About Panama: Macroeconomic Indicators
GDP Growth Rate, Inflation Rate and Unemployment Rate
| |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Real GDP Growth (%) |
2.2 |
4.2 |
7.5 |
6.9 |
8.1 |
| Nominal GDP Growth (%) |
3.9 |
5.4 |
9.6 |
9.2 |
10.4 |
| Inflation Rate (%) |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
| Real per capita GDP (US $) |
3,821 |
3,909 |
4,129 |
4,338 |
4,611 |
| Unemployment rate (%) |
14.1 |
13.0 |
11.8 |
9.8 |
8.7 |
Government (As % of GDP)
| |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Revenue and Grants |
24.1 |
22.2 |
21.1 |
22.4 |
25.0 |
| Expenditures |
22.5 |
23.4 |
22.5 |
24.9 |
24.5 |
| Current expenditures |
19.3 |
19.2 |
19.0 |
17.5 |
17.1 |
| Capital expenditures |
3.3 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
| Fiscal defict |
-2.0 |
-4.8 |
-4.9 |
-3.2 |
0.5 |
| Public external debt |
51.7 |
50.3 |
50.8 |
49.1 |
45.6 |
Available Structures (2000)
| Social Security |
| Population protected by social security |
1,850,04,41 |
| New registration of insured people |
43,814 |
| Amount and number of professional risk subsidies |
|
| Amount: |
U$ 6MM |
| Number |
16,756 |
| Health |
| Health infrastructures in the Republic of Panama in 2000 |
816 |
| Hospitals |
60 |
| Health Institutions and Clinics |
220 |
| Centers and health outposts |
536 |
Health staff practicing in the Republic of Panama
(Including physicians, odontologists, nurses, assistant nurses, X-Ray technicians, laboratory technicians.) |
9,940 |
| Educational Structure |
| Budget assigned to education |
US$ 509MM
97.3% |
| Illiteracy |
2.7% |
| Credits to higher education |
1,418 |
| At national level |
1,116 |
| At international level |
302 |
| Scholarships granted |
18,649 |
| At national level |
18,450 |
| At international level |
99 |
| Technical formation registered in 2000 |
19,134 |
| Enrollment at national level |
| Elementary |
383,891 |
| High School |
231,852 |
| University |
109,424 |
| Graduated at national level |
| Elementary |
50,523 |
| High School |
52,466 |
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