China vs Panama: Prosperity gap

China

2.4

in 2022

Panama

2.45

in 2024

China rank

65th

Panama rank

64th

Prosperity gap over time

Panama currently reports 2.45 against 2.4 in China, a difference of 0.0432.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1999 it was China ahead.

China ranks 65th and Panama ranks 64th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.