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
Total Renewable Water Resources: 801 cu. km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.39 cu. km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 61.3 cu. m/yr
Natural Hazards Description: active volcanoes, situated on the "Ring of Fire", subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes, mudslides, and tsunamis
Environmental Current Issues: rain forest subject to deforestation due to growing commercial demand for tropical timber, pollution from mining projects, and severe drought
Total Labor Force: 4.077 million
% of Labor in Agriculture: 85%
Agricultural Products Description: coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla, poultry, pork, and shellfish