Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Panama
Panama: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 8.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Panama, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Panama stood at 8.3%.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Panama peaked at 10.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2005.
That places Panama 57th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.2% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Panama
- Population ages 15-64, female 65.5% (2025)
- Population, female 2.29 million (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 36,412 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 38,308 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 36,673 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 38,848 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 14.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 39,357 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 39,587 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 37,594 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Panama?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Panama was 8.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2005.
- How does Panama rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Panama ranks 57th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).