Panama: Health spending as percent of GDP

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 Panama

Health spending as percent of GDP

 Latest value 9.68
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2000 - 2021
 Average 7.51
 Min - Max 6.43 - 10.80
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 9.68 percent, a decline from 10.8 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 7.21 percent, based on data from 181 countries. Historically, the average for Panama from 2000 to 2021 is 7.51 percent. The minimum value, 6.43 percent, was reached in 2005 while the maximum of 10.8 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Panama - Health spending as percent of GDP - historical chart - 2000-2021




Definition: Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

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 Health spending per capita 1,415.24 2021 U.S. dollars
 Health spending as percent of GDP 9.68 2021 percent
 Life expectancy 76.83 2022 years
 Life expectancy, female 80.09 2022 years
 Life expectancy, male 73.73 2022 years
 Birth rate 17.40 2022 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 5.90 2022 deaths per 1000 people
 Fertility rate 2.30 2022 births per woman
 HIV infections 1.00 2022 percent
 Tuberculosis 47.00 2022 cases per 100,000 people
 Diabetes prevalence 8.20 2021 percent
 Prevalence of anemia among children 16.00 2019 percent
 Prevalence of undernourishment 5.30 2021 percent
 Suicides 2.90 2019 suicides per 100,000 people
 DPT immunization rate 87 2022 percent
 Hepatitis B immunization rate 87 2022 percent
 Measles immunization rate 92 2022 percent
 Traffic accident deaths 13.90 2019 deaths per 100,000 people
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