Work & Labour in Panama

107 indicators covering work & labour for Panama.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with basic education, female 9.4% 2024 up 46.0% 48th
Unemployment with advanced education 7.0% 2024 up 133.7% 37th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 16.4% 2024 up 127.1% 16th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 15.1% 2025 down 18.2% 62nd
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 8.9% 2024 up 102.2% 25th
Labor force with basic education, female 38.2% 2024 up 4.2% 59th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 18.8% 2025 down 30.6% 57th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 11.5% 2025 up 15.7% 69th
Labor force with basic education, male 68.5% 2024 down 8.7% 41st
Labor force with basic education 54.0% 2024 down 4.2% 51st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 46.7% 2025 down 1.9% 112th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 69.0% 2025 down 8.1% 75th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 57.5% 2024 down 2.9% 58th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 80.6% 2024 down 5.9% 23rd
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 68.9% 2024 down 3.8% 39th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.6% 2024 up 145.8% 34th
Labor force with advanced education, male 84.2% 2024 down 3.0% 49th
Labor force with advanced education 78.5% 2024 down 4.7% 62nd
Labor force with advanced education, female 75.2% 2024 down 5.3% 64th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 57.3% 2025 down 5.9% 105th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 8.0% 2024 up 124.3% 40th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 34.5% 2025 down 9.5% 72nd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 42.9% 2025 down 14.2% 59th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 25.6% 2025 down 1.1% 92nd
Part time employment, female 34.7% 2025 up 14.6% 44th
Part time employment, male 30.7% 2025 up 20.7% 23rd
Part time employment, total 32.4% 2025 up 18.3% 31st
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 50.0% 2025 up 14.8% 6th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 76.8% 2023 up 19.0% 12th
Coverage of social safety net programs 64.5% 2023 up 19.7% 11th
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 87.0% 2023 up 2.8% 9th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 79.0% 2023 up 11.1% 9th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 69.8% 2023 up 26.1% 9th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 55.9% 2023 up 40.4% 11th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 31.0% 2023 up 65.4% 16th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 20.4% 2023 down 0.7% 26th
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 7.4% 2023 up 45.5% 24th
Coverage of social insurance programs 23.4% 2023 up 36.2% 18th
Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile 8.0% 2023 up 62.0% 19th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile 17.5% 2023 up 36.3% 18th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile 25.7% 2023 up 52.6% 18th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile 30.4% 2023 up 49.2% 18th
Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile 35.3% 2023 up 14.3% 16th
Adequacy of social safety net programs 8.1% 2023 up 23.5% 21st
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile 24.3% 2023 up 7.1% 26th
Adequacy of social insurance programs 31.0% 2023 down 8.8% 26th
Benefit incidence of social insurance programs to poorest quintile 1.2% 2023 up 54.1% 25th