactured products, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, petroleum
Major industries
agricultural processing, textiles, clothing, wood products
Major trade partners
exports—48% US, 34% Europe, 8% Japan, 3% CACM (1985); imports—39% US, 10% Venezuela, 9% CACM, 6% Japan, 5% Trinidad and Tobago (1985)
Military transfers
US (FY79-85), $256 million
Monetary conversion rate
2 lempiras=US$1 (November 1986)
Natural resources
forests, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron, antimony, coal, fish
Real GDP
$2.6 billion (1986), $560 per capita; real growth rate average —3.1% (1980-83); real growth rate 3.0% (1986)
Communications
Airfields
198 total, 181 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Civil air
9 major transport aircraft
Highways
8,950 km total; 1,700 km paved, 5,000 km otherwise improved, 2,250 km unimproved earth
Inland waterways
465 km navigable by small craft
Ports
| major (Puerto Cortés), 4 minor
Railroads
545 km total; 320 km 1.067meter gauge, 225 km 0.914-meter gauge
Telecommunications
improved, but still inadequate; connection into Central American microwave net; 35,100 telephones (0.9 per 100 popl.); 169 AM, 8 shortwave, 21 TV stations; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite ground stations
Military and Security
Branches
Armed Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force
Military budget
for fiscal year ending 31 December 1987, $67.5 million; about 7% of central government budget
Military manpower
males 15-49, 1,090,000; 649,000 fit for military service; 56,000 reach military age (18) annually