Panama poverty rate for 2023 was 19.80%, a 0.5% decline from 2021.
Panama poverty rate for 2021 was 20.30%, a 2.5% increase from 2019.
Panama poverty rate for 2019 was 17.80%, a 0.7% decline from 2018.
Panama poverty rate for 2018 was 18.50%, a 2.2% decline from 2017.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Panama Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1979 - 2023.