International Rankings of Panama 2023, 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	41	13	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	90	562413	2020
Internet users - percent of population	51	68 %	2021
Internet users - total	120	2.992 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	75	790486	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	138	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	117	6.003 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	44	1.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	72	15.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	82	15.145 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	92	9.743 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	45	1.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	142	1.412 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	56	101.393 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	78	27.237 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	78	66.801 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	81	41.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	115	10.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	163	45.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	91	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	139	15.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	24	82 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	13	49.8 %	2019
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
Imports	83	24.627 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	1	37.5 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	146	1.63 %	2021
Labor force	128	1.966 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	76	17 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	78	18.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	70	64.4 %	2009
Population below poverty line	80	22.1 %	2016
Public debt	129	37.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	85	126.352 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	8	15.34 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	69	29000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	83	9.614 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	191	8.51 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	51	12.09 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	23	43.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	35	30	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	77	1.905 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	99	1.077 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	65	22.281 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	75	1.118 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	53	1.150 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	98	10.809 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	76	427.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	109	77.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	95	4.106 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	103	1.309 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	132	24.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	28	66.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	44	2.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	39	6.4 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	60	98.946 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	99	552.744 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	69	552.744 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	69	143700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	125	66 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	47	129200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	95	10.71 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	116	5.97 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	159	11.18 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	120	30.5	2018
Land use - arable land	110	7.3	2018
Land use - forest	62	43.6	2018
Land use - other	97	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	20.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	90	0.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	59	139.300 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	101	450.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	61	760.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	69	1.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	69.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	119	74340 sq km	0
Area - total	120	75420 sq km	0
Area - water	59	1.080 million sq km	0
Coastline	50	2490 km	0
Elevation - highest point	48	3475 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	97	360 meters	0
Irrigated land	113	407 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	130	687 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	120	30.5	2018
Land use - arable land	110	7.3	2018
Land use - forest	62	43.6	2018
Land use - other	97	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	2.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	20.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	41	1.2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	7	5.29 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	61	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	75	1.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	58	6.54 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	81	17.71 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	82	3 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	70	50.8 %	1415
Current health expenditure	25	9.7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	71	58.6 %	2023
Death rate	146	5.88 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	87	13.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	86	7.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	96	53.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	87	40.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	61	11.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	70	3.8 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.9 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	58	1.15 %	2023
Hospital bed density	48	2.3 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	94	13.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	100	16.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	96	15.28 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	63	81.46 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	64	75.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	63	78.44 years	0
Literacy - female	34	95.4 %	2019
Literacy - male	11	98.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	34	95.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	85	50 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	93	30.5 years	2020
Median age - male	88	29.6 years	0
Median age - total	87	30.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	35	3.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	58	22.7 %	2016
Physicians density	88	1.63 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	128	4.404 million	2023
Population growth rate	57	1.51 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	32	95.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	58	30.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	67	12.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	63	4.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 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	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	92	2.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	137	7.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	126	5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	66	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	69	1.92	2025
Urbanization - urban population	71	69.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	23	43.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	35	30	0
Transportation
Airports	47	117	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	50	601000	3280
Heliports	23	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	3	8025	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	67	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2010
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2010
Waterways	70	800 km	2011

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Panama 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.