Manufacturing, value added in Panama
Panama: Manufacturing, value added was 4.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing, value added in Panama, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Panama recorded 4.8% for manufacturing, value added in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing, value added in Panama peaked at 21.3% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2025.
Panama ranks 160th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.1% | 17.1% | 21.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.4% | 14.7% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.2% | 10.5% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.9% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.7% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Panama
- DEC alternative conversion factor 1 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -218.83 million current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -218.83 million current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 2.23 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 2.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -4.39 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -4.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 18,830 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 19,140 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 86.07 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing, value added in Panama?
- Manufacturing, value added in Panama was 4.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest manufacturing, value added recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 1975.
- What is the lowest manufacturing, value added recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2025.
- How does Panama rank for manufacturing, value added?
- Panama ranks 160th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing, value added rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.