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Panama
Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital Panama City
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old79.8years
Ranks 55 of 217 in 2024
7% above world median · 5% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old15.3per 1,000 live births
Ranks 100 of 196 in 2024
2% above world median · 17% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old37per 100,000 live births
Ranks 89 of 194 in 2023
21% below world median · 32% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2019 · 7 years old15.9% of under-5s
Ranks 24 of 46 in 2019
6% above world median · 41% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old8.33% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
31% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old2.11births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
11% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old96.2% of adults 15+
Ranks 9 of 29 in 2024
2% above world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old96.9% gross
Ranks 86 of 134 in 2024
3% below world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old2.47% of GDP
Ranks 97 of 121 in 2023
32% below world median · 34% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old19,790current US$
Ranks 57 of 186 in 2025
1.5× above world median · 79% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old43,902international $
Ranks 54 of 185 in 2025
1.2× above world median · 90% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2024 · 2 years old3.1% of population
Ranks 15 of 25 in 2024
15% above world median · 48% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2024 · 2 years old49.7index, 0–100
Ranks 23 of 25 in 2024
24% above world median · 14% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old8.4% of labour force
Ranks 136 of 182 in 2025
64% above world median · 40% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old-0.2% per year
Not ranked — no better end
1.1× below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
1999 · 27 years old0.97% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
41% below world median
Medians computed across 140 countries reporting in 1999 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old96.0% of population
Ranks 149 of 215 in 2024
4% below world median · 4% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old72.8% of population
Ranks 115 of 182 in 2024
11% below world median · 8% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old2.74t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
7% above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old4.6mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
30% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Panama has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.