Panama Poverty Rate 1979-2023
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 0.4% decline from 2018.
- Panama poverty rate for 2018 was 12.50%, a 1.5% decline from 2017.
- Panama poverty rate for 2017 was 14.00%, a 0.5% decline from 2016.
- Panama poverty rate for 2016 was 14.50%, a 0.9% decline from 2015.
| Panama Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 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% |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
34.80% |
-1.20% |
| 2003 |
36.00% |
-1.20% |
| 2002 |
37.20% |
-2.80% |
| 2001 |
40.00% |
4.90% |
| 2000 |
35.10% |
-1.40% |
| 1999 |
36.50% |
-2.30% |
| 1998 |
38.80% |
-0.30% |
| 1997 |
39.10% |
-0.30% |
| 1995 |
39.40% |
-8.80% |
| 1991 |
48.20% |
-2.00% |
| 1989 |
50.20% |
10.30% |
| 1979 |
39.90% |
10.30% |
