International Rankings of Panama 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Panama, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Panama, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	90	13.64	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	84	523530	0
Internet users - percent of population	119	57.87 %	2018
Internet users - total	118	2.199 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	19.32	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	741269	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	145.92	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	119	5.599 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	84	13.440 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	81	12.430 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	45	1.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	106	49	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	65	66.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	32	92	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	39	85.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	77	66.801 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	78	41.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	114	10.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	161	45.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	89	44.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	6	42.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	29	3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	127	2.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	135	15.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	22	82 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	21	38.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	40	1.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	30	6.3 %	2017
Labor force	128	1.633 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	18.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	66	64.4 %	2009
Population below poverty line	78	22.1	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	81	133.587 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	47	31459 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	120	20.1 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	80	26.080 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	104	8.708 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	79	139.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	61	36	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	28	13	2017
Electricity - imports	109	30.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	98	3.400 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	100	10.600 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	68	146000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	121	66 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	46	129200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	95	10.71 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	115	5.97 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	156	11.18 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	116	30.5	2018
Land use - arable land	108	7.3	2018
Land use - forest	61	43.6	2018
Land use - other	94	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	20.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	87	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	56	139.304 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	105	446.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	148	6.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	60	759.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	68	1.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	77	68.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	117	74340 sq km	0
Area - total	117	75420 sq km	0
Area - water	58	1.080 million sq km	0
Coastline	50	2490 km	0
Elevation - highest point	42	3475 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	96	360 meters	0
Irrigated land	114	321 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	126	687 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	116	30.5	2018
Land use - arable land	108	7.3	2018
Land use - forest	61	43.6	2018
Land use - other	94	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	20.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	55	139.304 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	85	16.59 %	6796
Age structure - 25-54 years	105	40.31 %	4905
Age structure - 55-64 years	113	8.54 %	7317
Birth rate	92	16.67 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73	50.8 %	1415
Current Health Expenditure	38	7.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	169	5.01 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	71	13.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	91	53.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	82	40.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	84	5.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	88	1.7 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	46	3.2 % of GDP	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	28	1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	57	31000	2020
Hospital bed density	46	2.3 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	118	10.08 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	127	12.37 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	125	11.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	42	82.41 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	76.66 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	49	79.47 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	82	52	2017
Median age - female	89	30.5 years	2020
Median age - male	83	29.6 years	0
Median age - total	83	30.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	78	0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	57	22.7 %	2016
Physicians density	90	1.57 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	127	3.929 million	2021
Population growth rate	77	1.16 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	23	97.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	66	27.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	65	10.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	2.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	73	2.21 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	71	17.5	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	92	10.2	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	85	12.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	68	1.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	77	68.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	47	117	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	27	20	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	37	57	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	11	30	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	50	8	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	48	60	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	33	51	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	46	47.630 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	42	12.939 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	43	122	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	123	77 km	2014
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	62	800 km	82

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Panama on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Panama 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.