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Panama
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP94.71[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita22674.40[$]
Population4.18[millions]
Urbanization68.41[%]
Land Area75587.77[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 70 47.3 3.3
Health 61 50.4 5.8
Air Quality 43 56 5.7
PM2.5 31 61.7 5.1
Household solid fuels 75 47.3 8.2
Ozone 32 62.7 -8.8
Sanitation & Drinking Water 100 43.5 6.7
Sanitation 101 46.5 8.9
Drinking water 102 41.6 5.3
Heavy Metals 68 57.5 6.2
Lead 68 57.5 6.2
Waste Management 78 42 -
Solid waste 78 42 -
Ecosystem Vitality 90 45.2 1.5
Biodiversity 91 60.4 -0.9
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 63 92.7 0.1
Terrestrial biomes (global) 97 75.3 0.3
Marine protected areas 63 9.3 0.1
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 48 44.8 9.1
Species Habitat Index 106 80.3 -16
Species Protection Index 88 78.9 -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 136 45.8 -2.6
Ecosystem Services 97 33.1 2.5
Tree cover loss 80 33 2.7
Grassland loss 131 45.1 3.1
Wetland loss 151 24.2 -0.3
Fisheries 102 9.1 1.2
Fish Stock Status 79 6.2 2.2
Marine Trophic Index 81 11.9 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 93 50.3 -0.5
CO2 growth rate 108 36 -7.9
CH4 growth rate 43 88.7 26.9
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 46 71.7 16.6
Black Carbon growth rate 141 32.2 -18.6
CO2 from land cover 30 73.6 -
GHG intensity trend 27 72.9 -0.1
GHG per capita 89 56.6 -3.9
Pollution Emissions 79 66.1 32.1
SO2 growth rate 80 72.4 38.3
NOx growth rate 76 59.9 26
Agriculture 137 25.6 -1.1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 137 25.6 -1.1
Water Resources 53 23.1 -
Wastewater treatment 53 23.1 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Jamaica 48.2
Iran 48
Malaysia 47.9
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Tunisia 46.7
Azerbaijan 46.5
Paraguay 46.4
Dominican Republic 46.3
Montenegro 46.3
GDP per capita
Greece 69.1
Romania 64.7
Croatia 63.1
Chile 55.3
Uruguay 49.1
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Panama 47.3
Mauritius 45.1
Kazakhstan 44.7
Issue Performance
Belarus 53
Mexico 52.6
Costa Rica 52.5
Cuba 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Panama 47.3
Thailand 45.4
Peru 44
Nicaragua 39.2
Philippines 38.4
Regulatory Quality
Romania 64.7
Croatia 63.1
Colombia 52.9
Costa Rica 52.5
Bahrain 51
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Panama 47.3
Montenegro 46.3
Botswana 40.4
Oman 38.5
Voice & Accountability
Argentina 52.2
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Jamaica 48.2
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Tonga 45.1
Grenada 43.1
Vanuatu 28.9
Ghana 27.6
Solomon Islands 26.7
Political Stability
Spain 74.3
Italy 71
Belarus 53
Albania 49
Malaysia 47.9
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Timor-Leste 35.3
Viet Nam 33.4
Solomon Islands 26.7
Latin America & Caribbean
Uruguay 49.1
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Paraguay 46.4
Dominican Republic 46.3
Barbados 45.6
Org. of Ibero-American States
Brazil 51.2
Ecuador 51
Venezuela 50.3
Uruguay 49.1
Cuba 48.4
Panama 47.3
Paraguay 46.4
Dominican Republic 46.3
Bolivia 44.3
Peru 44
Ease of Doing Business Index
Greece 69.1
Albania 49
Panama 47.3
Tunisia 46.7
Uzbekistan 44.3
South Africa 43.1
Botswana 40.4
Qatar 37.1
Mongolia 32.2
India 27.6
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
EPI ISO3: 
PAN