Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Panama: key statistics
Panama has 4.6m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $19,790. Below: 78 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Panama City
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- US dollar, Panamanian balboa USD · PAB
- Languages
- Spanish
- ISO codes
- PAPAN
- Land neighbours
- Colombia, Costa Rica, United States
Population4.6m2025 · rank 128 of 217GDP$90.5bn2025 · rank 83 of 211GDP per capita$19,7902025 · rank 77 of 211Life expectancy79.8 yrs2024 · rank 55 of 217Internet users72.8%2024 · rank 118 of 188Fertility2.112024 · rank 97 of 217CO₂ per person2.74 t2024 · rank 97 of 203Inflation-0.2%2025 · rank 171 of 180
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Panama, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Panama by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Latin America & Caribbean.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4.6m | 2025 | 128/217 | 19/42 | +15% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 1.22% | 2025 | 84/217 | 8/42 | −0.5 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 66.2% | 2025 | 102/217 | 24/42 | +0.6 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 2.11 | 2024 | 97/217 | 11/42 | −17% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 9.7% | 2025 | 102/217 | 26/42 | +2.5 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 24.5% | 2025 | 97/217 | 12/42 | −3.4 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 60.9 | 2024 | 144/216 | 27/42 | +16% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 15.9 | 2024 | 98/217 | 11/42 | −21% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 75,320 km² | 2024 | 119/216 | 19/42 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $90.5bn | 2025 | 83/211 | 14/41 | +62% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $19,790 | 2025 | 77/211 | 16/41 | +41% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $43,902 | 2025 | 62/199 | 7/38 | +61% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $19,140 | 2025 | 70/201 | 13/38 | +52% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 4.4% | 2025 | 70/210 | 12/41 | −0.9 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 3.1% | 2025 | 82/210 | 15/41 | −0.4 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 2.6% | 2025 | 135/198 | 24/37 | −0.3 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 24.9% | 2025 | 88/201 | 15/38 | −1.7 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 70.0% | 2025 | 36/201 | 10/38 | +3.4 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 33.5% | 2024 | 15/175 | 1/25 | −10.0 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 33.0% | 2024 | 27/163 | 1/22 | +2.8 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | -0.2% | 2025 | 171/180 | 31/31 | −0.3 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 4.6% | 2022 | 72/136 | 16/31 | +3.3 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 6.9% | 2022 | 86/136 | 22/31 | −0.8 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 1.00 | 2025 | 168/210 | 34/39 | ±0.0% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 7.2% | 2024 | 131/142 | 20/20 | −2.8 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 17.1% | 2021 | 112/142 | 18/20 | — | 28.5% | |
| Military spending | 0.00% | 2025 | 156/156 | 22/22 | ±0.0 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 44.4% | 2024 | 66/184 | 7/27 | −10.5 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 39.3% | 2024 | 105/184 | 13/27 | −20.8 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 83.7% | 2024 | 89/184 | 11/27 | −31.3 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -0.2% | 2025 | 77/185 | 11/35 | +8.5 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.0% | 2025 | 139/197 | 30/38 | −8.1 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.7% | 2025 | 132/178 | 29/35 | −0.3 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 647,000 | 2020 | 114/196 | 25/41 | −63% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 8.4% | 2025 | 51/187 | 9/31 | +4.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 19.8% | 2025 | 51/187 | 10/31 | +8.1 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 66.3% | 2025 | 51/187 | 8/31 | +0.7 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 54.9% | 2025 | 83/187 | 11/31 | +3.5 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $410m | 2023 | 75/145 | 13/32 | +4,356% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.5% | 2023 | 106/139 | 16/30 | +0.5 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $92.0 | 2023 | 49/145 | 8/32 | +3,723% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 3.1% | 2024 | 64/151 | 7/22 | −3.3 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 6.8% | 2024 | 70/151 | 7/22 | −3.6 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 21.7% | 2023 | 71/145 | 15/23 | −4.1 pp | — | |
| Gini index | 49.7 | 2024 | 10/151 | 3/22 | −1.6% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 4.7% | 2024 | 87/167 | 14/28 | −2.6 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 21.7% | 2025 | 114/190 | 25/32 | +3.4 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 96.2% | 2024 | 54/141 | 10/26 | +2.1 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 95.8% | 2024 | 48/147 | 8/28 | +2.3 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 96.9% | 2024 | 129/191 | 26/39 | −2.2 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 76.6% | 2017 | — | — | +8.9 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 53.7% | 2023 | 78/172 | 13/31 | +10.0 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 96.2% | 2024 | 73/168 | 16/33 | −0.5 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 22.0 | 2017 | 70/173 | 7/30 | −10% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 2.5% | 2023 | 159/184 | 36/38 | −0.6 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.8 yrs | 2024 | 55/217 | 7/42 | +3.1% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 12.0 | 2024 | 103/196 | 18/35 | −13% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 15.3 | 2024 | 97/196 | 15/35 | −12% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 37 | 2023 | 106/194 | 25/34 | −29% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 8.3% | 2023 | 56/193 | 8/33 | +1.8 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $1,558 | 2023 | 50/193 | 4/33 | +93% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 1.62 | 2022 | 92/180 | 17/29 | +1.4% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 93% | 2024 | 81/193 | 14/33 | +3.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 1.1% | 2024 | 36/153 | 8/29 | +0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 15.9% | 2019 | 72/154 | 7/28 | −3.1 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 95.3% | 2024 | 124/206 | 26/35 | +2.6 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 89.1% | 2024 | 121/203 | 25/34 | +11.6 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 72.8% | 2024 | 118/188 | 24/34 | +27.8 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 156.6 | 2023 | 26/210 | 5/40 | −3.5% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 18.1 | 2023 | 92/208 | 19/39 | +126% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 96.0% | 2024 | 149/215 | 36/42 | +5.2 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 94.0% | 2024 | 92/192 | 19/33 | +4.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 2.74 t | 2024 | 97/203 | 17/39 | −1.1% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 28.0% | 2021 | 84/212 | 13/41 | +8.3 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 69.0% | 2021 | 40/206 | 10/41 | +13.8 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 62.2% | 2024 | 26/214 | 6/42 | −0.5 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 6.7% | 2024 | 122/206 | 20/39 | −0.9 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 0.9% | 2022 | 154/177 | 28/33 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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