Panama Poverty Rate 1979-2021
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 2019 was 12.10%, a 0.5% decline from 2018.
- Panama poverty rate for 2018 was 12.60%, a 1.5% decline from 2017.
- Panama poverty rate for 2017 was 14.10%, a 0.5% decline from 2016.
- Panama poverty rate for 2016 was 14.60%, a 0.8% decline from 2015.
| Panama Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
12.10% |
-0.50% |
| 2018 |
12.60% |
-1.50% |
| 2017 |
14.10% |
-0.50% |
| 2016 |
14.60% |
-0.80% |
| 2015 |
15.40% |
-1.50% |
| 2014 |
16.90% |
-1.30% |
| 2013 |
18.20% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
18.90% |
0.40% |
| 2011 |
18.50% |
-3.30% |
| 2010 |
21.80% |
-1.20% |
| 2009 |
23.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
23.30% |
-7.30% |
| 2007 |
30.60% |
-3.40% |
| 2006 |
34.00% |
-0.70% |
| 2005 |
34.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
35.00% |
-1.10% |
| 2003 |
36.10% |
-1.30% |
| 2002 |
37.40% |
-2.90% |
| 2001 |
40.30% |
5.10% |
| 2000 |
35.20% |
-1.80% |
| 1999 |
37.00% |
-1.80% |
| 1998 |
38.80% |
-0.40% |
| 1997 |
39.20% |
-0.20% |
| 1995 |
39.40% |
-8.90% |
| 1991 |
48.30% |
-2.00% |
| 1989 |
50.30% |
10.30% |
| 1979 |
40.00% |
10.30% |
