Total Area: 462,840 sq km
Land Area: 452,860 sq km
Water Area: 9,980 sq km
Climate description: tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
Terrain description: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
Arable Land Use: 0.65%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.51%
Irrigated Land: 0 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 801 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.39 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 61.3 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards description: active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
Environmental Current Issues: rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought
Total Labor Force: 3.986 million (2012 est.)
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 85%
Agricultural Products description: coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; poultry, pork; shellfish
Land Area: 452,860 sq km
Water Area: 9,980 sq km
Climate description: tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
Terrain description: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills
Arable Land Use: 0.65%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.51%
Irrigated Land: 0 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 801 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.39 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 61.3 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards description: active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
Environmental Current Issues: rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought
Total Labor Force: 3.986 million (2012 est.)
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 85%
Agricultural Products description: coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; poultry, pork; shellfish