Poverty & Inequality in Panama 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 19.8% 2024 down 18.9% 64th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.8% 2024 down 34.6% 51st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.1% 2024 down 51.6% 46th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2024 down 63.6% 45th Prosperity gap 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 25.0% 64th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.5% 2024 down 28.6% 53rd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 27.0% 2024 down 3.6% 34th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.0% 2024 down 48.7% 48th Population living in slums 16.3% 2022 down 28.5% 85th Income share held by second 20% 8.0% 2024 down 1.2% 117th Gini index 49.7 2024 down 1.6% 6th Income share held by lowest 20% 3.6% 2024 up 5.9% 120th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.2% 2024 up 20.0% 118th Income share held by highest 10% 37.6% 2024 down 2.3% 7th Income share held by highest 20% 54.3% 2024 down 0.9% 7th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.1% 2024 up 1.9% 99th Income share held by third 20% 13.0% 2024 down 0.8% 115th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 23.2% 2024 up 0.4% 2nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 21.7% 2023 down 15.9% 23rd