PanamaLatin America & Caribbean
Panama: 81st largest economy, 166th in military spending
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Sanctions activity
all designations →14 parties tied to Panama added to the US, UK or EU lists in the last 180 days.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 6 events in or near Panama, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Panama Canal, Panama (general), Panama · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Panama Canal, Panama (general), Panama · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Panama Canal, Panama (general), Panama · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Panama Canal, Panama (general), Panama · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Panama's officials said lately
Newest first. 2 more by others are about Panama. The whole record →
- Eloy Alfaro de Alba · Ambassador, Panama · 29 Oct
paraphrase Ambassador Alfaro de Alba said ship-tracking tools and secure information exchange can help detect vulnerabilities and prevent incidents, but this requires institutionalized cooperation among states, maritime authorities, port operators, ship owners and the tech sector.
- Jose Raul Mulino · President, Panama · 25 Oct
“We will continue working together for our countries.”
A statement shows what was said, not that it is true.
4.6M people, 66% in cities
- Population4.6M2025
- Population growth1.2%2025
- Urban population66.2%2025
- Land area74.2k km²2023
A $90.5B economy, $19.8k per person
- GDP$90.5B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$201B2025
- GDP per person$19.8k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$43.9k2025
- GDP growth4.4%2025
Fuels are 1% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP44.4%2024
- Imports, share of GDP39.3%2024
- Fuels, share of goods exports1.0%2024
- Exports of goods and services$38.4B2024
- Imports of goods and services$34B2024
Fossil fuel output of 0.0 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)0.0 TWh2016
- Primary energy consumption102 TWh2023
- Energy use per person22.9 MWh2023
- Electricity generation13 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels32.0%2024
Spends $0.0 on its military
- Military spending$0.02024
- Armed forces personnel28k2020
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$1M2019
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2019-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.