🇵🇦 Panama
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Panama City
Money4.7 / 10
Safety4.0 / 10
Health5.7 / 10
Quality of life4.3 / 10
Passport6.6 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.7 / 10
Purchasing power42.973 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$43,90262 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$19,14070 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth4.4 %70 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation-0.19 %11 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment8.4 %137 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)49.7142 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2024
Reserves$6B93 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power42.198 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety4.0 / 10
Safety (survey)57.648 of 89Numbeo
Crime42.463 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k11.7136 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health5.7 / 10
Health care (survey)61.857 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted11058 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy79.8 yr55 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100012.094 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,55850 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending8.3 % GDP56 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10001.698 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10001.992 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life4.3 / 10
Quality of life11964 of 89Numbeo
Pollution56.048 of 115Numbeo
Purity97.269 of 115Numbeo
Climate68.272 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time35.248 of 89Numbeo
Internet users72.8 %127 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending2.5 % GDP163 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population66.2 %102 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio14.766 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income6.893 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$38B75 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2024
Imports of goods and services$34B77 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2024
Trade to GDP83.7 %90 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2024
Foreign direct investment$938,465,22999 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism647,000 ppl114 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population4.6M128 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.2 %84 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman2.197 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10015726 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2023
Access to electricity96.0 %149 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.7 t107 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy28.0 %84 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
▤Passport6.6 / 10
No visa needed in advance125 of 19869 of 199
Visa free88 of 198
Visa on arrival33 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)4 of 198
E-visa36 of 198
Visa required37 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not