Panama: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2019 is 21.5 percent, an increase from 21.4 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 19.76 percent, based on data from 69 countries. Historically, the average for Panama from 2000 to 2019 is 28.78 percent. The minimum value, 20.7 percent, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 38.3 percent was recorded in 2006. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.