Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama
Panama: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 19.8 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama, 1979–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama is 19.8, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama peaked at 59.85 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 17.78, in 2019.
That places Panama 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.83 | 51.83 | 51.83 | 1 |
| 1980s | 59.85 | 59.85 | 59.85 | 1 |
| 1990s | 51.14 | 47.73 | 59.18 | 5 |
| 2000s | 43.27 | 32.25 | 50.61 | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.39 | 17.78 | 30.21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.97 | 19.8 | 20.29 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 61 Paraguay 20.47 compare
- 62 Republic of Moldova 20.44 compare
- 63 Albania 19.93 compare
- 65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.36 compare
- 66 Jordan 15.3 compare
- 67 Kazakhstan 15.15 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Panama
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 7 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.12 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,226 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -5.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.5 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 12.5 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.374 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Panama was 19.8 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 59.85 in 1989.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.78 in 2019.
- How does Panama rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Panama ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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