Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Panama
Panama: Government Effectiveness: Upper bound of the 90% confidence was 64.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
64.6%
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
90th
of 206 countries
All-time high
70.8%
in 2019
All-time low
52.3%
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Government Effectiveness - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama stood at 64.6%.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama peaked at 70.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 52.3%, in 1996.
Panama ranks 90th 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: Upper bound of the 90% confidence in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 52.3% | — |
| 1998 | 62.8% | +20.1% |
| 2000 | 59.0% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 56.0% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 55.3% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 56.9% | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 57.3% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 58.5% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 60.3% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 64.2% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 65.5% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 65.6% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 65.3% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 67.0% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 66.7% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 67.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 67.8% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 69.6% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 69.0% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 67.8% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 70.8% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 68.9% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 67.8% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 64.1% | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 62.6% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 65.3% | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 64.6% | -1.1% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 64.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 82.9%, 78% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Panama's 64.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.0%, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.6% | 52.3% | 62.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.2% | 55.3% | 65.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.7% | 65.3% | 70.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.6% | 62.6% | 68.9% | 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 - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama?
- Government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval in Panama was 64.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 70.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.3% in 1996.
- How does Panama rank for government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval?
- Panama ranks 90th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - upper bound of the 90% confidence interval rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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