Refugees
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Panama has 4.6 m people (World Bank, 2025) and an economy of $90 bn a year (World Bank, 2025). It imports all of the oil it uses (EIA, 2024).
Written automatically from the figures on this page.
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:50m, which shows who controls an area in practice. Borders shown do not imply endorsement.
Panama imports all of the oil it uses.
| Resource | Dependence | Position | Main partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Imports most | Imports all of the oil it usesEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Ecuador → Panama, Colombia → Panama and Guyana → Panama as reported by the exporter | Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana |
| Natural gas | Imports most | Imports all of the gas it uses PreliminaryEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, United States → Panama and Belgium → Panama as reported by the exporter | United States, Belgium |
| Wheat | Not reported by this source | – | |
| Maize | Imports most | Imports 86% of the maize it usesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | United States, Brazil |
| Rice | Imports some | Imports 32% of the rice it usesFAOSTAT, 2023 | Uruguay, United States |
| Soybeans | Not reported by this source | – | |
| Potash | Imports most | Imports all of its potash supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Canada, Russia, Belarus |
| Phosphate | Imports most | Imports all of its phosphate supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Russia, Morocco, Colombia |
| Arms | Supplier concentration only | No major arms imports recorded, 2021–2025SIPRI, 2021–2025 | – |
| Chips | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: United States, 35% of importsUN Comtrade, 2025 | United States, China, Mexico |
Dependence is net imports: imports minus exports, as a share of what the country uses; for potash and phosphate, of its supply (production plus net imports). Arms and chips show supplier concentration only: the main supplier’s share of imports (arms: five-year totals of deliveries in SIPRI’s trend-indicator value, SIPRI’s measure of military capability delivered, not price or number of weapons).
Imports all of the oil it uses
Main partners: Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Ecuador → Panama, Colombia → Panama and Guyana → Panama as reported by the exporter
Imports all of the gas it uses Preliminary
Main partners: United States, Belgium
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, United States → Panama and Belgium → Panama as reported by the exporter
Not reported by this source
Imports 86% of the maize it uses
Main partners: United States, Brazil
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
Imports 32% of the rice it uses
Main partners: Uruguay, United States
FAOSTAT, 2023
Not reported by this source
Imports all of its potash supply Estimate
Main partners: Canada, Russia, Belarus
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
Imports all of its phosphate supply Estimate
Main partners: Russia, Morocco, Colombia
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
No major arms imports recorded, 2021–2025
SIPRI, 2021–2025
Main supplier: United States, 35% of imports
Main partners: United States, China, Mexico
UN Comtrade, 2025
Source: EIA; FAOSTAT; UN Comtradeyear in each rowUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Dependencies toolPanama’s economy produced $90 bn in 2025.
Source: World Bank Indicators2000–2025Updated 13 Nov 2026
Panama had 4.6 m people in 2025.
Source: UN World Population ProspectsUpdated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Source: UN World Population Prospects1950–2100Updated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Panama emitted 12.7 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024.
Source: Our World in Data CO21990–2024Updated 13 Nov 2026
Shown only where a source covers Panama.
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Counts entries (people, companies, ships and aircraft), not how strict the measures are.
Source: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions ListUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Source: AidData Chinese development finance2000–2021
Counts compare documented incidents, not how often a country is targeted. Who they were attributed to
Source: EuRepoC Global Dataset of Cyber Incidents 1.3.2 (4 Mar 2025), CC BY-NC 4.02000–2024
50 measures on this site have a recent figure for Panama.
| GDP | $90 bn | 2025 | 81st of 186 | World Bank |
| GDP per person | $19,790 | 2025 | 57th of 186 | World Bank |
| Economic growth | 4.4% | 2025 | 63rd of 186 | World Bank |
| Inflation | −0.2% | 2025 | 161st of 169 | World Bank |
| Government debt | 57% | 2025 | 85th of 191 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Government budget balance | −3.7% | 2025 | 126th of 195 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Current account balance | −0.2% | 2025 | 79th of 194 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Unemployment | 8.4% | 2025 | 47th of 181 | World Bank |
| Reserves, including gold | $6.9 bn | 2024 | 85th of 164 | World Bank |
| Trade | 84% | 2024 | 82nd of 172 | World Bank |
| Foreign investment in | $938 m | 2025 | 99th of 200 | World Bank |
| Remittances received | 0.6% | 2024 | 122nd of 162 | World Bank |
| Population | 4.6 m | 2025 | 128th of 216 | World Bank |
| Population with UN projections | 4.5 m | 2023 | 129th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Births per woman | 2.12 | 2023 | 105th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Median age | 29.6 | 2023 | 130th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Life expectancy | 79.6 | 2023 | 61st of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Refugees from the country | 3,368 | 2025 | 101st of 206 | UNHCR |
| Refugees and others needing protection, by host | 64,109 | 2025 | 71st of 176 | UNHCR |
| Refugees hosted per 1,000 people | 14.0 | 2025 | 53rd of 176 | UNHCR |
| Crude oil production | 0 kb/d | 2025 | 100th of 214 | EIA |
| Oil consumption | 135 kb/d | 2024 | 68th of 212 | EIA |
| Natural gas production | Preliminary | 2024 | 97th of 213 | EIA |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.6 bcm | 2024 | 100th of 213 | EIA |
| Electricity generated | 13 TWh | 2024 | 100th of 193 | Ember |
| Low-carbon electricity | 68% | 2024 | 56th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from coal | 3.7% | 2024 | 61st of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from wind and solar | 15% | 2024 | 53rd of 193 | Ember |
| Wheat imports | 0.2 Mt | 2024 | 98th of 180 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize production | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 105th of 169 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize imports | 0.6 Mt | 2024 | 49th of 196 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice production | 0.2 Mt | 2024 | 54th of 135 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice imports | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 90th of 197 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean production | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 92nd of 108 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 62nd of 179 | FAOSTAT |
| Potash fertiliser use | 0.01 Mt | 2024 | 83rd of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| Phosphate fertiliser use | 0.01 Mt | 2024 | 96th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| CO2 emissions | 13 Mt | 2024 | 102nd of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 per person | 2.8 t | 2024 | 115th of 213 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 emitted since 1750 | 360 Mt | 2024 | 110th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Net CO2 imports through trade | 50% | 2023 | 30th of 120 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Water stress | 0.7 | 2023 | 118th of 164 | WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0) |
| Water from abroad | 2% | 2023 | 111th of 193 | FAO AQUASTAT |
| Military spending, share of GDP | 0.0% | 2025 | 148th of 150 | World Bank |
| Military spending | $0 | 2025 | 148th of 150 | World Bank |
| People using the internet | 73% | 2024 | 115th of 182 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports | $482 m | 2024 | 78th of 162 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports, share of service exports | 2.6% | 2024 | 119th of 162 | World Bank |
| Sanctions list entries (US, EU, UK) | 149 | 2026 | 23rd of 181 | US CSL |
| Chinese loans and grants committed | $2 m | 2020 | 87th of 130 | AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.0 |
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