Investment share of GDP in Panama

Investment in Panama was equal to 33.5% of GDP in 2024.

Panama, 2024 33.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −4.0percentage points 2023: 37.5%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 16th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP in Panama over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period PanamaWorld
2024 33.5% 26.3%
2023 37.5% 26.7%
2022 35.9% 27.5%
2021 31.3% 27.2%
2020 24.0% 26.5%
2019 38.1% 26.6%
2018 41.2% 26.7%
2017 41.5% 26.1%
2016 40.3% 25.7%
2015 42.3% 25.9%
2014 43.6% 25.9%
2013 43.1% 25.6%
2012 42.5% 25.5%
2011 37.6% 25.3%
2010 37.3% 24.6%
2009 30.9% 23.4%
2008 41.4% 25.5%
2007 35.4% 25.5%
2006 28.6% 25.0%
2005 27.0% 24.5%
2004 27.1% 24.1%
2003 25.5% 23.4%
2002 21.2% 23.3%
2001 22.4% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.0 percentage points from 37.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43.6%, the figure has changed by −10.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Panama has the 16th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Panama
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices