Welcome El Presidente! In Tropico 5 you start in the Colonial Era. Your money making options are limited but diverse!

Full guide (and others) with detailed descriptions can be found here: GameplayInside's Tropico 5 guide: making money in the Colonial era[www.gameplayinside.com]

Income per worker:
People are an important resource in Tropico 5! You will always have a limited workforce, especially educated workers. Unfortunately each inhabitant requires you to invest in safety, healthcare, food, housing,etc. So the bigger your population gets, the bigger your expenditures to keep them happy. Therefore you better make sure that your workers are earning the most money they can!

ROI:
The ROI stands for Return on Investment. Meaning the time it takes to earn back your initial investment. For example, if you spend 10.000 and receive 1000 each month it would take 10 months to cover your expenses. After the 10th month you start creating value

Start the game with logging camps because those have the quickest ROI. Just make sure you do not upgrade them to reforest. It is wise to build a cotton plantation. Boost your economic health with as many mines as possible. The lumber mill has the slowest Roi so I suggest you skip that one.

More information about each graph can be found in the complete article: GameplayInside: Tropico 5 guide: making money in the Colonial era[www.gameplayinside.com]

Update 1.0.1
-Replaced the mine graph with the proper image.

Update 1.0.2
-Replaced all images with png files.
-Added overview graph that shows yearly income for all buildings.

Update 1.1:
-Added Ranches
-Recreated overview graph
-Fixed Cotton profit and ROI

ps I might do a video for each era :).

Wondering about those industries? Checkout the next guide!

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