Panama Poverty Rate 1979-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Panama poverty rate for 2023 was 12.90%, a 0% increase from 2021.
  • Panama poverty rate for 2021 was 12.90%, a 0.8% increase from 2019.
  • Panama poverty rate for 2019 was 12.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2018.
  • Panama poverty rate for 2018 was 12.50%, a 1.5% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Panama 12.90%
Panama Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2023 12.90% 0.00%
2021 12.90% 0.80%
2019 12.10% -0.40%
2018 12.50% -1.50%
2017 14.00% -0.50%
2016 14.50% -0.90%
2015 15.40% -1.40%
2014 16.80% -1.40%
2013 18.20% -0.60%
2012 18.80% 0.50%
2011 18.30% -3.40%
2010 21.70% -1.30%
2009 23.00% -0.20%
2008 23.20% -7.30%
2007 30.50% -3.40%
2006 33.90% -0.60%
2005 34.50% -0.20%
2004 34.70% -1.10%
2003 35.80% -1.30%
2002 37.10% -2.90%
2001 40.00% 5.00%
2000 35.00% -1.50%
1999 36.50% -2.20%
1998 38.70% -0.40%
1997 39.10% -0.20%
1995 39.30% -8.80%
1991 48.10% -2.00%
1989 50.10% 10.40%
1979 39.70% 10.40%