Panama Panama

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Panama, is a country located at Central America, it has an area of 75,320 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Panama, with a population of 4,395,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 58 people per km2.

It's capital is Panama City and its currency is Balboas

Panama is holding the 77 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 38,976 millions of euros (41,076 millions of dollars), ( 53.68% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €8,868 euros per inhabitant$9,346 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Panama was on March of 2024 and it was 1.7%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Panama, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.805 points in 2021, leaving it in 61th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Panama are business, you must know it's in the 86th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Panama, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Panama City: Monthly Rainfall
Panama Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€72,611M
Annual GDP [+]2022$76,523M
GDP per capita [+]2022€16,520
GDP per capita [+]2022$17,410
Debt (M.€.) [+]202238,976
Debt ($M) [+]202241,076
Debt (%GDP) [+]202253.68%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€8,868
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$9,346
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-2,852
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-3,006
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-3.93%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202215,446.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]202216,279.0
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20201,847.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20202,108.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.97%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20172,415.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20172,728.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201720.08%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20200
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20200
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20200%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202221.27%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€3,515
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$3,704
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€432
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$493
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€590
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$666
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2020€0
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2020$0
Moody's Rating [+]10/31/2023Baa3
S&P Rating [+]11/07/2023BBB
Fitch Rating [+]02/03/2021BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202236
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201966º
Fragile States Index [+]201849.5
RTI Raking [+]202241º
Innovation Ranking [+]201870º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2017Q14.6%
Unemployed [+]2017Q187K
NMW [+]2013$366.1
NMW [+]2013€277.4
Human Capital Ranking [+]201756º
Markets
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]11/18/20220%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20241.7%
Business
Doing Business [+]202086º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201939,049
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201911.12
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015170.40
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202112.7%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20107.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202025.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,752,645
Exports [+]2023€14,531.4M
Exports [+]2023$15,712.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202219.98%
Imports [+]2023€32,456.2M
Imports [+]2023$35,094.9M
Imports % GDP [+]202238.25%
Trade balance [+]2023€-17,924.8M
Trade balance [+]2023$-19,382.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2022-18.27%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201520º
Density [+]202258
Global Peace Ranking [+]202368º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017533.0
% Immigrant [+]20207.32%
% Emigrant [+]20203.26%
Birth Rate [+]202117.69‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017451.2
Crude death rate [+]20216.07‰
Fertility Rate [+]20212.33
% risk of poverty [+]202121.8%
Population [+]20224,395,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020313,165
Emigrant stock [+]2020139,520
HDI [+]20210.805
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202358º
Life expectancy [+]202176.22
Suicides [+]2015216
Suicide rate [+]20155.44
Number of homicides [+]2022499
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202211.32
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20222.58
Consumption GWh [+]202211,608
Generation GWh [+]202213,355
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/20248,703
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/20241,044,310
Fully vaccinated [+]05/12/20233,174,155
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/20241,980.20
Doses administered [+]05/12/20238,893,001