Poverty & Inequality in Panama 92 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys 2025 down 30.0% 45th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 39.4% 31st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.8% 61st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.12 live births per woman 2023 down 17.5% 105th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,226 kg per hectare 2024 up 41.7% 57th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 15.8% 85th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -5.59 % change on previous year 2024 down 201.1% 143rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.5 2023 down 21.6% 140th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% 2023 down 21.6% 140th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 56.1% 124th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year 2023 down 207.9% 121st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -12.5 % change on previous year 2025 — 106th Gender Inequality Index 0.374 2023 down 21.3% 77th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.3% 2023 up 28.4% 141st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1014 2023 down 6.8% 120th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1014 2023 down 6.8% 120th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1243 2023 down 6.8% 118th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.1% 2024 down 51.6% 48th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2024 down 63.6% 47th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.8% 2024 down 34.6% 53rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 19.8% 2024 down 18.9% 66th Prosperity gap 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 25.0% 66th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3887 2023 up 2.8% 42nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.0% 2024 down 48.7% 50th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 27.0% 2024 down 3.6% 36th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.5% 2024 down 28.6% 55th Population living in slums 16.3% 2022 down 28.5% 85th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.664 2023 up 6.2% 70th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.664 2023 up 6.2% 70th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.664 2023 up 6.2% 70th Proportion of population below international poverty line 3.1% 2024 down 51.6% 50th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 630.21 2023 up 142.3% 29th Income share held by second 20% 8.0% 2024 down 1.2% 119th Income share held by third 20% 13.0% 2024 down 0.8% 117th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.1% 2024 up 1.9% 101st Income share held by highest 20% 54.3% 2024 down 0.9% 7th Income share held by highest 10% 37.6% 2024 down 2.3% 7th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.2% 2024 up 20.0% 118th Income share held by lowest 20% 3.6% 2024 up 5.9% 122nd Gini index 49.7 2024 down 1.6% 6th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 23.2% 2024 up 0.4% 2nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 39.84 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 57.2% 66th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.8% 2024 down 63.1% 47th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0035 2024 down 50.0% 140th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 22,207 2017 up 95.0% 48th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 12.0% 2021 up 39.0% 90th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4973 2024 down 1.4% 6th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 141,149 people 2024 down 43.2% 64th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.37 million people 2024 up 24.7% 76th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 876,528 people 2024 up 54.7% 56th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 70.2% 2024 down 9.1% 79th Share of population living in extreme poverty 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% 46th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 19.8% 2024 down 18.8% 64th Page 1 of 2 Next →