Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Panama
21.7% of people in Panama lived below the national poverty line in 2023.
Panama, 2023
21.7%
Change from 2022
−0.5percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.7% |
| 2022 | 22.2% |
| 2021 | 21.8% |
| 2019 | 21.5% |
| 2018 | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 20.7% |
| 2016 | 22.1% |
| 2015 | 23.0% |
| 2014 | 25.6% |
| 2013 | 25.8% |
| 2012 | 26.5% |
| 2011 | 27.6% |
| 2010 | 29.8% |
| 2009 | 33.4% |
| 2008 | 33.8% |
| 2007 | 36.5% |
| 2006 | 38.3% |
| 2005 | 36.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 22.2% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 26.5%, the figure has changed by −4.8 percentage points.