Life expectancy
79.8 · 2024
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Panama
$19,161GDP per capita · 2024
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1906–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
4.5M · 2024
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Population growth
1.3% · 2024
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Urban population
66.0% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
2.7 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
1.9% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
0.3% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
No data
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Government gross debt
56.6% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
8.4% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
10.4% · 2025
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Output & growth
GDP
$86.5B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$90.5B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 200.8B · 2025
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GDP growth
2.7% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$19,161 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$19,814 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$18,010 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
4.4% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
0.7% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
0.0% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
49.7 · 2024
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Internet users
72.8% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
44.4% · 2024
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Imports
39.3% · 2024
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Trade
83.7% · 2024
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