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Human development index — Panama

Human development index in Panama in 2023 — 0.839 index. Ranked 59 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 24.9%.

2023 0.839 index +0.48% vs 2022
World rank 59of 193
Period maximum 0.839 index2023
Period minimum 0.672 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Panama, 1990–20230.650.70.750.80.851990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.672 index1991: 0.674 index1992: 0.68 index1993: 0.686 index1994: 0.688 index1995: 0.69 index1996: 0.694 index1997: 0.701 index1998: 0.707 index1999: 0.712 index2000: 0.718 index2001: 0.723 index2002: 0.73 index2003: 0.735 index2004: 0.741 index2005: 0.746 index2006: 0.753 index2007: 0.763 index2008: 0.767 index2009: 0.77 index2010: 0.775 index2011: 0.781 index2012: 0.798 index2013: 0.799 index2014: 0.798 index2015: 0.803 index2016: 0.81 index2017: 0.815 index2018: 0.82 index2019: 0.824 index2020: 0.808 index2021: 0.819 index2022: 0.835 index2023: 0.839 index
Change over the period: +0.167 (+24.85%) Average annual rate: 0.67 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama 0.839 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Central America computed 0.763 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.839 +0.004 +0.48%
2022 0.835 +0.016 +1.95%
2021 0.819 +0.011 +1.36%
2020 0.808 −0.016 −1.94%
2019 0.824 +0.004 +0.49%
2018 0.82 +0.005 +0.61%
2017 0.815 +0.005 +0.62%
2016 0.81 +0.007 +0.87%
2015 0.803 +0.005 +0.63%
2014 0.798 −0.001 −0.13%
2013 0.799 +0.001 +0.13%
2012 0.798 +0.017 +2.18%
2011 0.781 +0.006 +0.77%
2010 0.775 +0.005 +0.65%
2009 0.77 +0.003 +0.39%
2008 0.767 +0.004 +0.52%
2007 0.763 +0.01 +1.33%
2006 0.753 +0.007 +0.94%
2005 0.746 +0.005 +0.67%
2004 0.741 +0.006 +0.82%
2003 0.735 +0.005 +0.68%
2002 0.73 +0.007 +0.97%
2001 0.723 +0.005 +0.7%
2000 0.718 +0.006 +0.84%
1999 0.712 +0.005 +0.71%
1998 0.707 +0.006 +0.86%
1997 0.701 +0.007 +1.01%
1996 0.694 +0.004 +0.58%
1995 0.69 +0.002 +0.29%
1994 0.688 +0.002 +0.29%
1993 0.686 +0.006 +0.88%
1992 0.68 +0.006 +0.89%
1991 0.674 +0.002 +0.3%
1990 0.672 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PA Panama 0.839 CR Costa Rica 0.833 MX Mexico 0.789 BZ Belize 0.721 NI Nicaragua 0.706 SV El Salvador 0.678 GT Guatemala 0.662 HN Honduras 0.645
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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