Panama - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Panama was 1.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.90 in 1989 and a minimum value of 1.20 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1979 8.10
1989 23.90
1991 21.90
1995 16.30
1997 15.00
1998 15.20
1999 13.40
2000 12.30
2001 15.40
2002 11.10
2003 11.10
2004 10.10
2005 9.90
2006 10.50
2007 7.80
2008 5.20
2009 3.20
2010 4.50
2011 3.00
2012 4.10
2013 2.80
2014 3.50
2015 2.00
2016 2.20
2017 2.50
2018 1.70
2019 1.20

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Panama was 4.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.40 in 1989 and a minimum value of 4.60 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1979 20.90
1989 34.40
1991 31.30
1995 24.70
1997 23.30
1998 23.90
1999 21.20
2000 20.00
2001 24.80
2002 21.50
2003 20.60
2004 19.70
2005 18.60
2006 19.00
2007 16.50
2008 11.80
2009 9.50
2010 10.70
2011 8.60
2012 10.00
2013 8.10
2014 8.30
2015 6.70
2016 7.00
2017 6.30
2018 5.20
2019 4.60

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Panama was 21.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.30 in 2006 and a minimum value of 20.70 in 2017.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2000 37.90
2005 36.60
2006 38.30
2007 36.50
2008 33.80
2009 33.40
2010 29.80
2011 27.60
2012 26.50
2013 25.80
2014 25.60
2015 23.00
2016 22.10
2017 20.70
2018 21.40
2019 21.50

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Panama was 12.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.30 in 1989 and a minimum value of 12.10 in 2019.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1979 40.00
1989 50.30
1991 48.30
1995 39.40
1997 39.20
1998 38.80
1999 37.00
2000 35.20
2001 40.30
2002 37.40
2003 36.10
2004 35.00
2005 34.70
2006 34.00
2007 30.60
2008 23.30
2009 23.00
2010 21.80
2011 18.50
2012 18.90
2013 18.20
2014 16.90
2015 15.40
2016 14.60
2017 14.10
2018 12.60
2019 12.10

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates