Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Panama
6.8% of people in Panama lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024.
Panama, 2024
6.8%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Panama over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.8% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | – |
| 2018 | 6.7% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 7.8% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 12.3% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 14.2% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 22.1% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 22.8% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 23.9% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 25.3% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 28.2% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 7.2% in 2023.
- Since 2012, when it was 11.9%, the figure has changed by −5.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.