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.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	90	13.64	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	84	523530	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	119	57.87 %	2018
Internet users - total	118	2.199 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	78	19.32	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	741269	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	145.92	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	119	5.599 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	84	13.440 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	81	12.430 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	45	1.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	162	3.036 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	55	101.393 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	106	49	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	65	67	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	32	92	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	39	86	2020
Exports	74	25.940 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	77	66.801 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	78	41.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	114	10.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	161	45.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	89	44.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	6	42.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	29	3.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	127	2.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	135	15.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	22	82.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	15	49 %	2018
Gross national saving	34	30	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	21	38.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	40	1.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	72	28.978 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	30	6.30 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	77	0.90 %	2017
Labor force	128	1.633 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	66	64 %	2009
Population below poverty line	78	22 %	2016
Public debt	117	37.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	82	133.587 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	29	5.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	63	31459 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	114	2.703 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	120	20.10 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	95	6.14 %	2018
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	80	26.080 million	2017
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 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
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
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	95	11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	115	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	156	11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	116	31	2018
Land use - arable land	108	7	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - other	94	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	21	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	69	2021
Geography
Area - land	117	74340 sq km	N/A
Area - total	117	75420 sq km	N/A
Area - water	106	1080 sq km	N/A
Coastline	50	2490 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	41	3475 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	96	360 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	114	321 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	127	687 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	116	31	2018
Land use - arable land	108	7	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - other	94	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	72	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	55	139.304 billion	2017
Population Density	150	52.85 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	55	1 % of GDP	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	85	16.59	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	105	40.31	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	113	8.54	N/A
Birth rate	92	16.67 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73	50.80 %	1415
Current Health Expenditure	38	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	169	5.01 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	71	13.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	91	53.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	82	40.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	84	5 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	88	2 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	46	3 % of GDP	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	28	1.00	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	57	31000	2020
Hospital bed density	46	2.30 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	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	125	11.25 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	42	82 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	49	79 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	82	52.00	2017
Median age - female	89	31 years	2020
Median age - male	83	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	83	30 years	N/A
Net migration rate	78	0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	57	22.70 %	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 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	66	28 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	65	11 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	3 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2016
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	73	2.21 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	71	18	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	92	10	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	85	13	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	68	1.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	77	69	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	66	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	122.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	116	77 km	2014
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.

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