Slum population in Panama
16.3% of the urban population of Panama lived in slums in 2022.
Panama, 2022
16.3%
Change from 2018
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World, 2022
23.2%
Position in 2022
84th of 181
Slum population 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 urban population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.3% | 23.2% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | 19.7% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | – |
| 2014 | 18.5% | – |
| 2012 | 22.8% | – |
| 2010 | 27.1% | – |
| 2008 | 31.4% | – |
| 2006 | 35.7% | – |
| 2004 | 40.1% | – |
| 2002 | 44.4% | – |
| 2000 | 48.7% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 16.3% in 2018.
- Since 2000, when it was 48.7%, the figure has changed by −32.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Panama has the 84th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 23.2%.