Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Panama
Panama: Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 49.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama is 49.0%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama peaked at 54.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 1996.
Panama ranks 86th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32.5% | — |
| 1998 | 43.0% | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 41.0% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 37.3% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 41.0% | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 41.5% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 42.8% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 44.6% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 48.6% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 49.8% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 49.9% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 49.6% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 51.4% | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 51.0% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 51.4% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 52.1% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 53.2% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 52.6% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 51.4% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 54.4% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 52.5% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 51.4% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 48.5% | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 47.0% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 49.6% | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 49.0% | -1.3% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 49.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 65.0%, 75% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Panama's 49.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 44.2%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Government Effectiveness: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +32.4% | 32.5% | 43.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.7% | 32.5% | 43.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.7% | 37.3% | 49.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 49.6% | 54.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 47.0% | 52.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More reference data data for Panama
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6179 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9793 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0285 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.9793 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4849 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1553 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama?
- Government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama was 49.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 54.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 1996.
- How does Panama rank for government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Panama ranks 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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