Social Development in Panama 154 indicators covering social development for Panama. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2,996 2025 up 4,978.0% 90th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 4,299.1% 74th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3,030.4% 111th Political Rights Score 35 2025 unchanged 48th Freedom Score 82 2025 down 1.2% 62nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 4,129 2025 up 41.0% 73rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0009 units per person 2025 up 22.1% 47th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 13.1% 73rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 14.05 % change on previous year 2025 down 87.3% 24th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -49.29 % change on previous year 2025 down 144.8% 143rd Equal Rights Protection Index 0.548 2025 down 15.6% 111th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.936 2025 down 0.8% 41st Political Corruption Index 0.485 2025 down 15.4% 90th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.485 2025 down 15.4% 90th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.71 2024 up 15.9% 4th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0255 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6,918.8% 107th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.1135 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,252.1% 39th LGBT+ Rights Index 1.94 2019 unchanged 102nd Forcibly displaced people 64,109 2025 up 216.9% 90th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 36 years 2025 up 38.5% 63rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 33 2024 down 10.8% 113th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.2 2024 up 2.3% 72nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.71 2024 up 3.4% 58th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5141 2024 down 12.4% 111th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0304 2024 up 35.0% 133rd Self-reported life satisfaction 6.55 2025 down 2.3% 38th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.55 2025 down 2.3% 38th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 82.1% 2024 up 10.2% 16th Homicide rate 11.71 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.5% 30th Homicides 522 homicides 2023 down 21.3% 56th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 11.71 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.5% 30th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 11.71 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.5% 30th Age of electoral democracy 35 years 2025 up 40.0% 49th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -1.2 2020 down 2,929.9% 126th Homicides 438 deaths 2022 down 38.5% 26th Child homicide rate 3.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 63.9% 16th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.8291 2020 down 201.4% 107th Homicide rate 9.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 47.8% 17th Homicide rate by age of the victim 9.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 47.8% 17th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 877.62 deaths 2021 down 2.8% 60th Homicide rate 20.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 17.6% 16th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 20.31 2021 down 17.2% 17th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 127,000 2030 down 23.5% 141st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.82 2030 up 35.7% 71st ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →