International Rankings of Panama 2024, 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	13.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	90	562413	2020
Internet users - percent of population	51	68.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	120	2.992 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	78	811488	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	138.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	118	6.003 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	44	1.70 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	72	15.70 % 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	1.60 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	143	1.412 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	57	101.393 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	138	1.00	N/A
Exports	77	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	41.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	115	10.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	163	45.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	91	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	139	15.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	24	82.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	13	50 %	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	83	24.627 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	1	37.50 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	147	1.63 %	2021
Labor force	128	1.966 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	80	22 %	2016
Public debt	134	37.80 % 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
Remittances	121	1	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	83	9.614 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	191	8.51 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	51	12.09 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	23	43.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	35	30.00 %	2021
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
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	80	25.263 million	2019
Coal - consumption	75	1.118 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	53	1.150 million metric tons	2020
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 - electrification - rural areas	28	86	2020
Electricity access - electrification - total population	17	95	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	4	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	132	24.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	28	66.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	44	2.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	39	6.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	60	98.946 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	99	552.744 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	69	552.744 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	69	143700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	123	66 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	47	129200 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	95	11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	116	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	134	12 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	120	31	2018
Land use - arable land	110	7	2018
Land use - forest	62	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	21	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	71	70	2023
Geography
Area - land	118	74340 sq km	N/A
Area - total	121	75420 sq km	N/A
Area - water	108	1080 sq km	N/A
Coastline	51	2490 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	44	3475 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	97	360 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	113	407 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	130	687 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	120	31	2018
Land use - arable land	110	7	2018
Land use - forest	62	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	62	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	74	21	2018
Population Density	156	59.24 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	37	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	7	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	75	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	58	7 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	74	17.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	69	3 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	70	50.80 %	1415
Current health expenditure	25	10 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	71	59 %	2023
Death rate	69	5.90 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	87	13.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	86	7.60 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	96	53.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	87	40.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	61	12 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	70	4 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	47	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	58	1.15 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	89	14.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	92	16.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	90	15.30 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	42	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	46	78 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	34	95 %	2019
Literacy - male	11	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	34	96 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	85	50.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	93	32 years	N/A
Median age - male	86	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	83	31 years	2023
Net migration rate	31	3.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	58	22.70 %	2016
Physicians density	88	1.63 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	127	4.404 million	2023
Population growth rate	58	1.51 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	32	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	58	31 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	67	13 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	63	5 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	69	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	69	1.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	71	70	2023
Transportation
Airports	65	76	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	4	8174	2023
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	122.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	97	77 km	2014
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.

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