Political Stability - Governance score in Panama

Panama: Political Stability - Governance score was 70.42 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
70.42 0-100
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
90th
of 207 countries
All-time high
74.15 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
64.19 0-100
in 2013
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Panama, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 67.5 0-1001998: 68.9 0-1002000: 67.7 0-1002002: 70.8 0-1002003: 67.3 0-1002004: 67.6 0-1002005: 64.9 0-1002006: 67.4 0-1002007: 67.8 0-1002008: 67.1 0-1002009: 67.9 0-1002010: 64.5 0-1002011: 65.2 0-1002012: 64.8 0-1002013: 64.2 0-1002014: 70.7 0-1002015: 74.2 0-1002016: 73.8 0-1002017: 73.7 0-1002018: 72.1 0-1002019: 72.7 0-1002020: 71.6 0-1002021: 71.9 0-1002022: 73.2 0-1002023: 72.2 0-1002024: 70.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, political stability - governance score in Panama stood at 70.42 0-100.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Panama peaked at 74.15 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 64.19 0-100, in 2013.

That places Panama 90th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Political Stability - Governance score in Panama, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Panama, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 67.54 0-100
1998 68.91 0-100 +2.0%
2000 67.67 0-100 -1.8%
2002 70.78 0-100 +4.6%
2003 67.3 0-100 -4.9%
2004 67.61 0-100 +0.4%
2005 64.9 0-100 -4.0%
2006 67.36 0-100 +3.8%
2007 67.82 0-100 +0.7%
2008 67.11 0-100 -1.1%
2009 67.87 0-100 +1.1%
2010 64.49 0-100 -5.0%
2011 65.17 0-100 +1.0%
2012 64.85 0-100 -0.5%
2013 64.19 0-100 -1.0%
2014 70.7 0-100 +10.1%
2015 74.15 0-100 +4.9%
2016 73.77 0-100 -0.5%
2017 73.72 0-100 -0.1%
2018 72.12 0-100 -2.2%
2019 72.71 0-100 +0.8%
2020 71.65 0-100 -1.5%
2021 71.94 0-100 +0.4%
2022 73.21 0-100 +1.8%
2023 72.2 0-100 -1.4%
2024 70.42 0-100 -2.5%

Panama compared with similar countries

  • Panama's 70.42 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.03 0-100, 89% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Panama's 70.42 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 72.04 0-100, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 68.23 0-100 67.54 0-100 68.91 0-100 2
2000s 67.6 0-100 64.9 0-100 70.78 0-100 9
2010s 69.59 0-100 64.19 0-100 74.15 0-100 10
2020s 71.88 0-100 70.42 0-100 73.21 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 87 Cuba 71.28 0-100 compare
  2. 88 Italy 71.17 0-100 compare
  3. 89 Kuwait 70.92 0-100 compare
  4. 91 United Kingdom 70.3 0-100 compare
  5. 92 Turkmenistan 70.09 0-100 compare
  6. 93 Guyana 69.59 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Panama?
Political stability - governance score in Panama was 70.42 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest political stability - governance score recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 74.15 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 64.19 0-100 in 2013.
How does Panama rank for political stability - governance score?
Panama ranks 90th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Political Stability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,252 data points, 1996–2024
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Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).