Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Panama
19.8% of people in Panama lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.
Panama, 2024
19.8%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | 19.8% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 19.8% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 20.3% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | – |
| 2018 | 18.5% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 20.7% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 22.0% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 24.4% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 26.0% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 26.6% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 30.2% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 32.3% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 41.2% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 44.5% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 44.5% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 45.3% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 46.8% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 47.9% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 50.6% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2012, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.