Healthy diet unaffordable in Panama
In Panama, 51.4% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Panama, 2025
51.4%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−0.9percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Position in 2025
38th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Panama over time
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% of the population. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.4%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 52.3%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 54.3%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 54.8%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 55.2%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 55.6%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 49.1%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 50.0%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 52.7%e (Estimated value) | 41.0%e (Estimated value) |
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 52.3% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 52.7%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Panama has the 38th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for Panama
All statistics for Panama
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.46e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
19.97e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
37.7e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
2.6%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,226 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
23.1%
2024 · World Bank